Response-Ability in health and physical activity: How education can address sustainability, health and wellbeing, and social (in)justice

Response-Ability in health and physical activity: How education can address sustainability, health and wellbeing, and social (in)justice

Research exploring health and wellbeing in schools has often been conducted on young people with a presumed ‘right way’ of being healthy. In many cases, these programs have inadvertently led to culturally irrelevant and unsustainable practices that marginalise young people from diverse backgrounds (e.g., Indigenous, LGBTQ+, dis/ability). In this seminar, Dillon situates his previous research and experiences in school-based health and wellbeing. He will also discuss research in school-based health education and physical education to re-think ways to ‘build bridges’ between diverse approaches. Dillon concludes the seminar by introducing his new research project that re-imagines what school-based health education could look like if it were to take a ‘Response-Able’ approach with young people in Queensland schools.
Dr Dillon Landi is a son, grandson, brother, and partner. For work, he is a Lecturer in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Queensland. He received his PhD from the University of Auckland (Aotearoa New Zealand) and two postgraduate degrees (EdM & MA) from Columbia University (New York, USA). Dillon enjoys watching K-Dramas, reading novels, drinking boba, eating at new restaurants, and engaging in diverse forms of human movement.