Inez Rovegno

Inez Rovegno has taught elementary physical education methods in both small colleges and major research universities for 25 years. She continues to teach the approach used in the textbook in public schools to field test new lessons and demonstrate lessons for undergraduates and teachers. She has conducted research for 25 years on how undergraduates learn the approach, how expert teachers use the approach, and how children learn and respond to lessons based on the approach. Dr. Rovegno studied...See more

Inez Rovegno has taught elementary physical education methods in both small colleges and major research universities for 25 years. She continues to teach the approach used in the textbook in public schools to field test new lessons and demonstrate lessons for undergraduates and teachers. She has conducted research for 25 years on how undergraduates learn the approach, how expert teachers use the approach, and how children learn and respond to lessons based on the approach. Dr. Rovegno studied the approach in England at Chelsea College of Physical Education and at the Laban Art of Movement Studio under Lisa Ullmann, a student of Rudolf Laban. She has published over 50 papers and chapters. She has given keynote addresses on the approach in Canada, France, Australia, Korea, Japan, and the USA and given over 80 presentations in conferences. Dr. Rovegno was inducted into the National Academy of Kinesiology in 2007 and received the 2010 Honor Award from the Curriculum and Instruction Academy of AAHPERD, the Senior Scholar Award and the Exemplary Research Award from the Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Health and Human Performance, and gave the 23rd Distinguished Peter V. Karpovich Lecture at Springfield College, Springfield MA. See less