Lisette Burrows
Other namesLisette C. Burrows
Alma materUniversity of Wollongong
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical education
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago, University of Waikato
Thesis

Lisette C. Burrows is a New Zealand physical education academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Waikato.

Academic career

After a 1999 PhD from the University of Wollongong titled 'Developmental discourses in school physical education,' Burrows worked at the University of Otago from 1991,[1][2] rising to full professor in 2015[3] before moving to the University of Waikato in 2017.[4]

In 2014, Burrows received Physical Education New Zealand's (PENZ) Sir Alexander Gillies Medal.[1]

Selected works

  • Wright, Jan, Lisette Burrows, and Doune MacDonald, eds. Critical inquiry and problem-solving in physical education. Psychology Press, 2004.
  • Burrows, Lisette, and Jan Wright. "Prescribing practices: Shaping healthy children in schools." The International Journal of Children's Rights 15, no. 1 (2007): 83–98.
  • Wright, Jan, and Lisette Burrows. "Re-conceiving ability in physical education: a social analysis." Sport, Education and Society 11, no. 3 (2006): 275–291.
  • Burrows, Lisette, Jan Wright, and Justine Jungersen-Smith. "“Measure Your Belly.” New Zealand Children's Constructions of Health and Fitness." Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 22, no. 1 (2002): 39–48.
  • Wright, Jan, and Lisette Burrows. "“Being healthy”: the discursive construction of health in New Zealand children's responses to the National Education Monitoring Project." Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education 25, no. 2 (2004): 211–230.
  • WRIGHT, JAN, and LISETTE BURROWS. "The discursive production of childhood, identity and health." In Body knowledge and control, pp. 107–119. Routledge, 2004.

References

  1. 1 2 "Top honour for PE lecturer".
  2. "Lisette Burrows – Disability Matters". blogs.otago.ac.nz.
  3. "Otago announces professorial promotions".
  4. "Two new appointments for University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz. 2 November 2017.


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