Making the New Zealand Health and Physical Education Curriculum Fit for Purpose: A Global Perspective
About Timothy Lynch
Dr. Timothy Lynch, the most cited school practitioner on Google Scholar, is the Western Co-Head of ECE and Primary at Yew Chung International School of Chongqing (China) and Adjunct Professor at Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education (YCCECE), Hong Kong (China). Timothy is acknowledged by UNESCO as an Inclusive Policy Lab (IPL) expert for education and wellbeing, by the International Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Dance and Sport (IAHPEDS) as Governor for Oceania and accredited as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK Professional Standards Framework). An active teacher, school leader and researcher, he has published widely in the field of education, having taught and researched across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia. Timothy has 23 years' teaching and school leadership experience and eight years' working full time as a teacher/researcher in higher education.
Previous experiences include:
- Deputy Principal at The Joseph Varga School
- Deputy Head of Junior School at the British International School of Cairo
- Assistant Headteacher/ Deputy Headteacher at Hornbill School, Brunei - Ofsted outstanding (Ministry of Defence, UK)
- Adjunct Professor at the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBD) in the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education (SHBIE)
- Plymouth University - Subject Lead in the Institute of Education - Ofsted outstanding (UK) 2015-2017
- Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University - no. 1 in world QS rankings (Australia) (2011-2015).
- Assistant Professor at University of Canberra
Research interests include; Wellbeing, Special Education, Health and Physical Education, pedagogy and quality teaching practices, curriculum reform, and enhancing learning through the physical. An active teacher, school leader and researcher, he has published widely in the field of education for Swinburne University of Technology, Universiti of Brunei Darussalam, University of Plymouth, Monash University, University of Canberra, Federation University and Australian Catholic University.
