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Ken Green

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ID3673596
NAMEKen Green
GIVEN NAMESKen
FAMILY NAMEGreen
SIGNATUREGREEN K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Chester
ORCID0000-0002-7697-8377
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS55
TOTAL CITATIONS238
AUTHOR COUNT51
EDITOR COUNT4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX9
  • Harried and stressful or hurried and rewarding? A study of young Norwegians’ active leisure lives

    Open Access•Patrick Foss Johansen, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Annals of Leisure Research•2025•References: 10

  • Sports participation among Norwegian youth: A Study of Early Sporting Careers

    Open Access•Patrick Foss Johansen, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2025•References: 38

    Despite a growing body of evidence suggesting that establishing sporting repertoires during youth is intimately related to ongoing participation in sport, little is known about how such repertoires develop during the crucial early teenage years, when the sporting habits that provide a basis for sporting careers take shape. The aim of the study was, therefore, to describe the structure of young people's sporting repertoires as they move through a …

  • ‘Now we have gym, now we have to perform’: Norwegian students’ perceptions of assessment and grading in physical education

    Open Access•Linda Røset, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•European Journal of Educational…•2024

    Assessment has become a routine feature of school life, internationally. Little is known, however, about the consequences for young people of assessment and grading in physical education (PE) – a subject often associated with physical recreation. This paper explores young Norwegian’s perceptions of assessment and grading in PE from a sociological perspective. In doing so, it contemplates the penetration of neo-liberal discourses as part of wider …

  • Habitus, capital and the shaping of sporting careers: A qualitative study of Norwegian youth

    Open Access•Patrick Foss Johansen, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2024•References: 13

  • Not to judge by the looks but you can tell by the looks!’ Physical capital as symbolic capital in the individualization of health among young Norwegians

    Linda Røset, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2022•References: 15

    In this paper we explore how 15–16-year-old Norwegians experience social and cultural norms that shape their relationship with health and physical activity (PA) in a country where participation in PA is normative, in the sense that it is not only a widely shared practice but, in having significant cultural traction, is commonly understood as a ‘normal’ part of Norwegian daily life. The study draws upon qualitative data generated from 31 focus gro…

  • ‘Even if you don’t care…you do care after all’: ‘Othering’ and physical education in Norway

    Open Access•Linda Røset, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•2020

    In the past decade or more, improving young people’s mental health has been identified as a priority for policy-makers in many countries, including Norway. Physical education, as a setting for physical activity, is increasingly viewed as having a potentially significant role to play in addressing mental health among the young. This paper reports the findings from a study of 148 Norwegian youngsters (68 girls and 80 boys) from the 10th grade (15–1…

  • Norwegian youngsters’ perceptions of physical education: Exploring the implications for mental health

    Linda Røset, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2019•Cited by: 7•References: 7

    Improving young people’s mental health has become a priority for policy-makers in Norway as elsewhere. Although the evidence is limited, physical activity has been identified as having a role in mental health promotion with school physical education (PE) typically being presented as a suitable setting. Few studies, however, have explored young people’s perceptions and experiences of PE and the possible consequences for their mental health – the d…

  • Sport in Scandinavia and the Nordic Countries

    Ken Green, Thorsteinn Sigurjónsson et al.•BOOK•Sport in Scandinavia and the…•2018

    "The Scandinavian and Nordic countries have some of the highest participation rates in sport and physical activity in the world and are therefore important case studies across a range of subjects, from sport policy to physical activity and health. This is the first book to bring together studies of all those countries in one volume, examining sport, physical activity and exercise, and exploring the factors behind such high levels of participation…

  • ‘The helping, the fixtures, the kits, the gear, the gum shields, the food, the snacks, the waiting, the rain, the car rides … ’: Social class, parenting and children's organised activities

    Sharon Wheeler, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2018

    Class-related parenting cultures and ideologies have been of considerable interest to academics over the last two decades. Much of the research thus far has focused on exploring Annette Lareau's conceptualisations of ‘natural growth’ and ‘concerted cultivation’ and the implications for outcomes in relation to education. The focus of the present article is organised activities, which are a central but as yet relatively under-researched feature of …

  • It’s alpha omega for succeeding and thriving’: Parents, children and sporting cultivation in Norway

    Patrick Foss Johansen, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2017•Cited by: 6•References: 6

    It has become increasingly apparent, internationally, that childhood is a crucial life-stage in the formation of predispositions towards sports participation and that parents are increasingly investing in the sporting capital of their children via a process of ‘concerted cultivation’. It is surprising, therefore, that parents’ involvement in the development of their children's sporting interests has received so little attention in Norway, given t…

  • Social class and the emergent organised sporting habits of primary-aged children

    Open Access•Sharon Wheeler, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•2017•Cited by: 6•References: 2

