Dr Luiza Lana Gonçalves

Luiza-Lana-Goncalves

Position: Lecturer
Study area: Health and Physical Education
Location: Berwick Campus, Room 901-130A
Phone: 03 8780 5753
Email: l.lanagoncalves@federation.edu.au
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4140-2463

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) with an internship at the University of Limerick (Ireland) - 2019

Master of Physical Education, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (Brazil) - 2014

Bachelor of Physical Education with a Teaching licence, University of Vale do Rio Doce (Brazil) - 2008

Teaching

Courses

  • Bachelor of Education (Primary and Early Childhood)
  • Bachelor of Secondary Education (Health and Physical Education Teaching)
  • Bachelor of Sport, Physical and Outdoor Education

Units

  • Health and Physical Education Curriculum (EDBED 1018)
  • Health and Physical Education Curriculum Studies I (EDHPE2003)
  • Health and Physical Education Curriculum Studies II
  • Health and Physical Education Curriculum Studies III (Senior Years)
  • Professional Development in Sport, Physical and Outdoor Education

Biography

Dr. Luiza Gonçalves is a Lecturer in Health and Physical Education in the Institute of Education, Arts, and Community at Federation University Australia. She is also an early career researcher who develops projects addressing teachers’ professional development and collaborative practices in education.  

Luiza accomplished her PhD in 2019 in the Sport Department, at University of São Paulo. During her PhD, she completed an internship at University of Limerick, Ireland. In the same year, she was the recipient of the AIESEP developing countries scholar award, when shared her work with Brazilian teachers and their challenging and resilient practices in precarious contexts. Luiza joined Federation University after five years as a physical education teacher in Brazil, and more than 10 years as a teacher educator in Brazil and Australia (Deakin and Monash University).

Currently, Luiza has focused her work on collaborative practices in disadvantaged schools and the internationalisation of research. She publishes her work in high-quality Q1 journals such as European Physical Education Review, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, and Sport Education and Society in partnership with international scholars. Luiza serve as member of Editorial Board of the International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education - Taylor and Francis, but also as a reviewer of diverse academic journal in Health and Physical Education area.

Areas of expertise

Luiza’s overarching research and teaching focus is on teachers’ professional development and collaborative practices in education. Over the past ten years, Luiza has focused on understanding the challenges teachers face in their professional development in different contexts. Specifically, Luiza’s line of research explores teachers’ professional development, using learning communities as a collaborative strategy to change/negotiate their micro-context. Luiza has been employing action research as a way of filling the gap between theory and practice in the professional development area. Since becoming a university lecturer, Luiza’s teaching expertise relies on pedagogy and socio-cultural areas, specifically, subjects that argue for school-based health and physical education, specifically those focused on curriculum, pedagogy and methods of health and physical education, and history and philosophy of health and physical education.

Luiza’s work with professional development and collaborative practices can be organised into different categories:

  • School-university partnerships as a collaborative endeavour in Health and Physical Education. It involves pre-service teachers, teacher educators, teachers, and their communities working together to learn/improve the profession and school realities.
  • Democratic practices in higher education. It addresses not only classroom projects and practices but also teacher educators learning through local and international partnerships.
  • Learning communities as a strategy for teachers’ professional development. It focuses on supporting teachers from disadvantaged places in their learning and toward micro-social change.

Research interests

  • Democratic practices in higher education
  • School-university partnerships
  • Learning communities and teachers’ professional development
  • Internationalisation of research

Supervision

Luiza is available to supervise Master and PhD students.

Publications

Books

Silva, J.V.P. da; Gonçalves, L.L.; Moreira, W.W. (Ed.) (2016). Physical Education and its different perspectives. UFMS.

Book chapters

Liziero, L.; Silva, K.; Goncalves, L.L. A Trajetória Formativa De Professores Em Uma Comunidade De Prática: Passado, Presente E Futuro No Desenvolvimento Profissional Em Educação Física [The Training Trajectory of Teachers in a Community of Practice: Past, Present and Future in Professional Development in Physical Education]. 90 anos de Educação Física Escolar na EEFE-USP

Patton, K., Parker, M., & Gonçalves, L. (2023). Toward a Common Understanding: Promoting and Supporting Effective Continuing Professional Development. In: V. Girginov, & R. Marttinen, (Eds.). Routledge Resources Online: Sport Studies. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367766924-RESS68-1

Gonçalves, L.L. (2019). The Integral Education Development in Brazil). In: Moraes, M. M. de S.; Urt, S. da C. (Eds.). Curricular initiatives in Integral Education Teachers Professional Development). UFMS.

