Honorary Professor David Kirk
Honorary Professor
School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Publications
Books
Kirk, David (2019). Precarity, critical pedagogy and physical education. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429326301
Kirk, David, Burgess-Limerick, Robin, Kiss, Michael, Lahey, Janine and Penney, Dawn (2004). Senior physical education : an integrated approach. 2nd ed. ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Kirk, David, Penney, Dawn, Burgess-Limerick, Robin, Gorely, Trish and Maynard, Colette (2002). A Level Physical Education: The Reflective Performer. Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics.
Book Chapters
Kirk, David, Brooker, Ross and Braiuka, Sandra (2009). Aprendizaje situado en una unidad de ensenanza de baloncesto (Situated learning in a unit of basketball). La Educación Fisica y el deporte en la edad escolar: El giro reflexivo en la enseñanza. (pp. 341-367) Buenos Aires: Miño y Davilá.
Fitzgerald H. and Kirk D. (2008). Physical education as a normalizing practice: Is there a space for disability sport?. Disability and Youth Sport. (pp. 91-105) Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203889732
O'Donovan, Toni and Kirk, David (2008). Facilitating lifelong participation in the community of practice of sport. Communities of practice: Creating learning environments for educators. (pp. 371-384) edited by Chris Kimble and Paul Hildreth. Charlotte, U.S.: Information Age Publishing.
Kirk, D., Squires, S. and Adam, J. (2007). La formacion inicial de los profesionales de EF en Inglaterra en el proceso de Convergencia Europea: Una vision desde la Universidad Metropolitana de Leeds. La formación del profesorado de Educación Física en el marco de la convergencia europea. (pp. 203-212) edited by Lucio Martínez Álvarez and Nicolás Bores Calle. Valladolid, Spain: Universidad de Valladolid.
Kirk, D., Brettschneider, W. and Auld, C. (2007). Junior sport models representing best practice nationally and internationally. Junior sport matters: Briefing papers for Australian junior sport. (pp. 83-99) edited by Hooper, Sue L., Macdonald, D and Phillips, M. Belconnen, Australia: Australian Sports Commission.
Macdonald, D., Cote, J. and Kirk, D. (2007). Physical activity pedagogy for junior sport. Junior sport matters: Briefing papers for Australian junior sport. (pp. 29-40) edited by Hooper, S, Macdonald, D and Phillips, M. Belconnen, Australia: Australian Sports Commission.
Kirk, David (2005). Future prospects for teaching games for understanding. Teaching games for understanding: Theory, research and practice. (pp. 213-227) edited by Linda L. Griffin and Joy I. Butler. Champaign, IL, United States: Human Kinetics.
MacPhail, A., Kirk, D. and Kinchin, G. (2005). Sport Education in Key Stage 2 Games. Sport education in physical education: Research based practice. (pp. 122-139) edited by Penney, Dawn. London; New York: Routledge.
Kirk, David (2005). Model-based teaching and assessment in physical education: The Tactical Games model. Physical Education: Essential issues. (pp. 128-142) edited by Ken Green and Ken Hardman. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Kirk, David (2005). Physical Culture, Lifelong Participation and Empowerment: Towards an Educational Rationale for Physical Education. Youth, Sport, and Active Leisure: Theory, Policy and Participation. (pp. 3-28) edited by Anne Flintoff, Jonathan Long and Kevin Hylton. Eastbourne, U.K.: Leisure Studies Association.
Kirk, D. (2004). New practices, new subjects and critical inquiry: Possibility and progress. Critical Inquiry and Problem-Solving in Physical Education. (pp. 199-208) edited by J. Wright, D. Macdonald and L. Burrows. London: Routledge.
Kirk, David (2004). Política, pragmatismo y fortuna en un proyecto de investigación a gran escala: una perspectiva personal. La Otra Cara de la Investigacion: Reflexiones Desde la Educacion Fisica. (pp. 35-48) edited by Sicilia Camacho, Alvaro and Fernández-Balboa, Juan Miguel. Sevilla, Spain: Wanceulen.