    This paper reports on the patterns of participation in organised sports of youngsters coming towards the end of primary school, with a view to identifying emergent sporting habits in relation to social class gradients. The data for the study were generated via 90 semi-structured interviews with parents and children from 62 families. The data revealed differences in organised activity participation (both at and beyond school) between an ‘under-cla…

  • Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport

    Scott Fleming, Ken Green et al.•BOOK•Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport•2016

    The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport is a comprehensive survey of the latest research into young people's involvement in sport. Drawing on a wide diversity of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, policy studies, coaching, physical education and physiology, the book examines the importance of sport during a key transitional period of our lives, from the later teenage years into the early twenties, and therefore helps us develop a better …

  • Who teaches primary physical education? Change and transformation through the eyes of subject leaders

    Luke Jones, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2015•Cited by: 6•References: 9

    This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport, Education and Society on 02/07/2015, available online: DOI: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13573322.2015.1061987

  • Isn’t it good, Norwegian wood? Lifestyle and adventure sports participation among Norwegian youth

    Ken Green, Miranda Thurston et al.•ARTICLE•Leisure Studies•2015•Cited by: 2•References: 16

    This paper explores Norwegian youngsters’ (and, to a lesser extent, adults’) engagement with conventional and lifestyle sports via an examination of recent trends. In the process, it explores the significance or otherwise of ‘nature-based settings’ and the developing character of lifestyle sports. In terms of changes in youth sport, young Norwegians are the quintessential sporting omnivores. However, the particular mix of conventional and lifesty…

  • Parenting in relation to children’s sports participation: Generational changes and potential implications

    Sharon Wheeler, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Leisure Studies•2014•Cited by: 16•References: 38

    This paper presents data on the parenting practices and perceptions of middle-class parents in the domain of children’s sport. Adopting a grounded-theory approach, the data were generated through 16 semi-structured interviews conducted with parents and children from eight different families. The findings in relation to parenting practices indicated that the parents were ‘investing’ in their children’s sports participation earlier and more heavily…

  • Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies

    Andy id_orcid Smith, Ken Green et al.•BOOK•Doing Real World Research in…•2013

    Traditional research methods textbooks tend to present an idealized and simplistic picture of the research process. This ground-breaking text however, features leading international sport researchers explaining how they actually carried out their real life research projects, highlighting the practical day-to-day problems, false starts and setbacks that are a normal part of the research process. This book focuses on ten pieces of research that hav…

  • Neither shaking nor stirring: A case study of reflexivity in Norwegian physical education teacher education

    Kjersti Mordal-Moen, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2012•Cited by: 5•References: 18

    This paper examines the place of reflexivity in the ‘philosophies’ and practices of physical education (PE) teacher educators in Norway. Using a case study approach to one quite typical institution delivering physical education teacher education (PETE) in Norway, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 teacher educators. Analysis of the data generated by the study was inspired by the principles of grounded theory. Noteworthy among the f…

  • Physical education teacher education in Norway: The perceptions of student teachers

    Kjersti Mordal-Moen, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 3

    A feature of academic literature on physical education teacher education (PETE) is the expectation that it can and should impact upon student teachers' beliefs and prospective practices in some significant ways. This is despite research over the last 20 years or more alluding to the apparent failure of PETE to ‘shake or stir’ (Evans et al., 1996) what might be termed the (typically conservative and conventional) pre-dispositions of student and ea…

  • Mission impossible? Reflecting upon the relationship between physical education, youth sport and lifelong participation

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2012•Cited by: 25•References: 17

    It is widely believed that school physical education (PE) is or, at the very least, can (even should) be a crucial vehicle for enhancing young people's engagement with physically active recreation (typically but not exclusively in the form of sport) in their leisure and, in the longer run, over the life-course. Despite the prevalence of such beliefs, there remains a dearth of evidence demonstrating a ‘PE effect’. Indeed, the precise nature of the…

  • Propinquity, sociability and excitement: Exploring the normalisation of sensible drug use among 15–16-year-olds in north-west England and north-east Wales

    Andy Smith, Miranda Thurston et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2010•Cited by: 1•References: 2

    This paper explores normalised drug use as an aspect of young people's leisure careers. Qualitative data generated by 24 single-sex focus groups with 153 (85 males; 68 females) 15–16-year-olds attending seven schools in north-west England and north-east Wales revealed that young people's drug use tended to be both heterogeneous and situation specific. Indeed, rather than being actively sought out, 15–16-year-olds’ drug use was often characterised…

  • Biodiversity Conservation in the Kangchenjunga Landscape

    Open Access•Ken Green•ARTICLE•Mountain Research and Development•2009

  • Busy doing nothing? Physical education teachers' perceptions of young people's participation in leisure-sport

    Ken Green, Andy Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2009•Cited by: 2•References: 17

