Lecturer in BA (Hons) Physical Education

Joe has a passion for teaching and working in a variety of educational settings across the age groups, including early years, primary school (as a teacher and PE manager) and several higher education institutions. Outside of work he likes to climb mountains and explore. In 2018, Joe worked as a volunteer project manager with Raleigh International in Nepal, delivering a water infrastructure project in the earthquake damaged Gorkha region and trekked through remote areas of the Ganesh Himal.

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Area of expertise
  • Physical education;
  • Primary curriculum;
  • Psycho-physiological responses to exercise.
Teaching & research interests

Joe believes in the benefits of ‘learning outside the classroom’, encouraging a curriculum that utilises both the indoor and outdoor environment and engaging in a real world context. He also has a keen interest investigating the impact of physical activity on learning. 

Qualifications
  • MSc Sport and Exercise Science, University of Wolverhampton;
  • BA Physical Education and Sports Studies & Social and Applied Psychology, Newman University College;
  • Qualified Teacher Status as a primary school teacher.
Publications & research

Conference publications

  • Al-Nakeeb, Y., Lyons, M., Moreton, J. Duncan, M., Nevill, A. and James, C. (2006) The Effects of Audience and Competition on the Performance of a Novel Dart-Aiming Task. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science. July 5th - 8th, Lausanne, 2006;
  • Lyons, M., Al-Nakeeb, Y., Moreton, J. and Duncan, M. (2006) The effects of variability of practice on learning a novel motor skill. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science. July 5th - 8th, Lausanne, 2006;
  • Burgess, P., Al-Nakeeb, Y., Moreton, J., Hankey, J., Lyons, M. and Nevill, A. (2008) Psycho-physiological responses of team and individual performers during task and ego-oriented competition. Paper presentation at BASES Annual Conference, Brunel University, 2-4 September 2008;
  • Moreton, J, Duncan, M (2009) The effect of using hiking poles on O2 uptake, heart rate, and blood lactate at varying uphill gradients. Paper presentation at BASES Annual Conference, Leeds Met, 1-3 September 2009.

Book chapters

  • Moreton, J, Duncan, M (2010) The effect of using hiking poles on O2 uptake, heart rate, and blood lactate during uphill walking. In Duncan, M, Lyons, M ed. (2010) Trends in Human Performance Research. New York; Nova Science Publishers.
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