Professor Ken Green

Head of Department, Professor of Applied Sociology of Sport, Centre for Research in Sport and Society

Qualifications

BA (Hons), PGCE, MEd, MSc, PhD

Overview

Prior to joining the Department in 1991, Ken spent eight years teaching PE in the South East, the Midlands and the North West of England, including one year in teacher education. Ken is editor of the European Physical Education Review and Professor II in Physical Education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Teaching

His specialist teaching and research area is the Sociology of PE. He teaches on the following:

Introduction to the Sociology of Sport and Exercise (Year 1)
Issues in Physical Education (Year 3)
Research Methods (MSc)
Sociology of Physical Education (MSc)

PhD Supervision

Current

Simon Bicknall - The 14-19 curriculum in physical education

Luke Jones - Primary school physical education

Completed

Andy Smith (PhD) (University of Liverpool), 2005. Physical Education, sport, physical activity and young people.

PhD Examination

University of Durham 2008
University of Durham 2007
Brunel University 2007
Loughborough University 2007
University of Leicester 2006
University of Manchester 2000

Research

Income

£40,000

(2005-07) Sport Cheshire Research Monitoring and Evaluation in Sport Cheshire (with Professor Miranda Thurston and Kirstie Simpson, University of Chester)

Published work

Refereed Articles (recent selection)

Green, K., Smith, A. and Thurston, M. (2009). ‘Busy doing nothing?' Physical education teachers' perceptions of young people's participation in leisure-sport and physical activity, Sport, Education and Society, 14, 419-38.

Smith, A.,Green, K. and Thurston, M. (2009) ‘Activity choice' and physical education in England and Wales, Sport, Education and Society, 14, 203-222.

Smith, A., Thurston, M., Green, K. and Lamb, K. (2007) Young People's Participation in Extra-Curricular Physical Education: A Study of 15-16-year-olds in the North-West of England and North-East of Wales, European Physical Education Review, 13 (3), 339- 368.

Smith, A., Thurston, M., Green, K. and Lamb, K. (2007) Young People's Participation in National Curriculum Physical Education: A Study of 15-16-year-olds in the North-West of England and North-East of Wales, European Physical Education Review, 13 (2), 165-194.

Green, K. (2006) Physical Education and Figurational Sociology. An Appreciation of the Work of Eric Dunning, Sport and Society, 9 (4), 650-664.

Smith, A. and Green, K. (2005) The Place of Sport and Physical Activity in Young People's Lives and its Implications for Health: Some Sociological Comments, Youth and Society, 8 (2), 241-253.

Green, K, Liston, K., Smith, A. and Bloyce, D. (2005) Violence, Competition and the Emergence and Development of Modern Sports: Reflections upon the Stokvis-Malcolm Debate, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 40 (1), 119-123.

Green, K, Smith, A. and Roberts, K. (2005) Young People and Lifelong Participation in Sport and Physical Activity: A Sociological Perspective on Contemporary Physical Education Programmes in England and Wales, Leisure Studies, 24 (1), 27-43.

Smith, A., Green, K. and Roberts, K. (2004) Sports Participation and the ‘Obesity/Health Crisis': Reflections on the Case of Young People in England, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 39 (4), 457-464.

Smith, A. and Green, K. (2004) Including Pupils with Special Educational Needs in Secondary School Physical Education: A Sociological Analysis of Teachers' Views, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 25 (5), 603-617.

Green, K. (2004) Physical Education, Lifelong Participation and the ‘Couch Potato Society', Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 9 (1), 73-86.

Thurston, M. and Green, K. (2004) Adherence to Exercise in Later Life: How Can ‘Exercise on Prescription' Programmes be Made More Effective? Health Promotion International, 19 (3), 379-386.

Perry, C., Thurston, M. and Green, K. (2004) Involvement-Detachment and Researching Sexuality, Qualitative Health Research, 14 (1), 135-148.

Green, K., Smith, A. and Thurston, M. (2004) Sport, Young People and the Couch Potato Culture, Journal of the National Obesity Forum, 8, 5-6.

Green, K. (2002) Physical Education and the ‘Couch Potato Society' - Part One, European Journal of Physical Education, 7 (2), 95-107.

Green, K. (2002) Physical Education, Lifelong Participation and the Work of Ken Roberts, Sport, Education and Society, 7 (2), 167-182.

Green, K. and Thurston, M. (2002) Physical Education and Health Promotion: A Qualitative Study of Teachers' Perceptions, Health Education, 102 (3), 113-123.

Green, K. (2002) Physical Education Teachers in their Figurations: A Sociological Analysis of Everyday ‘Philosophies' in Physical Education, Sport, Education and Society, 7 (1), 65-83.

