Senior Teaching Fellow
BPhEd Hons (Otago), DipTchg (Secondary), PhD (Otago)
Tel +64 3 556 6135
Email emily.scott@otago.ac.nz
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9690-5872
Background
Emily is an alumna of the University of Otago School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, having completed her undergraduate degree here in 1996.
After completing a DipTchg (Secondary) and working as a secondary school teacher for 10 years, Emily joined the School as a staff member in 2018 and is currently teaching the two undergraduate sport coaching papers – SPEX 207 and SPEX 307.
Teaching
- SPEX 207 Understanding Sport Coaching
- SPEX 307 Coaching, Leadership and Mentoring
- SPEX 309 Active Living and the Environment
- SPEX 316 Practicum
Research
Emily’s PhD research centred on primary school physical education and drew from ethnographic methodologies and a practice theory framework to consider how staff and students produce and make sense of physical education.
As an active member of the Pedagogy Education Praxis international network, Emily is involved in research collaborations which focus on learning – what it is, how it happens and what consequences it brings to bear on lives, places and histories. Emily is interested in how a practice perspective can deepen our understandings of learning in sport and physical education settings.
Publications
Grootenboer, P., Scott, E., & Petrie, K. (2025). Learning sport: a site-ontological practice theory perspective. Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2025.2603977 Journal - Research Article
Scott, E. J. (2023). Primary school physical education: Why practice matters (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/15642 Awarded Doctoral Degree
Scott, E. (2021). Primary school physical education: Why practice matters. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 53). [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, E. (2019). Primary school physical education: What matters and to whom? Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference. 712. Retrieved from https://www.aareconference.com.au/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, E. (2019, July). Voices in primary school PE: Who is talking and what do they have to say? Verbal presentation at the Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ), Education Outdoor New Zealand (EONZ) & New Zealand Health Education Association (NZHEA) National Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs