Teaching Strengths
Mr Scott Adams
Senior Lecturer, Human Movement and Health Sciences
School of Allied Health and Human Performance
College of Health
I have been teaching at the University of South Australia since 2005 and I am the Program Director of the following suite of UniSA programs, responsible for the provision of academic leadership in the planning, management, development, quality assurance and improvement, and growth of each:
Bachelor of Human Movement
Bachelor of Human Movement, Bachelor of Psychological Science (Counselling and Interpersonal Skills)
Bachelor of Human Movement, Bachelor of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Bachelor of Human Movement/ Master of Teaching
I am a trained Health and Physical Education teacher, experienced Physical Education Teacher Educator (PETE) and teaching academic and I coordinate and teach extensively within a number of core and elective courses across all years of the Human Movement and Exercise and Sport Science programs at UniSA. I completed UniSA's Teaching Excellence and Leadership Program (TELP) in 2016 as well as a Graduate Diploma in Education Studies (Digital Learning) in 2020.
My leadership is reflected below by the various positions, groups and networks I am currently, or have previously been, involved with:
Current
Program Director: Human Movement
Chair: Allied Health and Human Performance Teaching Innovation Group (TIG);
Academic Board: Allied Health and Human Performance;
Allied Health and Human Performance Teaching and Learning Strategy Group (TLSG);
Human Movement Industry Advisory Group (HUMIAG);
Peer Reviewer: UniSA Summative Peer Review of Teaching (SPRT) program;
KinderGym Advisory Group: Gymnastics SA.
Previous
School of Health Sciences Program Management Group (PMG);
UniSA Online Academic Group;
Chair: School of Health Sciences Student Engagement Group (HLSSEG);
Division of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee (DTALC);
School of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee (STALC);
UniSA Online Program Director's Network;
Division of Health Sciences Program Director's Network;
Division of Health Sciences Teacher Academic Network.
Courses I teach
- HLTH 1017 Group and Team Leadership (2025)
- HLTH 3085 Professional Practice in Human Movement (2025)
- HLTH 1017 Group and Team Leadership (2024)
- HLTH 3085 Professional Practice in Human Movement (2024)
Programs I'm associated with
- IBHT - Bachelor of Human Movement
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