Kirk, David (2004). Beyond the "academic" curriculum: the production and operation of biopower in the less studies sites of schooling. Dangerous coagulations? : the uses of Foucault in the study of education. (pp. 117-133) edited by Baker, Bernadette M. and Heyning, Katharina E.. New York, NY United States: Peter Lang.
Kirk, David (2004). Towards a critical history of the body, identity and health: corporeal power and school practice. Body Knowledge and Control: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education and Health. (pp. 52-67) edited by J. Evans, B. Davies and J. Wright. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Macdonald, D. and Kirk, D. (2003). Deconstruction, reconstruction and futures for Australasian health and physical education teacher education. Physical Education: Deconstruction and Reconstruction - Issues and Directions. (pp. 73-83) edited by K. Hardman. Berlin: Verlag Karl Hofman.
MacPhail, Ann, Kirk, David and Eley, Diann (2003). Discovering the 'Coaching Self" through Ethnography : Coach as a Committed Volunteer. Investigating Educational Policy Through Ethnography. (pp. 93-110) edited by G. Walford. Amsterdam : Boston: JAI.
Kirk, David (2003). Sport, Physical Education and Schools. Sport and Society: A student introduction. (pp. 143-162) edited by Barry Houlihan. London: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications.
Kirk, D. (2003). Student learning and the social construction of gender. Student learning in physical education. (pp. 67-82) edited by Silverman, Stephen J. and Ennis, Catherine D.. Champaign, IL United States: Human Kinetics.
Kirk, D. (2003). The social construction of physical education, legitimation crises and trategic interventions in educational reform. Physical education: deconstruction and reconstruction, issues and directions. (pp. 171-183) edited by Hardman, K.. Berlin, Germany: Karl Hofmann.
Kirk, David (2002). The Social Construction of the Body in Physical Education and Sport. The Sociology of Physical Education and Sport: An Introductory Reader. (pp. 79-91) edited by Laker, Anthony. London: Taylor & Francis.
Kirk, David (2002). Physical education: a gendered history. Gender and physical education : contemporary issues and future directions. (pp. 24-37) edited by Dawn Penney. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Kirk, D. (2000). A task based approach to critical pedagogy in sport and physical education. Sociology of sport: Theory and practice. (pp. 201-216) edited by Robyn L. Jones and Kathleen M. Armour. Harlow, Essex: Longman.
Kirk, D. (1999). Embodying the school/schooling bodies: Physical education as disciplinary technology. The extra-ordinary school: Parergonality and pedagogy. (pp. 181-196) edited by Colin Symes and Daphne Meadmore. New York: Peter Lang.
Kirk, D. (1999). Health, the body and the medicalisation of the school. The Extra-Ordinary School: Parergonality and Pedagogy. (pp. 163-180) New York: Peter Lang.
Journal Articles
Yang, Jing, Bartle, Gillian, Kirk, David and Landi, Dillon (2025). Chinese students’ experiences of ‘high-stakes’ assessment: the role of fitness testing. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2025.2449664
Barquero-Ruiz, Carmen, Kirk, David, Meroño, Lourdes and Arias-Estero, José L. (2024). Psychometric Validation of the Tactical Assessment Instrument in Football for Use in Physical Education and with Youth Sport Teams. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 131 (2) 315125231225579, 589-611. doi: 10.1177/00315125231225579
Teraoka, Eishin, Lobo de Diego, Félix Enrique and Kirk, David (2024). Examining how observed need-supportive and need-thwarting teaching behaviours relate to pupils’ affective outcomes in physical education. European Physical Education Review, 30 (1), 105-121. doi: 10.1177/1356336X231186751
Teraoka, Eishin and Kirk, David (2024). Exploring physical education teachers’ awareness of observed teaching behaviour within pedagogies of affect. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 29 (1), 38-50. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2022.2028761
Turelli, Fabiana Cristina, Kirk, David and Vaz, Alexandre Fernandez (2024). "We could perform much better if we had specific training for girls" - Impacts of the embodiment of tradition for elite-level karateka women. Retos-Nuevas Tendencias En Educacion Fisica Deporte Y Recreacion, 55 (55), 47-56. doi: 10.47197/retos.v55.102364
Turelli, Fabiana Cristina, Vaz, Alexandre Fernandez and Kirk, David (2023). ‘I’ve Always Fought a Little against the Tide to Get Where I Want to Be’—Construction of Women’s Embodied Subjectivity in the Contested Terrain of High-Level Karate. Social Sciences, 12 (10) 538, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/socsci12100538
Turelli, Fabiana Cristina, Vaz, Alexandre Fernandez and Kirk, David (2023). Critical reflexivity and positionality on the scholar-practitioner continuum: researching women's embodied subjectivities in sport. Sports, 11 (10) 206. doi: 10.3390/sports11100206
