Scott Adams

Teaching Strengths

Pedagogy
Health and Physical Education
Group dynamics
Choice theory and positive psychology
Human Movement, Exercise and Sports Science

Mr Scott Adams

Senior Lecturer, Human Movement and Health Sciences

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Available For Media Comment.


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.

My primary interests are in pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

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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