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Toni Hilland is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at RMIT University, Australia. Her academic work focuses on understanding and promoting participation in physical activity across the lifespan, with particular expertise in Physical Education and the physical activity and health of children and young people.
Dr. Hilland's research primarily investigates the determinants and correlates of participating in physical activity, with a strong emphasis on motivation. Her work spans multiple disciplines including Public Health, Sports Science and Exercise, Applied and Developmental Psychology, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Education Systems, Clinical Sciences, Specialist Studies in Education, Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science, Epidemiology, and Health Services and Systems. She employs diverse methodologies including ecological momentary assessment, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses to examine physical activity behaviors and their correlates.
Her publication record shows consistent research on physical activity in children and adolescents, exploring relationships between physical activity and satisfaction with life, affect, movement behavior compositions, and contextual influences. She has conducted significant research on physical activity among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and factors influencing the institutionalization of physical activity programs in schools. Her work often applies theoretical frameworks such as Self-Determination Theory to understand motivation in physical education contexts.