Standal, Oyvind F., Aaring, Vegard Faanes and Kirk, David (2023). Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2023.2260398
Castro-García, Marina, Landi, Dillon and Kirk, David (2023). deportigualízate: enacting critical intersectional feminist pedagogy in Spanish PESTE. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2023.2284927
Cristina Turelli, Fabiana, Vaz, Alexandre Fernandez and Kirk, David (2023). " The issue of weight is a personal responsibility" Demands for performing in gendered karate in the Western neoliberal society. Agora Para La Educacion Fisica Y El Deporte, 25 (25), 140-166. doi: 10.24197/aefd.25.2023.140-166
García López, Luis M. and Kirk, David (2022). Empowering children from socially vulnerable backgrounds through the use of roles in sport education. Sport, Education and Society, 27 (6), 676-688. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1897563
Turelli, Fabiana Cristina, Vaz, Alexandre Fernandez, Tejero-González, Carlos María and Kirk, David (2022). ‘Fighting like a girl’: qualitative analysis of the gendered movement learning in the Spanish Olympic karate team. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 29 (5), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2022.2125947
Morales-Belando, María T., Kirk, David and Arias-Estero, José L. (2021). A systematic review of teaching games for understanding intervention studies from a practice-referenced perspective. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 93 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2021.1897066
Barquero-Ruiz, Carmen, Kirk, David and Arias-Estero, José L. (2021). Design and validation of the tactical assessment instrument in football (TAIS). Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 93 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2021.1889457
Turelli, Fabiana Cristina, Tejero-González, Carlos María, Vaz, Alexandre Fernandez and Kirk, David (2021). Corrigendum: Sport Karate and the Pursuit of Wellness: A Participant Observation Study of a Dojo in Scotland (Front. Sociol., (2021), 5, 10.3389/fsoc.2020.587024). Frontiers in Sociology, 6 748612, 748612. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.748612
Teraoka, Eishin and Kirk, David (2021). Exploring pupils’ and physical education teachers’ views on the contribution of physical education to Health and Wellbeing in the affective domain. Sport, Education and Society, 27 (8), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1940917
Teraoka, Eishin, Ferreira, Heidi Jancer, Kirk, David and Bardid, Farid (2021). Affective learning in physical education: a systematic review. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 40 (3), 460-473. doi: 10.1123/JTPE.2020-0298
Lamb, Cara A., Teraoka, Eishin, Oliver, Kimberly L. and Kirk, David (2021). Pupils’ motivational and emotional responses to pedagogies of affect in physical education in Scottish secondary schools. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (10) 5183, 5183. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105183
Ferreira, Heidi Jancer, Drigo, Alexandre Janotta and Kirk, David (2021). Becoming the Divas of SUS: the construction of a community of active women in a socially vulnerable context. Sport, Education and Society, 27 (6), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2021.1913111
Turelli, Fabiana Cristina, Tejero-González, Carlos María, Vaz, Alexandre Fernandez and Kirk, David (2020). Sport Karate and the Pursuit of Wellness: A Participant Observation Study of a dojo in Scotland. Frontiers in Sociology, 5 587024, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2020.587024
Ferreira, Heidi Jancer, Kirk, David and Drigo, Alexandre Janotta (2020). Pedagogical practices in health promotion: health-related bodily practices for adults and older people. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 26 (2), 210-224. doi: 10.1080/17408989.2020.1800620
Barquero-Ruiz, Carmen, Arias-Estero, José Luis and Kirk, David (2019). Assessment for tactical learning in games: a systematic review. European Physical Education Review, 26 (4), 1356336X1988964-847. doi: 10.1177/1356336X19889649
Kirk, David (2019). Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?: On being critical about critical pedagogy in physical education. Movimento, 25. doi: 10.22456/1982-8918.96244
Kirk, David, de Almeida, Felipe Quintão and Bracht, Valter (2019). Critical pedagogy of physical education: Contemporary challenges and perspectives. Movimento, 25 (1) e25061. doi: 10.22456/1982-8918.97341
Lamb, Cara A., Oliver, Kimberly L. and Kirk, David (2018). 'Go for it Girl' adolescent girls' responses to the implementation of an activist approach in a core physical education programme. Sport Education and Society, 23 (8), 799-811. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2018.1484724
