Mr Will Katene

About me:

I am a Senior Lecturer in Education, Director of Physical Education (PE) and Subject Leader for Secondary PGCE PE Course in the Graduate School of Education. I have taught PE in secondary schools both in New Zealand and England and lectured on undergraduate and postgraduate education, PE and sport sciences degree courses for well over two decades.

I received the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship Award, in 2011, for excellence in teaching and learning in higher education in the UK, and selected as an official London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer in recognition of my work as an inspirational teacher and leader to young people and students in PE in secondary schools and universities in the UK. I was also a finalist for the esteemed UK New Zealander of the Year Award, in 2013, for outstanding contribution to New Zealand and New Zealanders within the UK.

My research interests are centred around learning how to teach with a particular focus on PE student teachers' subject knowledge and the role that collaborative and interdisciplinary learning plays in developing student teachers' subject knowledge. I have contributed book chapters, published peer-reviewed articles/papers and presented papers at national and international conferences on teaching and learning in PE. I have been involved in a number of research and evaluative projects working with schools and universities in the teaching and learning of primary and secondary PE. I have served on numerous national boards/committees, such as the Association for Physical Education, and undertaken multiple appointments as External Examiner, Assessor and Review Panel member for undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses in education, PE and sport sciences in the UK.

Interests:

My research interests are centred around learning how to teach with a particular focus on physical education student teachers' subject knowledge and the role that collaborative and interdisciplinary learning plays in developing student teachers' subject knowledge.

Qualifications:

Senior Fellowship (HEA)

National Teaching Fellowship (HEA)

MPhEd Exercise Physiology, University of Otago (NZ)

BSc Physical Education with Secondary Teachers' Certificate, Brigham Young University (USA)

Career:

2001 - Present: Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Exeter (UK)

2000 - 2001: Senior Lecturer in Physical Education, Canterbury Christ Church University (UK)

1997 - 2000: Lecturer in Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Greenwich (UK)

1992 - 1997: Teacher of Physical Education, St. Edward's CE Comprehensive School, Essex (UK)

1990 - 1992: Teacher of Physical Education, Aorere College, Auckland (NZ)

1984 - 1986 Teacher of Physical Education, Church College of New Zealand (NZ)