Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation

University of Alberta, Canada

Professor 

Email: billy.strean@ualberta.ca

Qualifications

1993 Ph.D., sport and exercise psychology, University of Illinois, USA

1988 M.A., philosophy and psychology of sport, University of Iowa, USA

1986 B.A., philosophy, Grinnell College, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. W. B. Strean. (2011, accepted) Creating student engagement? HMM: Teaching and learning with Humor, Music, and Movement. Creative Education.
2. W. B. Strean & D. J. Williams. (2011, in press) Playful deviance: A perspective for scholarly and professional development in sport psychology. In D. Gilbourne & M. Andersen (Eds.), Critical essays in applied sport psychology. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
3. B. Strean. (2011, March) Human connection is the foundation of effective teaching and learning. STLHE Newsletter, 56, 3.
4. W. B. Strean. (2010) Moving (literally) to engage students: Putting the (physically) active in active learning. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 3, 33-37.
5. W. B. Strean. (2009) Remembering instructors: Play, pain, and pedagogy. Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 1, 210-220.
6. W. B. Strean. (2009) The Laughter Prescription. Canadian Family Physician, 55, 965-967.
7. W. B. Strean & R. Strozzi-Heckler. (2009) (The) Body (of) Knowledge: Somatic contributions to sport psychology. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 21(1), 91 – 98.
8. B. Strean. (2009) Stirrings in the stacks: A lesson in gravity. Grinnell Magazine, 41(4), p. 24.
9. B. Strean. (2009, June) "Love life laughing." Synchronicity Magazine, issue 95, p. 46.
10. W. B. Strean. (2008) Evolving toward laughter in learning. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 1, 165-171.
11. E. García Bengoechea & W. B. Strean. (2008) Examining third order influences on adolescents’ sport participation and motivation. Sport and Exercise Psychology Research Advances. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
12. W. B. Strean & B. Henderson. (2007) Mining our experiences: Reflecting on the subtle interpersonal dimension of teaching and learning. MountainRise, 4(1), 1-11.
13. L. Rogerson & W. Strean. (2007) Working with sport scientists on interdisciplinary teams. Coaches Plan/Plan du Coach, 13(4), 47-57.
14. E. Garcia Bengoechea & W. B. Strean. (2006) On the interpersonal context of adolescents’ sport motivation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 195-217.
15. D. J. Williams & W. B. Strean. (2006) Physical activity promotion in social work. Social Work.51 (2), 180-184.
16. W. B. Strean. (2006, May) Somatic coaching: Rethinking the body. The Inquiry (publication of The Coaches Training Institute).