Kerner, Charlotte, Haerens, Leen and Kirk, David (2018). Body dissatisfaction, perceptions of competence, and lesson content in physical education. Journal of School Health, 88 (8), 576-582. doi: 10.1111/josh.12644
Kerner, Charlotte, Haerens, Leen and Kirk, David (2018). Understanding body image in physical education: current knowledge and future directions. European Physical Education Review, 24 (2), 255-265. doi: 10.1177/1356336X17692508
Kirk, D., Lamb, C. A., Oliver, K. L., Ewing-Day, R., Fleming, C., Loch, A. and Smedley, V. (2018). Balancing prescription with teacher and pupil agency: spaces for manoeuvre within a pedagogical model for working with adolescent girls. Curriculum Journal, 29 (2), 219-237. doi: 10.1080/09585176.2018.1449424
Goodyear, Victoria A., Casey, Ashley and Kirk, David (2016). Practice architectures and sustainable curriculum renewal. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 49 (2), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/00220272.2016.1149223
Lorente-Catalan, Eloisa and Kirk, David (2016). Student teachers’ understanding and application of assessment for learning during a physical education teacher education course. European Physical Education Review, 22 (1), 65-81. doi: 10.1177/1356336X15590352
Stolz, Steven A. and Kirk, David (2015). David Kirk on physical education and sport pedagogy: In dialogue with Steven Stolz (part 2). Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 6 (2), 127-142. doi: 10.1080/18377122.2015.1051265
Stolz, Steven A. and Kirk, David (2015). David Kirk on physical education and sport pedagogy: in dialogue with Steven Stolz (part 1). Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 6 (1), 77-91. doi: 10.1080/18377122.2014.997862
Peiró-Velert, Carmen, Molina-Alventosa, Pere, Kirk, David and Devís-Devís, José (2015). The uses of printed curriculum materials by teachers during instruction and the social construction of pedagogic discourse in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 34 (1), 18-35. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.2012-0157
David Kirk (2014). A defining time for physical education futures? Exploring the legacy of Fritz Duras. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 5 (2), 103-116. doi: 10.1080/18377122.2014.906055
Lorente-Catalan, Eloisa and Kirk, David (2014). Making the case for democratic assessment practices within a critical pedagogy of physical education teacher education. European Physical Education Review, 20 (1), 104-119. doi: 10.1177/1356336X13496004
Kirk, David and Haerens, Leen (2014). New research programmes in physical education and sport pedagogy. Sport, Education and Society, 19 (7), 899-911. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2013.874996
Kirk, David (2013). Educational value and models-based practice in physical education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 45 (9), 973-986. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2013.785352
Van Acker, Ragnar, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, De Martelaer, Kristine, Seghers, Jan, Kirk, David, Haerens, Leen, De Cocker, Katrien and Cardon, Greet (2011). A framework for physical activity programs within school-community partnerships. Quest, 63 (3), 300-320. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2011.10483683
Haerens, Leen, Kirk, David, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse and Vansteenkiste, Maarten (2010). Motivational profiles for secondary school physical education and its relationship to the adoption of a physically active lifestyle among university students. European Physical Education Review, 16 (2), 117-139. doi: 10.1177/1356336X10381304
MacPhail, Ann, Gorely, Trish, Kirk, David and Kinchin, Gary (2008). Children's experiences of fun and enjoyment during a season of sport education. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 79 (3), 344-356. doi: 10.5641/193250308X13086832905950
MacPhail, Ann, Kirk, David and Griffin, Linda (2008). Throwing and catching as relational skills in game play: Situated learning in a modified game unit. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 27 (1), 100-115. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.27.1.100
O’Brien, Jacinta, Martin Ginis, Kathleen A. and Kirk, David (2008). The effects of a body-focused physical and health education module on self-objectification and social physique anxiety in Irish girls. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 27 (1), 116-126. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.27.1.116
O'Donovan, Toni M. and Kirk, David (2007). Managing classroom entry: An ecological analysis of ritual interaction and negotiation in the changing room. Sport Education and Society, 12 (4), 399-413. doi: 10.1080/13573320701600647
Gard, Michael and Kirk, David (2007). Obesity discourse and the crisis of faith in disciplinary technology. Utbildning och Demokrati, 16 (2), 17-36.
