Brodie Runciman

Teaching Fellow in Physical Education and Programme Director: Year 2 MA (Hons) Physical Education

Biography

Background

Following completion of the B.Ed. Physical Education Degree at Moray House in 2010, Brodie taught PE in Scottish High Schools for 8 years. During this time, he experienced different roles including Head of Rugby, Principal Teacher of Guidance and Head of Participation and Attainment. Brodie has taught and been an SQA marker across a range of  National Qualification PE Courses.

In 2018, Brodie moved into higher education as an Associate Tutor at Moray House. He is now employed as a Teaching Fellow where he has responsibility for course organising and teaching. Brodie is Year 2 Director and an Academic Cohort Lead on the MA (Hons) PE degree. His professional interests lie in the areas of pedagogy, curriculum, National Qualifications, assessment and skill acquisition.   

Responsibilities & affiliations

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Year Director and Cohort Lead for Year 2 of the MA PE programme.

Undergraduate teaching 

  • Course Organiser - Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy 3 – The National Awards
  • Education Studies 4: Independent Research Project in Education
  • Applied Sports Science 1a: Motor skill acquisition – An Introduction to Information Processing and Dynamical Systems Theories 
  • Physical Education Perspectives 3: Motor skill acquisition – Dynamical Systems, Direct Perception and Constraints 
  • Physical Education Curriculum and pedagogy 2 - The Early Secondary Years 
  • Education studies 2b - Inclusion and Citizenship in the 21st Century 
  • Education studies 3 - Teaching for Social Justice 
  • Professional development and Leadership 1 and 2 
  • Practical Activities (year 2 and 3) - Rugby, Volleyball, Basketball, Swimming, Striking and Fielding, Athletics, Badminton  

Postgraduate teaching 

  • Volleyball 
  • Swimming
  • Rugby and Invasion Games
  • School Placement 1, 2 and 3 

Project activity

DataFit Project Officer (March - July 2021)

Evidence suggests that young people in Scotland have exposure and access to physical activity tracking devices, however associated literacy and understanding the data they generate e.g. step-count, may be poor. DataFit prepares children to use personal health data to become more data literate citizens, allowing them to make positive behaviour changes around physical activity. 

 

Using Media Hopper to Enhance Peer-Teaching and Develop Professional Judgement and Decision Making Expertise in Student Physical Education Teachers

This project funded by the Principal's Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) seeks to use video capturing techniques so that University-based peer-teaching episodes which students undertake in the 3rd year of their ITE programme can be used as a resource to promote a more systematic approach to professional development. The recording of the peer-teaching episodes will provide the opportunity for students to engage in collaborative practitioner enquiry beyond the mentor-mentee relationship of school placements (Girvan, Conneely & Tangney, 2016).

 

 

 

 

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