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Peter is currently undertaking his Doctor of Philosophy degree. His research is endeavouring to understand the manner in which students' abilities are constructed and distributed through assessment in Senior Physical Education. This work draws upon the social theories of Basil Bernstein and Pierre Bourdieu to understand how ability is constituted in the Physical Education context and how assessment contributes to and consolidates that constitution. Specifically, Peter is interested in the elements of a person's habitus that may be either privileged or marginalised through assessment modes and tasks employed in Senior Physical Education.
Background
Peter Hay completed his undergraduate degree in Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland. Following a period of teaching secondary school Health and Physical Education at a large school west of Brisbane, Peter has returned to UQ to teach and to undertake his PhD. Peter brings with him a breadth of experience in, and knowledge of, assessment and curriculum in the secondary school context, through his considerable involvement in various curriculum and assessment innovations, initiatives and programs at the school and broader system level.
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