Kirk, David (2007). Con la escuela en el cuerpo, cuerpos escolarizados: la construccion de identidades inter/nacionales en la sociedad post-disciplinaria. Ágora para la Educación Física y el Deporte, 4-5, 39-56.
Kirk, David (2006). The 'obesity crisis' and school physical education. Sport Education and Society, 11 (2), 121-133. doi: 10.1080/13573320600640660
Kirk, David (2006). Sport education, critical pedagogy, and learning theory: Toward an intrinsic justification for physical education and youth sport. Quest, 58 (2), 255-264. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2006.10491882
MacPhail, Ann and Kirk, David (2006). Young people’s socialisation into sport: Experiencing the specialising phase. Leisure Studies, 25 (1), 57-74. doi: 10.1080/02614360500116290
Cothran, Donetta J., Hodges Kulinna, Pamela, Banville, Dominique, Choi, Euichang, Amade-Escot, Chantal, MacPhail, Ann, Macdonald, Doune, Richard, Jean Francois, Sarmento, Pedro and Kirk, David (2005). A cross-cultural investigation of the use of teaching styles. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76 (2), 193-201. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2005.10599280
Kirk, David (2004). Framing quality physical education: the elite sport model or Sport Education?. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 9 (2), 185-195. doi: 10.1080/1740898042000294985
MacPhail, Ann, Kirk, David and Kinchin, Gary D. (2004). Sport education: Promoting team affiliation through physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 23 (2), 106-122.
McPhail, Ann, Gorely, Trish and Kirk, David (2003). Young people's socialisation into sport: A case study of an athletics club. Sport, Education and Society, 8 (2), 251-267. doi: 10.1080/13573320309251
Kirk, D. (2003). Physical education, youth sport and lifelong participation: the importance of early learning experiences. European Physical Education Review, 11 (3), 239-255. doi: 10.1177/1356336X05056649
Gorely, T., Holroyd, R. and Kirk, D. (2003). Muscularity, the habitus and the social construction of gender: Towards a gender-relevant physical education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 24 (4), 429-448. doi: 10.1080/0142569032000109350
Fitzgerald, Hayley, Jobling, Anne and Kirk, David (2003). Listening to the 'voices' of students with severe learning difficulties through a task-based approach to research and learning in physical education. Support for Learning, 18 (3), 123-129. doi: 10.1111/1467-9604.00294
Kirk, David and MacPhail, Ann (2003). Social positioning and the construction of a youth sports club. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 38 (1), 23-44. doi: 10.1177/10126902030381002
Kirk, David, Brooker, Ross and Braiuka, Sandy (2003). Ensenanza de los juegos para la comprension: perspectiva situada en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Ágora para la Educación Física y el Deporte, 2-3, 154-164.
Fitzgerald, Hayley, Jobling, Anne and Kirk, David (2003). Valuing the voices of young disabled People: Exploring experience of physical education and sport. Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy, 8 (2), 175-200. doi: 10.1080/1740898030080206
Kinchin, G. and Kirk, D. (2003). Situated learning as a theoretical framework for sport education. European Physical Education Review, 9 (3), 221-235.
