2025 Journal Article Outsourcing in HPE: finding cost-efficiencies in specialist curriculum areasCowan, Jackie, Hogan, Anna, Sperka, Leigh and Macdonald, Doune (2025). Outsourcing in HPE: finding cost-efficiencies in specialist curriculum areas. Sport, Education and Society, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2025.2463489 |
2024 Book Chapter Outsourcing in H/PE: Teachers and sports coaches working together effectivelySperka, Leigh and Rynne, Steven (2024). Outsourcing in H/PE: Teachers and sports coaches working together effectively. Routledge Resources Online - Sport Studies. (pp. _-_) edited by Vassil Girginov and Risto Marttinen. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780367766924-ress129-1 |
2024 Journal Article An audit of commercialisation and outsourcing across the primary school curriculumCowan, Jackie, Sperka, Leigh, Hogan, Anna and Enright, Eimear (2024). An audit of commercialisation and outsourcing across the primary school curriculum. Teachers and Teaching. doi: 10.1080/13540602.2024.2355178 |
2023 Journal Article Engaging young people with disabilities in research about their experiences of physical education and sport: a scoping review of methodologies and methodsClish, Meg, Enright, Eimear, Sperka, Leigh and Tweedy, Sean (2023). Engaging young people with disabilities in research about their experiences of physical education and sport: a scoping review of methodologies and methods. European Physical Education Review, 29 (3), 331-350. doi: 10.1177/1356336x221141598 |
2023 Conference Publication Voice, truth, place: critical junctures for educational researchCowan, Jackie, Enright, Eimear, Hogan, Anna, Sperka, Leigh and Macdonald, Doune (2023). Voice, truth, place: critical junctures for educational research. Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 26-30 November 2023. |
2022 Conference Publication Outsourcing as a disruptor in education: transforming the ways that teachers and coaches work togetherSperka, Leigh and Rynne, Steven (2022). Outsourcing as a disruptor in education: transforming the ways that teachers and coaches work together. Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 28 November - 1 December 2022. |
2022 Journal Article Students and academics in dialogue: Experiences of two Students-as-partners projects in a health and physical education teacher education programCross, Jacinta, Clive, Grace and Sperka, Leigh (2022). Students and academics in dialogue: Experiences of two Students-as-partners projects in a health and physical education teacher education program. International Journal for Students as Partners, 6 (2), 91-98. doi: 10.15173/ijsap.v6i2.4961 |
2022 Journal Article Vistas of the field: examining quality indicators of health and physical education journalsSperka, Leigh and Phillips, Murray G. (2022). Vistas of the field: examining quality indicators of health and physical education journals. Sport, Education and Society, 28 (8), 990-1006. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2022.2096585 |
2022 Conference Publication Learning from students with disabilities about their experiences of physical education: a critical narrative reviewClish, Meg, Enright, Eimear, Sperka, Leigh and Tweedy, Sean (2022). Learning from students with disabilities about their experiences of physical education: a critical narrative review. The International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education World Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 15-18 June 2022. |
2022 Book Chapter Proposals for engaging students in outsourced health and physical educationSperka, Leigh, Stirrup, Julie and Hooper, Oliver (2022). Proposals for engaging students in outsourced health and physical education. Critical pedagogies in physical education, physical activity and health. (pp. 210-220) edited by Julie Stirrup and Oliver Hooper. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003003991-14 |
2022 Conference Publication Decision making practices for commercialisation and outsourcing of curriculum in a school: A New Zealand contextCowan, Jackie, Enright, Eimear, Hogan, Anna, Sperka, Leigh and Macdonald, Doune (2022). Decision making practices for commercialisation and outsourcing of curriculum in a school: A New Zealand context. Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 28 November-1 December 2022. |
2021 Conference Publication Looking in the rear view mirror, out the side window, and through the windscreen: Examining the past, current, and emerging quality indicators of Health and Physical Education journalsSperka, Leigh and Phillips, Murray G. (2021). Looking in the rear view mirror, out the side window, and through the windscreen: Examining the past, current, and emerging quality indicators of Health and Physical Education journals. Australian Association for Research in Education, Online, 29 November - 2 December 2021. |
2021 Conference Publication Engaging young people with disabilities in research about their experiences of physical education and sport: a scoping review of methodologies and methodClish, Meg, Enright, Eimear, Sperka, Leigh and Tweedy, Sean (2021). Engaging young people with disabilities in research about their experiences of physical education and sport: a scoping review of methodologies and method. Australian Association for Research in Education, Online, 29 November - 2 December 2021. |
2021 Book Chapter It's time to predict the implications of outsourcing health and physical education and extra-curricular physical activity programmingSperka, Leigh (2021). It's time to predict the implications of outsourcing health and physical education and extra-curricular physical activity programming. Before- and after-school physical activity programs: Frameworks, Critical Issues, and Underserved Populations. (pp. 216-226) edited by Risto Marttinen, Erin E. Centeio and Thomas Quarmby. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003051909-18 |
2020 Journal Article (Re)defining outsourcing in educationSperka, Leigh (2020). (Re)defining outsourcing in education. Discourse, 41 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2020.1722429 |
2019 Conference Publication #AD: The ethical and educative outsourcing of physical education teacher educationSperka, Leigh, Enright, Eimear and Hogan, Anna (2019). #AD: The ethical and educative outsourcing of physical education teacher education. Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, Australia, 2-5 December 2019. |
2019 Conference Publication Outsourcing and precaritySperka, Leigh (2019). Outsourcing and precarity. University of Tsukuba Summer Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 8-18 July 2019. |
2019 Conference Publication Key learnings and career path: Tsukuba Summer Institute 10th AnniversarySperka, Leigh (2019). Key learnings and career path: Tsukuba Summer Institute 10th Anniversary. University of Tsukuba Summer Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 8-18 July 2019. |
2019 Journal Article And if you can’t hear us?: students as customers of neo-HPESperka, Leigh and Enright, Eimear (2019). And if you can’t hear us?: students as customers of neo-HPE. Sport, Education and Society, 24 (6), 570-583. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2019.1611556 |
2019 Book Chapter What we talk about when we talk about gender: constructing and deconstructing gender through physical education teacher educationSperka, Leigh, O'Brien, Rachel and Enright, Eimear (2019). What we talk about when we talk about gender: constructing and deconstructing gender through physical education teacher education. Teaching about social justice issues in physical education. (pp. 133-143) edited by Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette, Sue Sutherland and Joanne Hill. Charlotte, NC, United States: Information Age Publishing. |