Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career
Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Physical education
  • Physical education pedagogy
  • Motor development
  • Growth and motor development
  • Health and physical education curriculum

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

About Sharna Spittle

Sharna is a Senior Lecturer of Physical Education and Health at Victoria University. She is also the Research Leader for the Skill and Development group in IHES (Institute for Health and Sport).

Sharna’s current research focuses on motor development in children, sport pedagogy, and a range of aspects associated with confidence and motivation in sport and physical education. Sharna has experience evaluating of sport and physical education programs, including projects supporting Victorian Sport and Recreation funded by the Department of Health and Human Services.

She has also worked with a number of sporting organisations, such as the AFL (Australian Football League), to review and develop coaching curriculum for the junior participation programs. In addition, Sharna has developed and delivered curriculum for use of junior coaches in India (Punjab State Institute of Sport).

Qualifications

  • PhD, Victoria University, 2015
  • M.Ed, Deakin University, 2012
  • B.Ed (Physical Education) (Honours), University of Ballarat, 2008
  • G.Cert Tertiary Education, Victoria University, 2013

Key publications

Sharna has over 45 publications, with a selection listed here.


A more comprehensive list of Sharna's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.

Year Citation
2024 Spittle, S., Spittle, M., Encel, K., & Itoh, S. (240118). Confidence and motivation to teach primary physicaleducation: A survey of specialist primary physical education pre-service teachers in Australia In Mulyadi, D. ;. (Ed.) (pp. 7-18). Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media SA.

Year Citation
2023 Kittel, A., Stevens, C. J., Lindsay, R., Spittle, S., & Spittle, M. (230516). An overview of Australian exercise and sport science degrees (vol 8, 1125259, 2023). FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION, 8

doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1207255
2023 Lindsay, R., Spittle, S., & Spittle, M. (230101). Considering the need for movement variability in motor imagery training: implications for sport and rehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology, 14

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1178632
2023 Spittle, S., Spittle, M., Itoh, S., & Watt, A. P. (230101). Teaching efficacy of undergraduate physical education students toward concepts in physical education. Frontiers in Education, 8

doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1124452
2023 Kittel, A., Spittle, M., Larkin, P., & Spittle, S. (230101). 360VR: Application for exercise and sport science education. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5

doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.977075
2023 Kittel, A., Stevens, C. J., Lindsay, R., Spittle, S., & Spittle, M. (230101). An overview of Australian exercise and sport science degrees. Frontiers in Education, 8

doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1125259
2023 Lindsay, R., Spittle, S., & Spittle, M. (230101). Skill adaption in sport and movement: Practice design considerations for 360 VR. Frontiers in Psychology, 14

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1124530
2022 Spittle, S., Spittle, M., Encel, K., & Itoh, S. (221129). Confidence and motivation to teach primary physical education: A survey of specialist primary physical education pre-service teachers in Australia. Frontiers in Education, 7

doi: 10.3389/feduc.2022.1061099
2022 Kittel, A., Spittle, M., Stevens, C., & Spittle, S. (221101). A snapshot of content delivery in Australian Exercise and Sport Science undergraduate programs. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 25 (S17-S17).

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.09.147
2022 Spittle, S., Spittle, M., & Itoh, S. (220712). Outsourcing Physical Education in Schools: What and Why Do Schools Outsource to External Providers?. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4

doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.854617

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Evaluation of the Supporting Victorian Sport and Recreation Program delivered by ACHPER Victoria
From: Australian Council for Health Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER), ISEAL
Other investigators: Aspr Michael Spittle
For period: 2017-2018
 Not disclosed

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

Key academic roles

Dates Role Department / Organisation
Jun 2015 - Present
Senior Lecturer
Victoria University
Jun 2010 - Jun 2015
Lecturer
Victoria University
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Jun 2015 -
Present
Senior Lecturer
Victoria University
Jun 2010 -
Jun 2015
Lecturer
Victoria University