Tristan Wallhead, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Physical Education Teacher Education

BACKGROUND

Tristan Wallhead came to the United States from England after serving as a physical education teacher at a high school with Sports College status for six years. He was offered a doctoral position at the Ohio State University to continue his research on the Sport Education curriculum model. The excellent reputation of the Physical Education Teacher Education (PHET) program at the University of Wyoming brought Tristan to Wyoming in the summer of 2004 after graduation. He continues to conduct research on sport-based physical education curricular programs including Sport Education and the Tactical Games approach and currently investigates the effects on students' motivation to participate in extracurricular physical activity programs. He enjoys playing soccer, badminton, fishing and skiing.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Ohio State University (2004)

M.S. Leeds Metropolitan University (2000)

B.S. Loughborough University (1997)

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2011-2012  UW International Travel Grant ($2000/yr/1yr). “A didactic analysis of Maori student social skill development during co-operative learning”

2011-2012  College of Health Sciences SEED Grant ($1450/yr/1yr) “A didactic analysis of student development of social skills during co-operative learning”

2011-2012  American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Early Career SEED Grant ($7500/yr/1yr) Readdy, T. & Wallhead, T. “Anti-Fat Bias of Pre-service Physical Education Teachers”

2006-2007  UW Faculty Grant-In-Aid Grant ($7200/yr/1yr) "The processes by which perceived autonomy support in physical education impacts American Indian youth participation in extra-curricular physical activity" 

Kelly, R.O. [PI] (07/04-06/09).  Building Clinical Research Infrastructures:  Developing Capacity for Community-Based Health Research (section).  2P20RR016474-04 NIH/NCRR (funded $9,656,520).  Smith, D.T. [Primary Investigator] (04/07-04/08).  Clinical Outcomes in Rural Populations Core (funded $210,000).  Co-primary Investigator:  Bartee, R.T.; Consultant:  Wallhead, T.

PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Wallhead, T.L., Garn, A., & Vidoni, C. (2012). Sport Education and social goals in physical education: Relationships with enjoyment, relatedness, and leisure-time physical activity. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 1-12.

Sanchez, B., Byra, M., & Wallhead, T.L. (2012). Students' perceptions of the command, practice, and inclusion styles of teaching. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 17, 317-330.

Wallhead, T. L. (2012). Explaining the attraction: Understanding the motivational responses of students to Sport Education (pp. 133-148). In P. Hastie (Ed.) Sport education: International Perspectives. New York: Routledge.

Wallhead, T.L., Hagger, M. & Smith, D. (2010). Sport Education and extra-curricular sport participation: An examination using the trans-contextual model of motivation. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 81, 442-455.

Hennings, J., Wallhead, T. L., & Byra, M. (2010). A didactic analysis of student content learning during the reciprocal style of teaching. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 29, 227-244.

Kimball, J., Jenkins, J. & Wallhead, T.L. (2009). Influence of high school physical education on university students physical activity. European Physical Education Review, 15, 1-19.

Wallhead, T.L. (2007).  Teaching K-12 students to combat obesity.  Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 78(8), 26-28.

Wallhead, T.L., & O'Sullivan, M. (2007).  A didactic analysis of content development during the peer teaching tasks of a Sport Education season.  Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 12, 225-243.

Benham-Deal, T., Jenkins, J., Wallhead, T., & Byra, M. (2007). The impact of standards on physical education in Wyoming - A decade of change. The Physical Educator, 64, 81-93.

Ward, P., Goodway, J., Ah-Lee, M., Wallhead, T.L., & Nye, S. (2007).  Technology use in a physical education teaching education program:  Unique strategies for an unconventional subject area.  Future Focus, 27, 22-26.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Wallhead, T. (2012, May). A didactic lens to examine the dynamics of peer-assisted learning in physical education. Invited seminar at University of Auckland, NZ.

Sanchez, B., Byra, M., & Wallhead, T. (2011, June). Student and teacher behaviors in the command, practice, and inclusion styles of teaching. Poster Presentation at AIESEP, 2011. Limerick, Ireland. 

Sanchez, B., Byra, M., & Wallhead, T. (2011, June). Students’ perceptions of the command, practice, and inclusion styles of teaching. Oral Presentation at AIESEP, 2011. Limerick, Ireland. 

Scarcliff, J., & Wallhead, T. (2011, June). A didactic analysis of student tactical learning during the Sport Education Tactical Model. Poster Presentation at AIESEP, 2011. Limerick, Ireland. 

Wallhead, T., Hagger, M., & Smith, D. (2010, March). Influence of Sport Education on American Indian Extra-Curricular Physical Activity. Oral presentation at AAHPERD 2010. Indianapolis, IN.

Wallhead, T., Hagger, M., & Smith, D. (2009, September). Sport education and extra-curricular physical activity participation: An examination using the trans-contextual model of motivation. Oral Presentation at AIESEP specialist seminar,2009. Pensacola, FL.

Wallhead, T. (2009, June). Understanding peer teaching through a didactics lens. Invited seminar at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Townsend, M., Jenkins, J.M., & Wallhead, T.L. (2009, March).  Teacher progress and 4th grade students' learning in the tactical approach.  Paper presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention, Tampa, FL.

Wallhead, T., Hennings, J. & Byra, M. (2009, June). A didactic analysis of content development during the reciprocal style of teaching. Oral Presentation at AIESEP specialist seminar, 2009. Besancon, France.

Hennings, J., Wallhead, T.L., &  Byra, M. (2009, May).  A didactic analysis of content development during the reciprocal style of teaching.  Paper presented at the AIESEP International Seminar for Specialists, Besancon, France.

Kimball, J., Jenkins, J.M., & Wallhead, T.L. (2009, March).  University students' perceptions of P.E. effects on physical activity.  Poster presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention in Tampa, FL.

Wallhead, T. (2008, May). A didactic analysis of the teaching-learning process during the Tactical Games Approach. Paper presented at the Teaching Games for Understanding International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Wallhead, T. (2007, October).  Didactics as a research methodology for understanding the teaching-learning process. Invited Roundtable Paper Presentation at the Historic Traditions & Future Directions in Research on Teaching and Teacher Education in Physical Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Wallhead, T. (2007, March).  Combating Obesity in K-12 Learners. Invited Paper for the National Curriculum and Instruction Academy at All Academy Symposium Presentation at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Wallhead, T., Bush, K. & Hook, J. (2007, March).  A Gender Comparison of Student Coaching During a Unit of Sport Education. Poster Presentation at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Conference, Baltimore, MD.