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Dr Shaun Wilkinson

Assistant Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

He taught in secondary school physical education for two years before returing to Northumbria University as a Graduate Tutor in 2011.

He teaches predominantly in the Sport Development with Coaching programme but also teaches occastionally on the Sport Coaching programme.

He recently completed his Masters in Education and is currently enrolled on a part time PhD. His PhD considers the use of ability-setting in secondary school physical education.

Shaun Wilkinson

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • A national survey of ability grouping practices in secondary school physical education in England, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 2 Sep 2024, In: Research Papers in Education
  • Students' perspectives on setting and mixed-ability grouping in secondary school physical education: A case for more flexible and varied grouping arrangements, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 7 Nov 2024
  • Students' preferences for setting and/or mixed-ability grouping in secondary school physical education in England, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 8 Aug 2024, In: British Educational Research Journal
  • The hows and whys of gendered grouping practices in primary physical education in England, Wilkinson, S., Stride, A., Penney, D. 1 Jul 2024, In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • A national survey of gendered grouping practices in secondary school physical education in England, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 20 Jul 2023, In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • Examining ability grouping practices in secondary school physical education in England, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 14 Nov 2023
  • Examining gendered grouping practices in secondary school physical education in England, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 14 Nov 2023
  • Mixed-ability grouping in physical education: investigating ability and inclusivity in pedagogic practice, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 2 Sep 2022, In: Sport, Education and Society
  • ‘The participation group means that I'm low ability’: Students’ perspectives on the enactment of ‘mixed-ability’ grouping in secondary school physical education, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 1 Oct 2022, In: British Educational Research Journal
  • Setting policy and student agency in physical education: Students as policy actors, Wilkinson, S., Penney, D. 24 Mar 2021, In: Sport, Education and Society

  • Education MEd September 27 2010
  • PhD
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016


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