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I am a Senior Education Officer within Education Scotland with national lead responsibility for Health and wellbeing and Outdoor Learning.
I am also an Attainment Adviser within Scottish Government's Scottish Attainment Challenge to reduced the poverty-related attainment gap in Scotland.
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Davies Banda is an active researcher in the field of sport policy and sport-for-development. He has worked collaboratively with other academics commissioned to undertake national and international monitoring and evaluation of sport projects. His research interests are centred particularly on: youth sport and social inclusion policies, sport-for-development and social inclusion interventions, and corporate social responsibility through sport.
His academic and practitioner interest within the sport-for-development sector focuses on designing and implementation of social interventions using sport as a tool for development. Davies has experience of working as a consultant in Europe and Africa where he has been engaged by private, voluntary and public sector bodies as M&E consultant.
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Prof. Reza Rajabi is a husband and father of a twin boys age 6. His wife is PE teacher in primary school too. Reza is a Professor at the University of Tehran (Physical education and sport sciences faculty).
His career in physical education enabled Reza to work with a wide variety of students in various ages in the field of physical education and some related organizations across Iran.
Reza have ben advisor and supervisor to more than 1000 B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D students in the field of postural disfunction in children. Hence, his main interest and especially is teaching and researching in the area of postural abnormalities and musculoskeletal disorders caused by nonstandard school furniture particularly among young students. Musculoskeletal and postural measurements and prescription of corrective exercises for such a postural and musculoskeletal malalignments is his another expertise. Reza during the past 8 years has been focused on play therapy (adapted or corrective games and plays) on young children. Hence, one of his favourite topic and desire's is running workshops for PE teachers and parents in the above mention issue.
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Dr. Doug Gleddie is a husband and father who also happens to be an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta (Elementary Physical Education). In a career filled with change, the only true constants have been physical activity/education, working with kids and, how joy fills the spaces in between. Although it took him a while to fully embrace this epiphanal thought, the journey itself has enabled Doug to work with a wide variety of people and organizations across Canada and around the world. Doug is currently researching narratives of movement and physical education as well as exploring the affective aspects of physical literacy. He takes care of his own wellness by being active with his family; improving his guitar picking and seeking new challenges each day. Visit Doug’s blog at www.purposefulmovement.net
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Project assistant for the Quality Physical Education (QPE) policy project, SHS, UNESCO HQ