Dr Graham Dodd
- Health and physical educator for more than 55 years.
- Former Senior Lecturer and Program Director for the Human Movement and HPE (Junior/Primary) degrees at Adelaide University (formerly UniSA).
- Author of Curriculum Linked's Fundamental Movement Skills programs.
Why Movement Matters to Learning
- Taught at Unley HS (1968–72)
- Served in PE Branch (1972–1989)
- Worked at UniSA (1990–2009)
- National Secretary-Treasurer of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education & Recreation (ACHPER, 1975–1980)
- National Coordinator, co-author and editor of the ACHPER Daily PE Program (1978–1984)
- Co-founder of Kindergym Australia (1980)
- Co-creator of the Jump Rope for Heart program and schools resources (1983)
- Co-founder of PE Week Australia (1984)
- Program Director (1996–2009) of PE and Human Movement/Exercise Science degrees, and Studies Co-ordinator of the JP/P/MP Major in HPE at UniSA
- Principal author-editor of the South Australian Curriculum Frameworks (SACSA) for HPE (1999–2001)
- Founded TriSkills Australia in 1990 to support schools in HPE; currently its active Director
- Fellow and Life Member of ACHPER
- Recipient of the National 2006 Individual Carrick Award for University Teaching
- Author of the book The Value of Human Motion, which examines the destructive forces of mind-body dualism that devalue human motion in education practice
- Program Director of the 21st ACHPER National Biennial Conference (Adelaide, 1998)
- Program Director of the 27th ACHPER International Conference “Moving, Learning, and Achieving” (Adelaide, 2011)
- Past Vice-President of National ACHPER
- Presenter of the 23rd Fritz Duras Memorial Lecture at the 29th ACHPER International Conference: “The Unrealised Value of Human Motion: Moving back to movement”
- Opening keynote speaker (“Moving Back to Movement”) at the inaugural Asia Pacific Physical Education Conference (APPEC) in Hong Kong (2015)
“My hope is that you will find joy in teaching these movement lessons and see positive outcomes for your students, as I have.”Dr Graham DoddRead his 2015 paper
The Research Behind It
Graham D. Dodd (2015) The Unrealised value of human motion - ‘moving back to movement!’, Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport & Physical Education, 6:2, 191-213, DOI: 10.1080/18377122.2015.1054149
Link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2015.1054149
Active Education, Research Brief (2009) Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance, A national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with direction and technical assistance provided by San Diego State University.
Link to this article: http://activelivingresearch.org/files/ALR_Brief_ActiveEducation_Summer2009.pdf
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2010) The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance, Division of Adolescent and School Health, www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth
Link to this article: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/health_and_academics/pdf/pa-pe_paper.pdf
Jean Blaydes (2012) Does Exercise make You Smart? Active & Healthy Magazine, 19(3/4),
Link to this article: https://shop.achper.org.au/blog/blog-does-exercise-make-you-smarter
Singh, A et al, Physical Activity and Performance at School-A systematic Review of the Literature Including a Methodological Quality Assessment. JAMA Pediatrics 66: 1, Jan 2012,
Link to this article: Physical Activity and Performance at School: A Systematic Review of the Literature Including a Methodological Quality Assessment | Lifestyle Behaviors | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network
Telford, RD et al, Physical Education, Obesity, and Academic Achievement:
A 2-year Longitudinal Investigation of Australian Elementary School Children. American Journal of Public Health, Sep 22, 2011
Joshi. P, Howat H, Bryan C L, Dick S. Relationship between fitness levels and academic performance. Journal of Physical Education and Sport.
11(4), 58, (2011), pp.376 - 382