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1. Active Early Learning (AEL) physical activity based curriculum in Australian Early Learning Centres: a randomized controlled trial
2. The PEPL approach Physical Education and Physical Literacy curriculum development in Australian Primary schools: a randomized controlled trial
3. The LOOK study Australian Lifestyle of our Kids longitudinal study: the early adult phase. Areas of work include physical activity, nutrition, blood risk factors for chronic disease type II diabetes and CVD, body composition and obesity, ultrasound (echocardiography) heart and blood vessel structure and development, psychological markers of stress and depression, motivation for physical activity, motor skill, DXA bone measures, thyroid function
Biography
The career of Professor Richard (Dick) Telford AM PhD FACSM FSMA began in schools, teaching physical education and mathematics to secondary school children; followed by lecturing at Teachers’ College to prospective physical education teachers, and then to Physical Education, Sports Coaching and Nursing students at what is now called RMIT Melbourne.
For the last four decades, he has combined his research work in metabolic physiology, nutrition, and physical activity in children with hands-on sports science and coaching. Initially involving Australian Rules football and cricket as a player and coach in Victoria, including coaching/managing the Victorian Cricket team to two Sheffield Shield wins he accepted an invitation to take up the inaugural position in sports science at the AIS. Consequently in 1981 his sports science work switched to our Olympic and Commonwealth Games athletes, and he has coached Australia’s only Olympic marathon medallist and several Commonwealth games gold medallists, and physiologist to numerous Olympic medallists.
In his role in the University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, he is now also Research Director of the Lifestyle of our Kids (LOOK) project and published widely in science, medicine and physical education journals, with a recently published a book on the coaching science behind the preparation of distance runners titled “Running: through the looking glass.”
Professor Telford has been recognized for his work by his peers in being appointed a Fellow of both the American College of Sports Medicine and Sports Medicine Australia. He was recognised by the Australian Government in being awarded an Order of Australia in 1992 for his contribution to Sports and Sports Science, and by the sporting community in being was named Athletics Australia Coach of the Year and was an inductee of the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame in 2014 and the ACT Sporting Hall of Fame in 2018.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 1 Apr 1976
External positions
Board Member, Physical Activity Foundation
2 Mar 2020 → …
Athletic Coach, Bankstown and UC Ginninderra Athletics Clubs, Athletics Australia
1 Jan 2016 → …
Board Member , Indigenous Marathon Foundation
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Projects
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Evaluating the delivery of the Active Early Learning (AEL) physical literacy program to remote early learning centres.
Telford, R., Telford, D. & Olive, L.
15/12/21 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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The effect of a bicarbonate lotion massage on 1500m running performance of well-trained runners
Telford, D., Hahn, A. & Siegler, J.
19/06/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Towards Physical literacy for every Australian child: the South Australian "proof of concept" for potential PEPL approach rollout
1/07/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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ELOOK: Developing Physical Literacy in Australian Early Learning Centres: the Early Lifestyle of our Kids (ELOOK) Project
Telford, D., Telford, R. & Olive, L.
7/08/17 → 7/08/20
Project: Other
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Revitalizing PE and Sport: The Victorian Regional Rural Physical Literacy Trial: Phase 2 Victoria 2017
Telford, D., Clark, B., Keegan, R., Keegan, S., Lowrie, T., Telford, R., Welvaert, M. & Wicks, L.
1/09/16 → 30/09/18
Project: Other
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Antioxidant Supplementation Protects Elite Athlete Muscle Integrity During Submaximal Training
Gillam, I. H., Cunningham, R. B. & Telford, R. D., Apr 2022, In: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 17, 4, p. 549-555 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the implementation of the Physical Education/Physical Literacy (PEPL) approach in South Australian primary schools
Telford, R. & Telford, D., 2022, 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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Heart rate variability improves in 3 - 5-year-old children following a 6-month physical activity-based intervention: The Active Early Learning (AEL) cluster randomised controlled trial
Speer, K. E., McKune, A. J., Telford, R. M., Semple, S. J., Naumovski, N., Olive, L. S. & Telford, R. D., 2022, In: Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 47, 1, p. 51-59 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seasonal Heat Acclimatisation in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review
Brown, H. A., Topham, T. H., Clark, B., Smallcombe, J. W., Flouris, A. D., Ioannou, L. G., Telford, R. D., Jay, O. & Périard, J. D., 23 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sports Medicine. 52, 9, p. 2111-2128 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of a 6-month physical literacy intervention on preschool children's gross and fine motor skill: The Active Early Learning randomised controlled trial
Telford, R. M., Olive, L. S. & Telford, R. D., Aug 2022, In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 25, 8, p. 655-660 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)