Dr Andy Smith

Senior Lecturer/Programme Leader Sociology of Sport and Exercise

Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport and Exercise, Programme Leader for MSc Sociology of Sport and Exercise, Co-Director of Chester Centre for Research into Sport and Society.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), MA, PhD

Overview

Andy started teaching joined the Department full-time in 2006, having previously taught on various modules whilst undertaking his PhD. He is Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport and Exercise and Programme Leader for the MSc Sociology of Sport and Exercise delivered by the Chester Centre for Research into Sport and Society. He is also Co-Editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and is an Editorial Board Member of the European Physical Education Review.

Teaching

Andy is Area Leader for Sociology of Sport and Exercise and he teaches on the following modules:

Introduction to the Sociology of Sport and Exercise (Year 1)
Contemporary Issues in Sport (Year 2)
Research Methods in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise (Year 2)
Issues in Sports Development and Policy (Year 3)
Issues in Sport, Health and Exercise (Year 3)
Dissertation in Sociology of Sport and Exercise (Year 3)
Theories of Sport and Exercise (Level M)
Research Methods (Level M)
Contemporary Issues in Sport and Exercise (Level M)
Sociology of Sports Development and Policy (Level M)

Andy also supervises dissertation students at undergraduate and masters level specialising in the Sociology of Sport.

PhD Supervision

Chris Platts – Education and Welfare Professions in Professional Football Academies and Centres of Excellence in England and Wales.
Steven Cock – The emergence and development of competitive swimming.

Research

The sociology of sport, PE, health, leisure and youth
Sport policy and development
Figurational sociology and sociological theory
The inclusion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs in PE and sport
Disability sport

Research Income

£117,153	(2009) Knowledge Transfer Partnership with BIG Storage, Chester Jets Basketball Team with Professors Sarah Andrew and Miranda Thurston, University of Chester)
£3,000	(2008) A study of men's health and lifestyles in Walsall, Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust/Walsall, Metropolitan Borough Council
£3,000	(2008) Appraising the impact of the Burnley Food and Fitness Aimed at Lowering Obesity (BUFFALO) project, Burnley Borough Council/East Lancashire Primary Care Trust (with Professor Miranda Thurston, University of Chester)

Published work

Refereed Articles (recent selection)

Bloyce, D., Liston, K., Platts, C. and Smith, A. (in press, 2009). Pride of the Lions: media coverage of the 2005 Lions Tour, Sport in Society.

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.

Platts, C. and Smith, A. (2009). The education and welfare of young people in professional football academies in England: Some implications of the White Paper on Sport, International Journal of Sport Policy, 1, 323-39.

Smith, A. and Platts, C. (2008). The Independent European Sport Review: Some policy issues and problems, Sport in Society, 9, 583-97.

Hanstad, D., Smith, A. and Waddington, I. (2008). The establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency: A Study of the management of organizational change and unplanned outcomes, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 43, 249-71.

Bloyce, D., Smith, A., Mead, R. and Morris, J. (2008). ‘Playing the Game (Plan)’: A figurational analysis of organizational change in sports development in England, European Sport Management Quarterly, 8, 359-78.

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 North-West England and North-East Wales, European Physical Education Review, 13, 369-83.

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 North-West England and North-East Wales, European Physical Education Review, 13, 165-94.

Smith, A. and Parr, M. (2007). Young people’s views on the nature and purpose of physical education: A sociological analysis, Sport, Education and Society, 12, 37-58.

Liston, K., Reacher, D., Smith, A. and Waddington, I. (2006). Managing pain and injury in non-elite rugby union and rugby league: A case study of players at a British university, Sport in Society, 9, 388-402.

Smith, A. and Thomas, N. (2006). Including pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in National Curriculum Physical Education: A brief review, European Journal of Special Needs Education, 21, 31-45.

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, Journal of Youth Studies, 8, 24-53.

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, 27-43.

Green, K., Liston, K., Smith, A. and Bloyce, D. (2005). Violence, competition and the emergence and development of modern sports: Reflections on the Stokvis-Malcolm debate, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 40, 119-24.

Smith, A. and Thomas, N. (2005). The ‘inclusion’ of elite athletes with disabilities in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games: An exploratory analysis of British newspaper coverage. Sport, Education and Society, 10, 49-68.

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, 457-64.

Smith, A. and Waddington, I. (2004). Using ‘sport in the community schemes’ to tackle crime and drug use among young people: Some policy issues and problems, European Physical Education Review, 10, 279-297.

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, 603-17.

Smith, A. (2004). The inclusion of pupils with special educational needs in secondary school physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 9, 37-54.

Thomas, N. and Smith, A. (2003). Pre-occupied with able-bodiedness? An analysis of the British media coverage of the 2000 Paralympic Games, Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 20, 166-181.

Books

Bloyce, D. and Smith, A. (2010). Sport Policy and Development: An Introduction. London: Routledge.

Thomas, N. and Smith, A. (2009). Disability, Sport and Society: An Introduction. London: Routledge.

Waddington, I. and Smith, A. (2009). An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning? London: Routledge.

Chapters

Smith, A. (2009). Disability and inclusion policy towards physical education and youth sport. In H. Fitzgerald (ed.) Disability and Youth Sport. London: Routledge.

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.

Smith, A. and Waddington, I. (2005). Sport in the community schemes for young people ‘at risk’: Do they work? The UK experience. In T. Hoikkala, P. Hakkarainen and S. Laine (Eds.) Beyond Health Literacy. Youth Cultures, Prevention and Policy. Helsinki: Youth Finnish Research Society.

Smith, A. and Thomas, N. (2005). Inclusion, special educational needs, disability and physical education. In K. Green and K. Hardman (Eds.). Physical Education: Essential Issues. London: Sage.

Green, K., Smith, A. and Roberts, K. (2005). Social class, young people, sport and physical education. In K. Green and K. Hardman (Eds.). Physical Education: Essential Issues. London: Sage.

Green, K. and Smith, A. (2004) Social Class and Sport with Particular Reference to Young People, in De Montfort University with Sport Axis (eds) Sport and Society Foundation Course. Sport and Social Inclusion Unit Overview. Bedford, De Montfort University.

Smith, A. and Green, K. (2004) Young People’s Participation in Sport and Physical Activity in England and Wales, in Jerzy Kosiewicz & Kazimierz Obodyski (eds) Sport and Society. Rzeszow, European Association for Sociology of Sport.

Green, K. and Smith, A. (2004) Young People’s Participation in Sport and Physical Activity in Western Europe: Reflections Upon an Apparent Crisis, in Jerzy Kosiewicz & Kazimierz Obodyski (eds) Sport and Society. Rzeszow, European Association for Sociology of Sport.

Recent Conference Papers

Smith, A. (2009) ‘We only smoke weed, drink beer and play sport when we need to’: sport and drug use in the leisure lives of young people, Paper presented at the 14th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Oslo, Norway.

Smith, A. and Leech, R. (2009) ‘Evidence. what evidence?’: A study of School Sport Partnerships in north-west England, Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Haycock, D. and Smith, A. (2009) ‘Inclusion and National Curriculum Physical Education in England: a study of unplanned outcomes’, Paper presented at the 14th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Oslo, Norway.

Haycock, D. and Smith, A. (2009) Inclusive physical education and school sport? A study of the management of National Curriculum Physical Education and unplanned outcomes in England, Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Utrecht, The Netherlands.