MacPhail, Ann, Kinchin, Gary and Kirk, David (2003). Students' conceptions of sport and sport education. European Physical Education Review, 9 (3), 285-299. doi: 10.1177/1356336X030093006
MacPhail, Ann, Kirk, David and Eley, Diann (2003). Listening to young people's voices: Youth sports leaders' advice on facilitating participation in sport. European Physical Education Review, 9 (1), 57-73. doi: 10.1177/1356336X03009001180
Eley, Diann and Kirk, David (2002). Developing citizenship through sport: The impact of a sport-based volunteer programme on young sport leaders. Sport Education and Society, 7 (2), 151-166. doi: 10.1080/1357332022000018841
Kirk, David (2002). Junior Sport as a Moral Practice. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 21 (4), 402-408. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.21.4.402
Kirk, David and MacPhail, Ann (2002). Teaching Games for Understanding and Situated Learning: Rethinking the Bunker-Thorpe Model. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 21 (2), 177-192. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.21.2.177
Macdonald, Doune, Kirk, David, Metzler, Michael, Nilges, Lynda, Schempp, Paul and Wright, Jan (2002). It's all very well, in theory: Theoretical perspectives and their applications in contemporary pedagogical research. Quest, 54 (2), 133-156. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2002.10491771
Light, R. and Kirk, D. (2001). Australian cultural capital: Rugby's social meaning: Physical assets, social advantage and independent schools. Culture, Sport, Society, 4 (3), 81-98.
Kirk, D. and Macdonald, D (2001). The social construction of PETE in higher education: Toward a research agenda. Quest, 53 (4), 440-456. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2001.10491757
Kirk, D. and Macdonald, D. (2001). Teacher voice and ownership of curriculum change. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 33 (5), 551-567. doi: 10.1080/00220270010016874
Kirk, David and Gorely, Trish (2000). Challenging thinking about the relationship between school physical education and sport performance. European Physical Education Review, 6 (2), 119-134. doi: 10.1177/1356336X000062002
Kirk, D. (2000). Guest editorial. European Physical Education Review, 6 (2), 115-118.
Kirk, D. and Macdonald, D. (2000). The reconstruction of physical education teacher education programs in Australia. ICSSPE Bulletin, 30, 26-28.
Light, R. and Kirk, D. (2000). High school rugby, the body and the reproduction of hegemonic masculinity. Sport, Education and Society, 5 (2), 163-176. doi: 10.1080/713696032
Kirk, D. (2000). Gender associations: Sport, state school and Australian culture. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 17 (2/3), 49-64.
Brooker, R., Kirk, D., Braiuka, S. and Bransgrove, A. (2000). Implementing a game sense approach to teaching junior high school basketball in a naturalistic setting. European Physical Education Review, 6 (1), 7-26.
Kirk, D. (2000). The reconfiguration of the physical activity field in Australian higher education, 1970-1986. Sporting Traditions: Journal of the Australian Society for Sports History, 16 (2), 17-38.
Brooker, Ross, Kirk, David, Braiuka, Sandy and Bransgrove, Aarjon (2000). Implementing a Game Sense Approach to Teaching Junior High School Basketball in a Naturalistic Setting. European Physical Education Review, 6 (1), 7-26. doi: 10.1177/1356336X000061003
Kirk, D. (1999). Physical culture, physical education and relational analysis. Sport, Education and Society, 4 (1), 63-74. doi: 10.1080/1357332990040105
MacDonald, Doune, Kirk, David and Braiuka, Sandy (1999). Social construction of the physical activity field at the school/university interface. European Physical Education Review, 5 (1), 31-51. doi: 10.1177/1356336X990051003
Penney, D., Carlson, T. B., Kirk, D. and Braiuka, S. (1999). Junior sport policy, provision and participation. ACHPER Healthy Lifestyles Journal, 46 (163), 5-10.
Macdonald, Doune and Kirk, David (1999). Pedagogy, the body and Christian identity. Sport, Education and Society, 4 (2), 131-142. doi: 10.1080/1357332990040202
Kirk, D. and Macdonald, D. (1999). The future of physical education: Imagining beyond the present. Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 10 (6), 25-28.
