Staff Profile | | Miss Melanie McKee
LLB, BSc, PGCE
Senior Lecturer
Health & PE
Building: Orchard Building
Room: 327
Telephone: +44 (0) 28 90 384 311
| email: | m | . | m | c | k | e | e | @ | s | t | r | a | n | . | a | c | . | u | k |
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Background & Qualifications |
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| |  | Doctoral studies - currently enrolled on Doctorate of Education (EdD) at Cardiff University | | | |
BSc (Sport, Exercise & Leisure), University of Ulster, Jordanstown | | | |
PGCE (Primary), University of Ulster, Coleraine | | | |
LLB (Law), Queen's University, Belfast | | | |
Primary Teacher, Knockmore Primary School | | | |
Physical Literacy Development Officer, Sport Northern Ireland
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Teaching |
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| | BEd Courses / M-Level Courses / Other Teaching : | | | | | BSc Health, Sport and Physical Activity | | | | |
BEd Primary | | | | |
BEd Post-primary | | | | |
MEd Physical Education | | | | |
PGCE - International |
Scholarship and Research |
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| | Recent Publications/Conference Papers | | | | | Publications: | | | | |
Canada's Physical Literacy Consensus Statement (2015) - a clarification document aspiring to facilitate alignment and consistency in policy, research and practice within and between the multiple sectors in the physical literacy community including health, education and sport. Available at http://www.physicalliteracy.ca/news/canada%E2%80%99s-physical-literacy-consensus-statement | | | | |
McKee, M., Breslin, G., Haughey, T. & Donnelly, P. (2013) Research in Assessing Physical Literacy in Northern Ireland, International Council of Sport Science & Physical Education (ICSSPE) Bulletin, Journal of Sport Science and Physical Education, 65. Retrieved from https://www.icsspe.org/content/no-65-cd-rom | | | | |
McKee, M., Breslin, G., Haughey, T. & Donnelly, P. (2013) Physical Literacy Co-ordinators & Active School Partnerships in Northern Ireland, International Council of Sport Science & Physical Education (ICSSPE) Bulletin, Journal of Sport Science and Physical Education, 65. Retrieved from https://www.icsspe.org/content/no-65-cd-rom | | | | |
Haughey, T., Breslin, G., Toole, S., McKee, M. & Donnelly, P. (2013) Developing Physical Literacy through Coaches - A Northern Ireland Perspective, International Council of Sport Science & Physical Education (ICSSPE) Bulletin, Journal of Sport Science and Physical Education, 65. Retrieved from https://www.icsspe.org/content/no-65-cd-rom | | | | |
Foundation Stage, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two teacher resource manuals for Activ8 Eatwell (2012), Sport Northern Ireland and the Food Standards Agency. Available at http://www.activ8ni.net/activ8-eatwell.html | | | | |
Baseline survey of timetabled PE in post-primary schools in Northern Ireland (2010), Sport Northern Ireland. Available at http://www.sportni.net/sportni/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/PostPrimaryPESurvey2010FullReport.pdf | | | | |
Physical education in primary schools in Northern Ireland (2010), Primary PE Matters, Association for Physical Education, Vol.5, No.3, pp. xiii-xvi. Available at http://www.afpe.org.uk/membership-services/member-journals/physical-education-matters | | | | |
Promoting physical activity through connected learning (2010), Linked - Connected Learning, The Partnership Management Board. Available at http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/docs/linked/linked10_feb10.pdf | | | | |
Baseline survey of timetabled PE in primary schools in Northern Ireland (2009), Sport Northern Ireland. Available at http://www.sportni.net/sportni/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/REPORTPRIMARYPESURVEY.pdf | | | | |
Conferences & Presentations: | | | | |
Key note presentation: Defining Physical Literacy, Developing Children's Physical Literacy seminar, Naas, Kildare, December 2016 | | | | |
Two panel presentations: 'The International Physical Literacy Association' and 'Physical Literacy Development in Northern Ireland', and member of Physical Literacy Advisory Panel for Q&A session, International Physical Literacy Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 2015 | | | | |
Key note presentation: Physical Literacy: The value of body experiences to human development, II Summit on Sport & Human Development, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Nov 2014 | | | | |
Developing children's physical literacy, Department of Sport & PE, Linnaeus University, Vaxjo, Sweden, April 2014 | | | | |
PE provision in primary and post-primary schools in Northern Ireland, International Association for PE and Sport for Girls and Women World Congress, Havana, Cuba, April 2013 | | | | |
Developing children's physical literacy, Department of Sport & PE, University of Malta, April 2012 | | | | |
Physical education and physical literacy, International Physical Literacy Conference, University of Bedfordshire, England, 2011 | | | | |
Physical literacy, Coaching Ireland Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2010 | | | | |
Developing physical literacy, International Association for PE and Sport for Girls and Women World Congress, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2009 | | | | |
Developing physical literacy through multi-skills clubs, Sports Coach UK Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 2009 | | | | |
Scholarships: | | | | |
The Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers Travel Scholarship, 2012 | | | | |
Bedford Physical Education Old Students' Association Travel Scholarship, 2009
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| | Research Interests | | | | | Teachers' beliefs relating to the teaching of and learning in PE | | | | |
Physical literacy and physical edcuation | | | | |
Health promotion
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Responsibilities |
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| | | Module co-ordinator: | | | |
Health Promotion & Professional Practice | | | |
Psychology of Physical Activity | | | |
Practical Studies 3 | | | |
Physical Education 3 | | | |
Active Schools | | | |
Reflective Practice in PE | | | |
Advisor of Studies - year 2 direct entry students | | | |
Internal Committee Membership: | | | |
International Development Committee, BSc rep from Sept 2014 - present | | | |
Special Educational Needs Stakeholders' Group, BSc rep from Sept 2013 - present | | | |
Outdoor Learning Steering Group, Sept 2012 - present | | | |
Health Promotion Working Group, Jan 2015 - present | | | |
Food in Schools Working Group, Dec 2013 - present | | | |
Ethics Approval Panel, MEd in PE rep from Sept 2012 - Sept 2014
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External Interests / Community Service |
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| | | Past and Present: | | | |
Member of AfPE NI interim committee, Jan 2016 - present | | | |
Member (international adviser) of the Canadian Physical Literacy Consensus Statement Steering Group, Jan 2015 - present | | | |
Member of the Northern Ireland Active Schools Working Group, Sept 2014 - Sept 2015 | | | |
Vice-chair, trustee and co-founder of International Physical Literacy Association, Aug 2014 - Dec 2015 | | | |
Vice-chair of International Physical Literacy Steering Group, Aug 2013 - July 2014 | | | |
UK representative for the International Association of PE & Sport for Girls and Women, 2013 - 2014 | | | |
Chair of workshop on 'Assessment of physical literacy", International Physical Literacy Conference, University of Bedfordshire, 2011 | | | |
Chair of Northern Ireland Physical Literacy Forum, 2008-2010 | | | |
Chair of Home Countries Physical Literacy Forum, 2008-2010 | | | |
Co-ordinator of Activ8, Sport Northern Ireland's Olympic Legacy Programme for children involving coaches and teachers, 2008-2012 | | | |
Member of the Sports Coach UK Coaching Children Curriculum Implementation Group, 2008-2010 | | | |
Member of the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland (OFMDFMNI) Play and Leisure Policy for Northern Ireland Implementation Group, 2008-2010
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