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Mr Simon James Raphael Rea
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- Central Academic Staff
- Lecturer (Sport and Fitness)
- Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
- School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
- Childhood, Youth and Sport
- simon.rea
Professional biography
I am a Lecturer on the Sport and Fitness award at the Open University. I have worked full time as an academic contributing to the development of modules in the BSc (Hons) degree since June 2007.
I have also been involved authoring/co-authoring 14 text books related to sports science and am currently authoring a book about careers in sports science which is related to my main research area.
I have been involved in teaching in Higher and Further education since 1993 and most recently spent time working for a private company training personal trainers. I have also worked as a performance coach in first class cricket advising players on nutrition, psychology and physical conditioning.
My specialist areas are strength and conditioning and nutrition for sports performance.
My research area is around work-based skills, which work based skills are most important and how they can be developed.
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Research interests
Simons research interests lie within applied sport science with a particular focus on employablity in sport science related occupations.
Publications
Rea, Simon (2015). Sports Science - A Complete Introduction. London, John Murray Learning.
I am currently researching for a book titled 'Careers in Sports Science'. I have interviewed 20 people who work in a range of sports science related occupations and will present these as case studies. The book will also look at routes into sports science, skills needed in sports science related occupations and how to prepare for interviews and working in sports science.
I also keep current on the development of training methods for strength and conditioning as well as developments in sports nutrition.
Teaching interests
My main teaching interests are in sport psychology, sport nutrition, strength and conditioning and work-based learning.
I have been involved in the development of all modules in the sport and fitness award. Some of the key teaching roles he has held are summarised below.
E119 - Working with people in sport and fitness
- Author: Study Topic 4 - Leadership in sport and fitness
E117 - Introduction to sport and fitness
- Co-author: Study Topic 4 - Contemporary debates in sport and fitness - Options 1 (Sport and safety: do sport and fitness activities create more damage than benefits) and 2 (Is cheating a way to make sport fairer?)
E314 - Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise
- Author : Study Topic 2 - Nutrition for health and performance.
E313 - Exploring psychological Aspects of Athletic Development
- Author: Study Topic 6 - Options 2 and 3 - The impact of others on performance / Moral behaviour and aggression.
E233 - Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Case Study Approach
- Author: Study Topic 2 - Psychological issues affecting performers in sport and exercise.
- Author: Study Topic 3 - Adherence and group dynamics.
E112 - Introduction to Sport, Fitness & Management
- Author: Study Topic 6 - Eating to win.
E113 - Working & Learning in Sport & Fitness
- 2009 - present: Module team chair (production and presentation).
- Author: Study Topic 1 - Preparing for workbased learning.
- Author: Study Topic 2 - Encouraging and maintaining motivation.
E217 - Sport and Conditioning Science into Practice
- 2012 - 2014: Module team chair (production and presentation).
- Co-author: Study Topic 3 - Making sense of movement.
Publications
Edited book
Heaney, Caroline; Oakley, Ben and Rea, Simon eds.
ISBN : 978-0-415-49155-6 | Publisher : Routledge/The Open University | Published : Abingdon
News
Volunteers wanted to pilot Physical Development course
A new course on Futurelearn aiming to show how to ensure young children do enough physical activity and how that activity improves child mental and physical health development commences at the end of July.The free-to-access course has been developed by the OU in partnership with Public Health England (PHE) and funded by Health Education England.
- Double BAFTA nomination success for WELS/BBC co-productions 12th June 2020
- New 'Becoming a teacher' course launched on Futurelearn 3rd June 2020
- Coronavirus citizen science project now live 28th May 2020
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