Elizabeth A. “Libba” Woodruff

Clinical Instructor, Sport Pedagogy
Department of Kinesiology
210 Moore Hall
(205) 348-7452
woodr015@bama.ua.edu
Appointed in 2006

Recent Courses Taught:

HPE311: Teaching Health Related Fitness
HPE362: Motor Development
HPE364: Physical Education for Teachers of Children
HPE468: Adapted Physical Education
HPE497: Internship in Physical Education

Areas of Research:

Transitioning for elementary-secondary students
Pre-service teacher socialization

Academic Degrees:

M.A., University of Alabama, 2006, Sport Pedagogy.
B.S., Samford University, 1975, Health, Physical Education, & Recreation

Professional Experiences:

Clinical Instructor, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Alabama, 2006-Present.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Kinesiology,
The University of Alabama, 2005-06.
Classroom Teacher, 1975-76, 1977-82, 2003-04.

Selected Publications:

Woodruff, E.A., & Curtner-Smith, M.D. (2007). Transitioning from Elementary to Secondary School: American Pupils’ Scary Stories and Physical Education Folklore. Sport, Education and Society, 12(4), 415-430.

Curtner-Smith, M. D., Woodruff, E. A., Stran, M. E., Zmudy, M., Oh, J. I., & Zengaro, F. (2007). Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Teaching within Skill Theme, Games for Understanding, and Sport Education Units. [Abstract]. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Supplement to 78(1), 55.

Selected Presentations:

Curtner-Smith, M. D., Woodruff, E. A., Stran, M. E., Zmudy, M., Oh, J. I., & Zengaro, F. (2007, March). Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Teaching within Skill Theme, Games for Understanding, and Sport Education Units. National AAHPERD Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Woodruff, E. A., & Curtner-Smith, M. D. (2006, October). Transitioning from elementary to secondary school: American Pupils’ Scary Stories and Physical Education Folklore. National PETE Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Woodruff, E., & Zmudy, M. (2005, February). Why they participate? Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association, Tuscaloosa, AL.