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Wilkinson, Carol

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Carol Wilkinson
PETE Program Director, EdD
EXERCISE SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF
College of Health and Human Performance

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Courses: EXSC 231 (Badminton), EXSC 229, EXSC 302, EXSC 377, EXSC 380, ScED 476R, EXSC 658, REL C 324,
Office: 249D SFH
Phone: (801) 422-8779
Email: carol_wilkinson@byu.edu

Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise:

  • Pedagogy

Research:

  • Improving the quality of public school physical education programs to increase student motivation and activity levels
  • Use of technology in physical education in the public schools and in pre-service programs
  • Religious aspects of the body
  • Analyzing the pre-service program to produce well-prepared teachers

Education:

  • Ed.D, Physical Education, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1983
  • M.S., Physical Education, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1981
  • B.Ed., Physical Education, DURHAM UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, 1976

Affiliations:

  • AAHPERD - Primary

Selected Publications:

  • Ward, J., Wilkinson, C., Vincent Graser, S., Prusak, K. A. (2008). The Effect of Choice on Student Motivation and Physical Activity Behavior in Physical Education, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 27(3), 385-398.

·         Wilkinson, C. & Hunter M. (2008). Motivating students in fitness activities, Strategies, 22(1), 18-20.

·         Prusak, K., Wilkinson, C., Pennington, T., Vincent Graser, S. (2008). Helping kids make connections: Using object lessons to teach health-related fitness concepts. JOPERD, 79(9), 18-26.

  • Wilkinson, C. (2007) The restoration of Gadfield Elm chapel, In C. Doxey, R.C. Freeman, R. N. Holzapfel, & D. A. Wright (Ed.) Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The British Isles, (pp 41-59). Provo: Religious Studies Center, BYU.
  • Wilkinson C. (2006) Mormon baptismal site in Chatburn, England, Mormon Historical Studies, 7(1-2), 41-45.
  • Wilkinson, C. (2005). Temple Symbolism of the Body, The Religious Educator, 6(1), 65-74.
  • Harrison, J.M., Blakemore, C.L., Richards, R. P., Oliver, J. & Wilkinson, C. (2004). The Effects of Two Instructional Models-Tactical and Skill Teaching-on Skill Development and Game Play, Knowledge, Self-Efficacy,and Student Perceptions in Volleyball. The Physical Educator, 61(4), 186-199.
  • Pennington, T. R., Wilkinson, C., Vance, J. (2004). Physical Educators On-line: What is on the Minds of Teachers in the Trenches? The Physical Educator, 61(1), 45-56.

Experience:

Teaching

  • Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, 1995
  • Teaching and Research Assistant, Brigham Young University, 1979-1983

Professional

  • Consultant - producing GRE handbooks for ETS, Learning Connections, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah., 1993-1995
  • Project Manager and Educational Software Designer, Wasatch Education Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1985-1993
  • Project Manager ESL - educational software development, WICAT Systems, Inc., Orem, Utah, 1984-1985
  • Teacher, Woldgate Comprehensive School, Pocklington, England., 1976-1979

Awards:

  • Pedagogy Faculty Award , PETE BYU (1998)
  • College Teaching Excellence Award (2006)

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