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Dr Mike Jess

Senior Lecturer in Physical Education / Programme Director: PG Certificate in 3-14 PE

Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences (SPEHS)

Email: mike.jess@ed.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6646

Location:

St Leonard's Land

Background

Mike Jess is senior lecturer in physical education and director of the Developmental Physical Education Group (DPEG) and Postgraduate Certificate in 3-14 Physical Education. He is joint coordinator of the Scottish Primary Physical Education Project; a £6 million Scottish Government project that has been running since 2006. He is also the director of the Basic Moves programme which is currently being delivered to tens of thousands of children across the UK. Mike has delivered over 100 conference presentations and CPD sessions and has written extensively on children’s physical education, sport and physical activity.

Principal interests

Research interests include:

Physical Education
Curriculum, Pedagogy & Professional Learning
Complexity Theory

Publications

Publications list for Dr Mike Jess