Kirk, David, Macdonald, Doune and Tinning, Richard (1997). The social construction of pedagogic discourse in physical education teacher education in Australia. The Curriculum Journal, 8 (2), 271-298. doi: 10.1080/0958517970080206
Macdonald, Doune and Kirk, David (1996). Private lives, public lives: Surveillance, identity and self in the work of beginning physical education teachers. Sport, Education and Society, 1 (1), 58-75. doi: 10.1080/1357332960010104
Macdonald, Doune and Kirk, David (1996). Private lives, public lives: surveillance, identity and self in the work of beginning physical education teachers. Sport, Education and Society, 1 (1), 59-76.
Rovegno, Inez and Kirk, David (1995). Articulations and silences in socially critical work on physical education: Toward a broader agenda. Quest, 47 (4), 447-474. doi: 10.1080/00336297.1995.10484169
Kirk D. (1995). 'Thanks for the history lesson': Some thoughts on a pedagogical use of history in educational research and practice. The Australian Educational Researcher, 22 (3), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/BF03219598
Kirk D. (1988). Ideology and school centred innovation: A case study and a critique. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20 (5), 449-464. doi: 10.1080/0022027880200505
Conference Papers
Kirk, D. (2016). “Is TGfU a model only test pilots can fly?”: teacher-coach development in game-centered approaches. 10th Sportspiel Symposium by the German Association for Sport Science, Cologne, Germany, 2016. Philadelphia, PA 19106 United States: Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2016.1200404
Macdonald, Doune, McCuaig, Louise, Enright, Eimear, Sperka, Leigh, Hogan, Anna, Rossi, Tony, Kirk, David, McCullick, Bryan, Ha, Amy, O'Sullivan, Mary and Hansen, Scott (2015). Symposium: HPE without borders. The International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) International Conference, Madrid, Spain, 8-11 July 2015.
Macdonald, Doune, Enright, Eimear, McCuaig, Louise, Rossi, Tony, Sperka, Leigh and Kirk, David (2014). Fuelling global health issue networks. The Joint Conference between Australian Association for Research in Education and New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 November - 4 December 2014.
Eley, Diann and Kirk, David (2004). Gender and Citizenship Potential in Adolescent Students. The 39th Annual Australian Psychological Society Conference: Psychological Science in Action, Sydney, NSW, 29 September - 3 October, 2004. Melbourne, Vic: The Australian Psychological Society Ltd.
Eley, DS and Kirk, D (2004). Gender and citizenship qualities in adolescents. CARLTON: AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC.
Macdonald, D., Braiuka, S., Kirk, D. and Macphail, A. (2001). Conceptions of 'relevant' knowledge across the university/school interface. The Exchange and Development of Sport Culture in East and West, Taipei, Taiwan, 20-22 June, 2001. Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan Normal University.
Macdonald, D., Kirk, D., Braiuka, S. and McPhail, A. (2000). Possibilities and limitations for remaking health and physical education practices. International Congress on Sport Science, Sports Medicine and Physical Education, Brisbane, 7-12 September 2000. Belconnen, ACT: Sports Medicine Australia.
Macdonald, D., Braiuka, S. and Kirk, D. (1999). Understanding the school?university interface: Implications for student learning. 24th International Conference Improving University Teaching, Griffith Univ., Brisbane, 5?9 July, 1999. College Park, MD: Improving Univ. Teaching.
Kirk, D. (1999). Una base de cococimeinto para una pedagogica critica en la educacion del profesor en la educacion fisica. I Congreso Internacional de Educacion Fisica, Jerez, Spain, 1-10 September 1999. Madrid, Spain: Fondo Editorial de Enseñanza.
Kirk, D. and Macdonald, D. (1999). Teacher ownership and the possibility of partnerships in curriculum change. Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 2-5 Sept, 1999. London, UK: British Educational Res. Association.
Macdonald, D. and Kirk, D. (1999). The body, Christian identity and the pedagogy of HPE. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 19-23 Apr, 1999. Washington, DC: AERA.
Kirk, D., Macdonald, D., Penney, D. and Braiuka, S. (1999). The reproductive patterning of the physical activity field at the school/university interface. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 19-23 Apr, 1999. Washington, DC: AERA.
Generic Document
Macdonald, Doune, Cote, Jean and Kirk, David (2003). Physical Activity Pedagogy for Junior Sport Participants. (Briefing paper). Australian Sport Commission.