Moreira, W.W.; Gonçalves, L.L.; Carbinatto, M. V. (2019) Corporeality and motricity in physical education and sport professional development: main concepts. In: Bodies in Motion: images, genders and interculturalities. Appris.

Refereed journal articles

Varea, V.; Gonçalves, L.L; Luguetti, C. N. Hermanas in dialogue: Amplifying female South American voices in Australian Health and Physical Education Teacher Education. Sport Education and Society (Accepted, 2024).

Sanches Neto, L; [...] Goncalves, L.L. (2024) Readdressing Democracy and Social Justice: Coping with Inequalities in Physical Education. Curriculum Perspectives. (Accepted)
Rufino, L; Goncalves, L. L. Souza Neto, S. (2024) The BNC – Teacher Education in the Scenario of Reopening Political Debate in Brazil:  in question, Teachers Professional Development. e-Curriculum (Accepted)

Rufino, L. G. B., Iannucci, C., Hunuk, D., Vidoni, C., Luguetti, C. N., Gonçalves, L. L., Ferreira, H. J., Batista, P., Borges, C., MacPhail, A., Sanches Neto, L., & de Souza Neto, S. (2024). Exploring Solidarity in Action: Key Methodological Features for Collaborative Research in Physical Education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (published online ahead of print 2024). https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2023-0318

Gonçalves, L.L.; Fletcher, T.; Morrison, H.; Mally, K. Tensions in Enacting Democratic Approaches in Physical Education Teacher Education. Sport Education and Society (Ahead of Print) 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2024.2313992
Ferreira, H. J; Gonçalves, L.L; Parker, M. Physical Education Teachers’ Experiences of Nurturing a Learning Community Online. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 42(3), 420-429, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0305

Gonçalves, L.L.; Parker, M.; Luguetti, C. N.; Carbinatto, M. V. (2022) ‘We united to defend ourselves and face our struggles’: Nurturing a physical education teachers’ community of practice in a precarious context. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 27, (4) 339-352, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2021.1891212

Gonçalves, L.L.; Parker, M.; Luguetti, C. N.; Carbinatto, M. V. (2022). The facilitator’s role in supporting physical education teachers’ empowerment in a professional learning community. Sport Education and Society. 27 (3), 272-285. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2020.1825371

Parker, M. A.; Patton, K.; Gonçalves, L. L.; Okseon, L.; Luguetti, C.N. (2022). Learning Communities and Physical Education Professional Development: A Scoping Review. European Physical Education Review, 28(2), 500-518. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X211055584

Gonçalves, L.L.; Luguetti, C. N.; Borges, C. (2022). Collaborative Continuing Professional Development in Physical Education: an Introduction. Movimento Journal, 28, e28063. DOI:https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.127919

Vidoni, Carla; Hunuk, Deniz; Gonçalves, L.L. (2022) It is a Never-Ending Journey: Learning to Become a Facilitator in Physical Education Teacher Education Collaborative Practices. Movimento Journal. 28, e28065 DOI:https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.127287

Luguetti, Carla; Gonçalves, Luiza Lana; Borges, Cecilia; Macphail, Ann. (2022) Solidarity in Action: a Co-Designed Special Issue with Brazilian and International Researchers. Movimento Journal. 28, e28070. DOI:https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.127882

Gonçalves, L.L.; Parker, M.; Carbinatto, M. V. (2021). Community of Practice and Continuing Professional Development of Physical Education Teachers in a Brazilian School. Movimento Journal. 27, e27073-19, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.113015

Silva, D. S.; Donadon, P. S.; Salerno, M. B.; D’auria, B. B.; Gonçalves, L.L. (2021). Continuing Professional Development in The Second Time University Program at The Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Movimento Journal. 27, e27032. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.111746

Moreira, W.W.; Gonçalves, L.L.; Carbinatto, M. V.; Chaves, A. D.; Santos-Naves, S. P.; Martins, N. P.; Simoes, R. (2018). Rethinking body concept to achieve homo sportivus) Kinesis, 36, 11 - 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5902/2316546428566

Carbinatto, M. V.; Gonçalves, L. L.; Simões, R.; Moreira, W. W.; Nunomura, M. (2017). Knowledge of physical education pre-service students about gymnastics through physical education teachers educators perceptions). Revista de Graduação USP, 2, 55 - 61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-376X.v2i3p55-61

Gonçalves, L.L.; Souza, M. C. F.; Simoes, R.; Moreira, W.W. (2016). Thoughts on corporeality in the context of integral education. Educação em Revista (UFMG), 32, 185 - 209. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-4698144794

Gonçalves, L.L.; Moreira, W.W. (2014). Corporeality and integral education: what the individuals say about full-time school experience in Governador Valadares/MG). Pensar a Prática (Online), 17, 1 - 15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5216/rpp.v17i4.30025

Silva, J.V.P. da; Gonçalves, L.L.; Moreira, W.W. (2014). Productivism at graduate studies: things are never so bad, they can be made worse. The turn of graduate students!). Movimento, 20, 1423 - 1445. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.46187

Gonçalves, L.L.; Lavoura, T. (2012). The circus as content of Corporal Culture in school Physical Education: opportunity to pedagogical practice in the historical-critical approach). Revista Brasileira de Ciência e Movimento, 19, 100 - 110.

