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Dr Peter Horton
Lecturer
Uni Address: DG256-212
(A212, Education A, Douglas Campus)
Postal Address: School of Education, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811
Phone: (07) 4781 4384
Fax: (07) 4725 1690
Email: Peter.Horton@jcu.edu.au
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Dip.PE (Adv.) (St. Luke's College, Exeter),
Cert.Ed. (Exeter University),
B.Ed. (BCAE - Kelvin Grove),
M.Ed. (Hons.) UNE,
Ph.D. (UQ) |
Interests
Peter Horton has a range of research interests focusing on the socio-cultural analysis of historical and contemporary dimensions of sport, physical education and health. Historical, sociological and cultural studies of Rugby union football in Australia and in the Asia Pacific region are significant features of his published work. Dr Horton is currently undertaking a major research project focusing upon Rugby and Pacific Islanders. This study will analyze their engagement in the game in Australia, in the Islands and globally. Dr Horton has been actively involved in Olympic Studies and the Olympic Movement, his 2008 publication looking at Sino-Australian diplomatic relations leading to the Beijing Olympics demonstrates the embrace of sport as a vehicle of international diplomacy, culture and economics. He is actively involved in the consideration of gender issues and challenge in sport and physical education, girls in elite sport, the declining levels of physical activity and sporting involvement, obesity and the associated educational and curricular issues.
Dr Horton is a member of the International Editorial Board of the International Journal of the History of Sport, a life member of the Australian Society for Sports History, a member of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation and, not surprisingly, a sports tragic.
Currently Teaching
- ED3215 - Secondary Health and Physical Education Curriculum
- ED4210 - Secondary Specialist Curriculum Study
- ED5225 - Secondary Major and Minor Curriculum
- HM1061 - Foundations of Human Movement Studies
- HM2063 - Social Views of Health Concepts in Human Movement Studies
Selected Publications
Horton, P. A. “Sport as Public Diplomacy and Public Disquiet: Australia’s Ambivalent Embrace of the Beijing Olympics”, Preparing for Glory: Beijing 2008 Chinese Challenge in “The Chinese Year’, (Mangan, J. A. & Dong Jinxia, eds.) International Journal of the History of Sport, Special Edition, (to be published), May 2008.
Horton, P. A. “Rugby Union Football in Australian Society: an unintended consequence of intended actions.” Sport in Society, Taylor & Francis: London, (in print) 2008.
Zakus D. & Horton P. A. “A Professional Game for Gentlemen: Rugby Union’s Transformation” in,
Stewart, R. (ed.), The Games are Not the Same: The Political Economy of Football in
Australia, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007, pp. 142-198.
Horton, P.A. “Football, Identity, Place: The Emergence of Rugby football in Brisbane”,
The International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 23, No. 8, December, 2006
Taylor & Francis: London, December, 2006, pp. 1341-1368.
McNeill, M.C, Sproule, J. & Horton P. A. ‘The Changing Face of Sport and Physical Education in,
Post-Colonial Singapore’, Journal of Sport, Education & Society, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 35-56, 2003.
Horton, P. A. ‘Shackling the Lion, Sport in Independent Singapore’, The International Journal of the History of Sport, September/October, 2002, Frank Cass: London.
Horton, P. A. ‘Complex Creolization: The Evolution of Modern Sport in Singapore’ European Sport
History Review, Vol.3, 2001, London: Frank Cass.
Horton, P. A. The “Green” and the “Gold”: The Irish Australians and their Role in the Emergence of an Australian Sports Culture’ Sport in Global Society Series – The International Journal of the History of Sport, June/September 2000, Vol. 17, Nos.2/3, ‘Sport in Australasian Society: Past and Present’, London: Frank Cass, pp. 65-92.
Horton, P. A. “Olympism in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Question of Naivety or Pragmatism?”
Culture, Society, Sport, Vol. 1, No.1, May 1998, Frank Cass: London, pp .167-184.
Horton, P.A. “Padang or Paddock: A Comparative View of Colonial Sport in Two Imperial
Territories” The International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 14, No.1, (April 1997) Frank Cass: London, pp. 1-20.
Horton, P. A “Globalised Sport: from Cultural Imperialism to Transnational Commercialization’’ Social Alternatives, Vol.15 No.1 January 1996, Dept. of Government, University of Queensland, Australia, pp. 6-11.