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Tom Templin

Thomas J. Templin

Professor

Education:Ph.D. (1978), Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S. (1975), Physical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington
B.S. (1972), Physical Education and German, Indiana University, Bloomington
 
Office:LAMB 110A
Office Phone:(765) 49-66720
Office Fax:(765) 49-61239
Email:
ttemplin@purdue.edu
 
Web Site:Pedagogy and Sport Administration Program -- http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hk/graduate/rsm.html
 
Specializations:

Physical Education Pedagogy
socialization of teachers across the lifespan
 
Interim Head, Department of Consumer Science

 
Courses:HK 235 - Sophmore Seminar in Physical Education/Health Education Teacher Education
HK 329 - Curriculum in Physical Education
HK 335 - Junior Seminar in Physical Education/Health Education Teacher Education
HK 539 - Pedagogical Studies in Physical Education
HK 590 - Qualitative Research in Physical Education

Academic Appointments:

  • Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, July 1996-Present.
  • Department Head and Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1996-2006.
  • Assistant Vice President for Student Services, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1990-1996.
  • Director, Division of Recreational Sports, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1988-1996.
  • Professor of Physical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1992-present.
  • Professor of Education (courtesy appt), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1992-present.
  • Visiting Research Fellow, University of Sussex, Sussex, England, Fall, 1986.

Research Interests:

Templin has focused his research on the lives and careers of physical education teachers. Dr. Templin is well known as an author and editor/reviewer of numerous journal publications and books in Physical Education, including A Reflective Approach to Teaching Physical Education with Don Hellison and Socialization into Physical Education: Learning to Teach with Paul Schempp. In collaboration with the Lafayette School Corporation and Purdue colleagues Alan Smith (PI) and Bonnie Blankenship, Templin is serving as a co-investigator in a three year project funded through the 2008 Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) grant program through the Department of Education. Additionally, with Russell Carson and Howard Weiss, Templin completed research funded by the Spencer Foundation to study emotion and affective events in teaching. This research is ongoing.

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

  • American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
  • American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
  • American Educational Research Association
  • National Association of Physical Education in Higher Education

Selected Recent Publications:

  • Parker, M. & Templin, T. (in press) More Than “Something to do on Monday”: What Has Been Learned from School/University Partnerships. Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
  • Richards, K. & Templin, T. (in press). Toward a Multidimensional Perspective on Teacher-Coach Role Conflict. Quest.
  • Hemphill, M., Templin, T.; Richards, K., & Blankenship, B. (in press) A content analysis of qualitative research in the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education from 1998 to 2008: Journal of Teaching in Physical Education.
  • Richards, K., Hemphill, M., Eubank, A., and Templin, T. (In press) Writing Case Studies in a Physical Education Teacher Education Methods Courses. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
  • Richards,K. & Templin, T. (2011) The Influence of a State Mandated Induction Assistance Program on the Socialization of a beginning physical education teacher. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 30 (4), 340-357.
  • Carson, R., Weiss, H., & Templin, T (2010). Ecological momentary assessment: A research method for studying the daily lives of teachers. International Journal of Research and Method in Education,33(2),165-182.
  • Templin, T. & Blankenship, B. (2007). Accreditation in Kinesiology: The process, criticism and controversy, and the future. Quest, 59, 13-140.
  • Templin, T., Parkes, A., Grant, B., & Schempp, P. (1994). Matching the self: The paradoxical case and life history of a late career teacher/coach. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 13, 274-294.
  • Schempp, P., Sparkes, A., & Templin, T . (1993). The micropolitics of teacher induction. American Educational Research Journal, 30, 447-472.
  • Sparkes, A., Templin, T. & Schempp, P. (1993). Exploring the dimensions of marginality: Reflecting on the life histories of physical education teachers. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 12, 386-398.

Selected Recent Presentations:

  • Richards, K. A., & Templin, T. J. (Submitted 2012, October). Reconceptualizing Teacher-Coach Role Conflict in Physical Education Teacher Education. Submitted to the National Association for Sport and Physical Education PETE Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Richards, K. A., & Templin, T. J. (Submitted 2012, October). Reconceptualizing Teacher-Coach Role Conflict in Physical Education Teacher Education. Submitted to the National Association for Sport and Physical Education PETE Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Hemphill, M. A., Templin, T. J., Richards, K. A., & Lux, K. (Accepted 2011, March). Students perspectives of the case study method in PETE. Submitted to the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance conference, Boston, MA.
  • Templin, T. and Graber, K. (November, 2011). Teacher Education in the U.S. Two presentations at Soochow University, Suzhou, China and Capital Institute of Physical Education, Beijing, China.
  • Templin, T., Carson, R; Weiss, H, and Plemmons, S. (November, 2011). Ecological Momentary Assessment in the study of teacher burnout and emotion. Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
  • Richards, K. A., Hemphill, M. A., and Templin, T. J. (June, 2011). Student perceptions of the case study method in PETE. Paper presented at the International Association of Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) Conference, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Richards, K. , Hemphill, M., Blakenship, B, and Templin, T (June, 2011) Shooting for the STAR: The Complex Process of Urban Curriculum Reform Student. Paper presented at the International Association of Physical Education (AIESEP) Conference, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Carson, R., Templin, T., Weiss, H., and Plemmons, S. (April, 2011) The Importance of Positivity and Emotional Regulation in Extinguishing Teacher Burnout, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
  • Templin, T., Castelli, D., Parker, M,. Patton, K., and McCaughtry, K. (March, 2011) Dynamics of Implementing a PEP Grant: Promoting Sustained Reform and Teacher D Development. Seminar presented at the annual meeting of the AAHPERD. San Diego, CA.

Selected Grants:

  • Smith, A.; Blankenship, B.; and Templin, T. (contractors). Making PALS (Physically Active Lafayette Students) through partnerships. 2008 Carol M. White Grant. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Contract grant in collaboration with the Lafayette School Corporation, Lafayette, IN $700,000
  • Templin, T. and Harper, W. (2006). National Youth Sports Program PHS-ACF $40,000
  • Templin, T. and Harper, W. (2005). National Youth Sports Program PHS-ACF $66,000
  • Templin, T., Weiss, H., and Carson, R. (2004-2005). Exploring the episodic nature of teachers’ emotions as it relates to teacher burnout. The Spencer Foundation. Grant # 200500053 $35,000

Honors and Awards:

  • Special Interest Group on Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education Scholar Award, American Educational Research Association, April, 2012
  • American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Alliance, Honor Award, March 31, 2011
  • Fellow - North American Society of HPERSD Professionals, March 30, 2011
  • Curriculum and Instruction Academy Honor Award, National Association for Sport and Physical Education. April 28, 2008.
  • Fellow - Study in a Second Discipline, Purdue University, Department of Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Spring 2007.
  • Doris Drees Distinguished Scholar Lecture at the University of Dayton, October, 2006, Dayton, Ohio.
  • Fellow - American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Inducted 2006.
  • Fellow - Research Consortium, American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
  • Midwest Scholar Award from the Midwest District of the AAHPERD, November 5, 2005.
  • President of the National Association of Sport and Physical Education, 2004-2006.
  • Commencement Speaker, Division of Kinesiology graduates, University of Michigan, April, 2004.
  • 100-Year Anniversary Lansdowne Scholar at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Faculty of Education- April, 2003.

Consulting Experience:

Templin serves as an external reviewer on departmental reviews and as a consultant to the Professional Golfers’ Association of America’s Play Golf America University program.

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