Dr Chris Zehntner ~ Educational Designer

Dr Zehntner is an academic developer in the Centre for Education and Enhancement at JCU. He has extensive experience in educational design in blended and online learning contexts at the University of Tasmania and Southern Cross University.  

Dr Zehntner is a past student of James Cook University completing postgraduate education qualifications before moving to the University of Tasmania to complete his PhD. in mentoring in education. 

Dr Zehntner is a previous recipient of several institutional Teaching and Learning citations for excellence (across two institutions) and recognition of excellence in research at Southern Cross University.

His research focuses on education in sports and technology contexts. He has published, presented, and consulted extensively in this field. 

Interests

Research

• Pedagogy, Technology Enhanced Learning, Mentoring.

Teaching

• Pedagogy, Technology Enhanced Learning

Research Disciplines

• Education systems (3903)
• Sociology (4410)
• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• education and training (1699)
• Sport, exercise and recreation (1306)
• Schools and learning environments (1602)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• McMahon J, Lang M, Zehntner C and McGannon K (2023) Athlete and coach-led education that teaches about abuse: an overview of education theory and design considerations. Sport, Education and Society, 28 (7). pp. 855-869
• McMahon J, McGannon K, Zehntner C, Werbicki L, Stephenson E and Martin K (2023) Trauma-informed abuse education in sport: engaging athlete abuse survivors as educators and facilitating a community of care. Sport, Education and Society, 28 (8). pp. 958-971
• Zehntner C, McMahon J and McGannon K (2023) Gender order through social censure: an examination of social exclusion in sport coaching. Sport, Education and Society, 28 (1). pp. 105-116
• McMahon J, Zehntner C, McGannon K and Lang M (2020) The fast-tracking of one elite athlete swimmer into a swimming coaching role: a practice contributing to the perpetuation and recycling of abuse in sport? European Journal for Sport and Society, 17 (3). pp. 265-284
• Zehntner C, McMahon J and McGannon K (2020) An intensive longitudinal investigation of a parent–coach's practices and strategies 'in action'; challenges and opportunities. Sports Coaching Review, 9 (2). pp. 147-167
• McMahon J, McGannon K and Zehntner C (2019) I am fast but I do not fit: an autoethnography of a swimmer's experiences of 'competitive performance' stigma in two sporting contexts. Sport, Education and Society, 24 (3). pp. 283-297
• Zehntner C and McMahon J (2019) Power and knowledge in a coach mentoring program. Sports Coaching Review, 8 (1). pp. 62-82
• Zehntner C, McGannon K and McMahon J (2019) Control, consent and complicity in the coaching of elite women’s cycling in Australia: a media analysis. Sport, Education and Society, 24 (5). pp. 520-532
• McMahon J, McGannon K and Zehntner C (2017) Slim to Win: An Ethnodrama of Three Elite Swimmers’ ‘Presentation of Self’ in Relation to a Dominant Cultural Ideology. Sociology of Sport Journal, 34 (2). pp. 108-123

Book Chapters

• McMahon J, McGannon K and Zehntner C (2021) The Impact Of Selection And Deselection On Athlete Wellbeing: Australian women’s cycling. In: Developing and Supporting Athlete Wellbeing: Person First, Athlete Second. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 92-106
• Zehntner C (2020) Consent and complicity: The athletes' role in the normalisation of damaging coaching practices. In: Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 314-323

Conference Papers

• Kaminski B, Wasinger R, Norris K, Zehntner C, Xu S, Chinthammit W and Duh H (2016) Learning through shared note-taking visualisations in the classroom. Proceedings of the 28th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2016. In: OzCHI'16: 28th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, 29 November - 2 December 2016, Launceston, TAS, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 16+ research outputs authored by Dr Chris Zehntner from 2016 onwards.

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