Louise McCuaig
Dr Louise McCuaig currently serves as the Head of the Flinders Discovery Institute at Matthew Flinders Anglican College (Flinders) and Youth Game Changers Project Manager, The University of Queensland. Prior to her role at Flinders, Louise was an Associate Professor Health, Sport and Physical Education (HSPE) and Learning Chair at the School of Human Movement & Nutrition Science, The University of Queensland. Louise’s teaching and research address the curriculum, pedagogical and assessment practices of school based health education, and the policy and practice impact of teachers and teaching on young people’s healthy citizenship and leadership. Louise’s research relating to health literacy, social justice pedagogies and strengths-based models of health and wellbeing informed the design of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education and more recently, the new Queensland Senior Health Syllabus. Louise’s research and expertise has also been harnessed for the design of health, youth leadership and wellbeing curriculum resources for schools and teachers, which have been disseminated nationally and internationally.