Gonçalves, L.L.; Abelha, W.L.A; Nogueira, Q.W.C. (2009). Educational handball and the organization of the pedagogic work in schools. Cadernos de Formação RBCE. 01, 88 - 99.

Refereed conference proceedings

Goncalves, L.L.; Silva, K.; Liziero, L.; Parker, M.; Silva, D. S. (2023) Reimagining school-university partnerships in physical education: a collaborative design to approach democratic professionalism, for the AARE 2023 Conference - Truth Voice Place: Critical junctures for educational research.

Vidoni, C.; Hunuk, D.; Gonçalves, L.L. (2023). Facilitation on Collaborative Practices: a Self-study from International Teacher Educators In: SHAPE America 2023, 2023, New York. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Taylor & Francis Group, 94. A-96.

Iannucci, C; Luguetti, C; Borges, C; Gonçalves, L.L.; MacPhail, A. (2022) Co-designing a Special Issue with Brazilian and international academics: the role of collaborative practices in the experience of academics. In: Ovens, A. and Alfrey, L (discussant). Supporting professional learning through collaborative inquiry and research. AARE HPE SIG conference 2022, Adelaide, Australia.

Gonçalves, L.; Luguetti, C.; Borges, C. (2022) Collaborative continuing professional development in physical education: A co-designed Special Issue with Brazilian and international researchers. Symposium Presentation. AIESEP World Congress 2022, Gold Coast, Australia.

Ferreira, H. J.; Gonçalves, L.; Parker, M. (2022). Being in and out: enablers and challenges to the development of a teacher-facilitator of a community of practice. Oral presentation. AIESEP World Congress 2022, Gold Coast, Australia.

Brennan, C.; Bowles, R.; Murtagh, E.; Parker, M.; Gonçalves, L. (2022). From professional learning community to community of practice: The growth of an online community among primary teachers with a specialism in PE. Oral presentation. AIESEP World Congress 2022, Gold Coast, Australia.

Parker, M.; Patton, K.; Gonçalves, L.L.; Lee, O.; Luguetti, C. (2021). Learning Communities and Physical Education Professional Development: A Scoping Review. AIESEP 2021 Descending the mountain. Symposium Presentation. Virtual Conference: Alberta, Canadá.

Ferreira, H. J; Gonçalves, L.L; Parker, M. (2021). “I am isolated, but I am not alone”: physical education teachers’ experiences of nurturing a learning community online. AIESEP 2021 Descending the mountain. Oral Presentation. Virtual Conference: Alberta, Canadá.

Parker, M.; Patton, K.; Gonçalves, L.L.; Lee, O.; Luguetti, C. N. (2021). Learning Communities and Physical Education Professional Development: What is Known?, 2021. SHAPE America 2021 - national convention and expo. Virtual Conference: United States.

Goncalves, L. L., Parker, M. & Luguetti, C.N. (2020) Physical Education Learning Communities and Their Development in Precarious Contexts [Pre-Conference Mentoring Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/um5k9wx

Gonçalves, L.L.; Parker, M.; Carbinatto, M. V. (2020) Precarious contexts and physical education teachers’ continuing professional development. 2020. AARE - Australian Association for Research and Education, AARE HPE SIG virtual conference; Melbourne, Australia.

Gonçalves, L.L.; Parker, M.; Luguetti, C. N.; Carbinatto, M. V. (2019) “It helped us to be stronger!”: teachers’ empowerment through a learning community in a full-time Brazilian school. 2019. AIESEP World Congress: Adelphi University; New York, NY.

Gonçalves, L.L.; Luguetti, C. N.; Carbinatto, M. V.; Parker, M. (2018). Continuing Professional Development through a learning community in a full-time Brazilian school, 2018. AIESEP World Congress: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Associations

  • Association Internationale des Ecoles Supérieures d'Education Physique (AIESEP) (International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education). 2018 – present: Member, International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education.
  • Brazilian Sport Science College
    2015 – present: Member, Brazilian Sport Science College
    2015-2016: Secretary of the Brazilian Sport Science College – Mato Grosso do Sul office.