Green, K. (2001) Examinations in Physical Education: A Sociological Perspective on a ‘New Orthodoxy', British Journal of Sociology of Education, 22 (1), 51-74.

Green, K. (2000) Extra-Curricular Physical Education: A Sociological Perspective on a ‘Sporting Bias', European Journal of Physical Education, 5 (2), 179-208.

Green, K. (2000) Exploring Physical Education Teachers' Everyday ‘Philosophies' from a Sociological Perspective, Sport, Education and Society, 5 (2), 109-129.

Green, K. (2000) Understanding Physical Education Teachers' Lives, ‘Philosophies' and Practices: The Benefits of a Sociological Approach, European Journal of Physical Education, 5 (2), 259-272.

Green, K. and Lamb, K. (2000) Health-Related Exercise, Physical Education and Effort Perception, European Journal of Physical Education, 3 (2), 88-103.

Green, K. (1998) Philosophies, Ideologies and the Practice of Physical Education, Sport, Education and Society, 3 (2), 125-143.

Waddington, I., Malcolm, D. and Green, K. (1997) Physical Education, Sport and Health: A Reconsideration, European Physical Education Review, 3 (2), 165-182.

Green, K. (1994) I Agree With Miss, Because..., Physical Education Review, 17 (2), 160-163.

Green, K. (1995) Physical Education, Partnership and the Challenge of Lifelong Participation: A Shared Goal for the 21st Century? The British Journal of Physical Education, 26 (2), 26-30.

Thomas, N. and Green, K. (1995) The Integration of Children with Disabilities into Physical Education: An Unintended Consequence and a Cause for Concern, Bulletin of Physical Education, 31 (1), 30-37.

Thomas, N. and Green, K. (1994) Physical Education Teacher Education and the ‘Special Needs' of Youngsters with Disabilities: The Need to Confront PETE's Attitude Problem, The British Journal of Physical Education, 25 (4), 26-30.

Green, K. (1994) Meeting the Challenge: Health-Related Exercise and the Encouragement of Lifelong Participation, Bulletin of Physical Education, 30 (3), 27-34.

Green, K. (1993) Primary Practice and the Gender Bias in Physical Education, Bulletin of Physical Education, 29 (2), 31-35.

Books

Green, K. (forthcoming) Key Themes in Youth Sport. London: Routledge.

Green, K. (2008) Understanding Physical Education. London: Sage Publication.

Green, K and Hardman, K. (eds) (2005) Physical Education: Essential Issues. London: Sage Publications.

Green, K. (2003) Physical Education Teachers on Physical Education. Chester: Chester Academic Press.

Green, K. and Hardman, K. (eds) (1998, 2000, 2006) Physical Education: A Reader. Aachen: Meyer and Meyer Verlag.

Chapters

Green, K. (2009) Exploring Physical Education Teachers' Everyday ‘Philosophies' from a Sociological Perspective. In R. Bailey and D. Kirk (eds) The Routledge Physical Education Reader. London: Routledge.

Green, K. (2008) Physical Education and Figurational Sociology. An Appreciation of the Work of Eric Dunning. In I. Waddington and D. Malcolm (eds) Matters of Sport: Essays in Honour of Eric Dunning. London: Routledge.

Green, K. (2007) Publishing and the peer-review process in the age of the ‘impact factor'. In J. Devis-Devis (ed.) Quality Journals in Physical Education and Sport, Valencia: University of Valencia.

Green, K., Smith, A., Thurston, M. and Lamb, K. (2007) Gender and secondary school National Curriculum Physical Education: Change alongside continuity. In I. Wellard (ed.) Rethinking Gender and Youth Sport London: Routledge.

Recent Conference Papers

Green, K. (2009). ‘Exploring the Relationship between Physical Education, Youth Sport and Lifelong Participation', 14th European Congress of Sports Science, Oslo, Norway, 2009.

Green, K (2008). ‘Physical Education Research in Practice: Achievement and Challenges', British Educational Research Association (PE Special Interest Group), Worcester.

Green, K. (2006). ‘Two sides of the same coin: The sporting and leisure lifestyles of 15-16- year-olds in England and Wales', 16th World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Durban, South Africa.

Green, K. (2005). ‘Social Class, Social Capital and Physical Education: Rethinking Inequalities', 10th European Congress of Sports Science, Belgrade, Serbia.

Invited talks

‘Publishing and the peer-review process', University of Goteborg, September, 2009.
‘Physical education research in practice', British Educational Research Symposium, University of Worcester, June, 2008.
‘Publishing and the peer-review process', Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, November, 2007.
‘Publishing and the peer-review process', University of Valencia, November, 2007.
‘Examinations in physical education', Hedmark University College, November, 2007.