This broad area of research examines both school and post-school educational arrangements as they have evolved in various times and locations. Historical research has examined the construction of British imperial learning models in schools in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and how this heritage has shaped post-colonial education systems, including those that have evolved in India and Australia. The major focus is on developing and producing resource materials, reports, papers and teaching programs on human movement and health education. Development and implementation of human movement and health education curricula. Teachers as role models for healthy behaviours.
Current research focuses on interactive learning with information communication technology.
This includes research and development of computer applications in such fields of knowledge as visual arts, science, mathematics and the humanities. Research into the development of higher order thinking skills, and critical approaches to the evaluation of virtual learning, web-based learning structures, dynamic systems of ICT integration in communities of learners, and the design of multimedia materials for interactive learning, are characteristic of our work. The research covers a broad range of current issues. One researcher has a special interest in learning in English as a second language, and the effects of bilingualism on mathematical thinking. Other areas of interest include numeracy development in young children, assessment, visual imagery, cognition and the use of technology in learning maths and science.