UC Spark

Mrs Tracy Julia Clelland

School of Sport & Physical Education

Fields of Research

  • Gender construction, motivation and engagement of learners

Researcher Summary

My main area of research is around the emotional wellbeing of boys in the primary school environment and in particular how hegemonic masculinities impact on  wellbeing and school engagement. I am exploring how the Health Promoting Schools framework can be implemented to support student wellbeing.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Publications


  • Clelland, T., Cushman, P. and Knewstubb, H. (2012) Identifying barriers to learning: Enabling schools and communities to identify and address health issues in an educational setting. Wellington, New Zealand: 23rd Annual Confernce of the New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA), 13-15 Jul 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Clelland, T. (2011) "I'll do it from the top, like popular/cool, in-between/normal, loser and nerd": Factors that influence the emotional wellbeing of a group of Year 8 boys from one Christchurch intermediate school. MEd, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Thesis - Master of Education)
  • Cushman, P. and Clelland, T. (2011) A Health Promoting Schools approach to bullying. SET: Research Information for Teachers 2011(3): 17-25. (Journal Article)
  • Clelland, T. (2011) Health promoting schools - enabling schools and communities to identify and address health issues that act as barriers to learning. Madrid, Spain: 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2011), 14-16 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Cushman, P., Clelland, T. and Hornby, G. (2011) Health-promoting schools and mental health issues: a survey of New Zealand schools. Pastoral Care in Education 29(4): 247-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2011.626066. (Journal Article)
  • Astall, C., Cowan, J. and Clelland, T. (2010) WikiED! New experiences of social learning tools within a pre-service teaching environment. San Diego, CA, USA: 21st Annual Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, 29 Mar-2 Apr 2010. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 1316-1321. http://www.editlib.org/p/33539. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Astall, C., Cowan, J. and Clelland, T. (2010) WikiEd! New experiences of social learning tools within a pre-service teaching environment. Christchurch, New Zealand: Ulearn 10, 6-8 Oct 2010. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Clelland, T. and Blair, K. (2009) A smokefree school/kura is a sign of wellbeing, not just a sign on the gate. Tauranga, New Zealand: NZ Health Education Association Bi-Annual Conference: 'Making Connections - Whakawhanaungatanga', 28-30 Sep 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Cushman, P. and Clelland, T. (2007) Health promoting schools: What the research says. Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Health Teachers' Association Conference 2007, 30 Jun-3 Jul 2007. 11pp. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)