Professor Susan Capel
Honorary Professor
- Email: susan.capel@brunel.ac.uk
- Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Department of Life Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Susan's background is in physical education teaching. She gained a BEd degree and taught in secondary schools in Wales and Hong Kong. Following completion of a PhD and a year lecturing in USA Susan returned to the UK to take up a post in higher education. She joined Brunel in 2000. She was Head of Department of Sport Sciences from 2000-2004 and has been Head of School since 2005. From 2001-2003 Susan was President of the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom and in 2004 received the Ling Award from the Association. She is now an honoured member of the Association for Physical Education.
Newest selected publications
Capel, S. and Breckon, P. (2013) 'A practical guide to teaching physical education in the secondary school'. London: Routledge.
Capel, S., Leask, M. and Turner, T. (2013) 'Learning to teach in the secondary school: A companion to school experience'. London: Routledge.
Capel, S. and Whitehead, M. (2012) 'Debates in physical education teaching'. London: Routledge. ISSN 10: 1136230181 ISSN 13: 9781136230189
Blair, R. and Capel, S. (2011) 'Primary physical education, coaches and continuing professional development'. Sport, Education and Society, 16 (4). pp. 485 - 505. ISSN: 1357-3322 Open Access Link
Capel, S., Hayes, S., Katene, W. and Velija, P. (2011) 'The interaction of factors which influence secondary student physical education teachers knowledge and development as teachers'. European Physical Education Review, 17 (2). pp. 183 - 202.