    Within the substantial body of research examining the professional knowledge of physical education (PE) teachers one particular area remains relatively under-explored: namely, their understandings of young people's participation in leisure-sport and the implications of this, if any, for the practice of PE. There are grounds for thinking, however, that in this aspect of their professional knowledge PE teachers might not be as conversant with patte…

  • Activity choice’ and physical education in England and Wales

    Andy Smith, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2009•Cited by: 9•References: 10

    This paper draws on data from a broader study, the central object of which was to explore the place of sport and physical activity in young people's lives. More particularly, the paper reports the findings of 24 focus groups conducted with 153 15–16 year olds in north-west England and north-east Wales in order to examine young people's views towards activity choice in physical education (PE). In this regard, it is suggested that despite their dee…

  • Understanding Physical Education

    Ken Green•BOOK•Understanding Physical Education•2008

    Exploring the issues and enduring themes in physical education this work focuses on the UK, incorporating a global dimension. The topics covered include: the requirements of National Curriculum Physical Education; the relationship between physical education and sport; and extra-curricular physical education

  • Technological Change and the Environmental Impacts of Food Production and Consumption: The Case of the UK Yogurt Industry

    Open Access•Paul M Dewick, Chris Foster et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Industrial Ecology•2007

    This article examines the changing food production and consumption system of yogurt in the United Kingdom, focusing on the environmental impact of the yogurt processing stage from a technological perspective. Based on interviews with key industry stakeholders, we describe the evolution of the yogurt industry since the 1950s, characterized by a shift toward industrialized mass production and increased product diversity. We explain how new technolo…

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  • Mission impossible? Reflecting upon the relationship between physical education, youth sport and lifelong participation

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2012•Cited by: 25•References: 17

    It is widely believed that school physical education (PE) is or, at the very least, can (even should) be a crucial vehicle for enhancing young people's engagement with physically active recreation (typically but not exclusively in the form of sport) in their leisure and, in the longer run, over the life-course. Despite the prevalence of such beliefs, there remains a dearth of evidence demonstrating a ‘PE effect’. Indeed, the precise nature of the…

  • Physical Education Teachers in their Figurations: A Sociological Analysis of Everyday 'Philosophies

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2002•Cited by: 21•References: 5

    This article is not available through ChesterRep

  • Towards sustainable households: A methodology for developing sustainable technological and social innovations

    Open Access•Ken Green, Philip J Vergragt et al.•ARTICLE•Futures•2002•Cited by: 18•References: 2

  • Philosophies, Ideologies and the Practice of Physical Education

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•1998•Cited by: 17•References: 18

    Reporting ongoing and developing research this paper examines what might loosely be called the ‘philosophies’ of physical education (PE) teachers from a sociological perspective. The paper is concerned, in part, with the relationship between, on the one hand, philosophies which have been articulated by academic philosophers seeking to define what they consider to be the ‘essential’ characteristics or nature of PE and, on the other hand, ideas abo…

  • Parenting in relation to children’s sports participation: Generational changes and potential implications

    Sharon Wheeler, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Leisure Studies•2014•Cited by: 16•References: 38

    This paper presents data on the parenting practices and perceptions of middle-class parents in the domain of children’s sport. Adopting a grounded-theory approach, the data were generated through 16 semi-structured interviews conducted with parents and children from eight different families. The findings in relation to parenting practices indicated that the parents were ‘investing’ in their children’s sports participation earlier and more heavily…

  • Exploring the Everyday 'Philosophies' of Physical Education Teachers from a Sociological Perspective

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2000•Cited by: 15•References: 14

    This paper presents the findings from semi-structured interviews with 35 physical education (PE) teachers in secondary schools in the north-west of England. The principal aim of the study was to examine teachers' everyday 'philosophies' of PE, from a sociological perspective, in an attempt to identify the existence of philosophical - or, more accurately, ideological - themes therein and to explore the socio-genesis of such 'philosophies'. Analysi…

  • Involvement and Detachment in Researching Sexuality: Reflections on the Process of Semistructured Interviewing

    Open Access•Catherine Perry, Miranda Thurston et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2004•Cited by: 13•References: 11

    In this article, the authors reflect on the utility of the concept of involvement-detachment for researchers involved in a study of the lifeworlds of gay, lesbian, and bisexual young people where one of the researchers was lesbian. They focus in particular on the process of semistructured interviewing in qualitative research and the analysis of material generated by the interviews, noting that complete detachment from the subject of study is neit…

  • Technological change, industry structure and the environment

    Open Access•Paul Dewick, Paul M Dewick et al.•ARTICLE•Futures•2004•Cited by: 11•References: 12

  • Activity choice’ and physical education in England and Wales

    Andy Smith, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2009•Cited by: 9•References: 10

    This paper draws on data from a broader study, the central object of which was to explore the place of sport and physical activity in young people's lives. More particularly, the paper reports the findings of 24 focus groups conducted with 153 15–16 year olds in north-west England and north-east Wales in order to examine young people's views towards activity choice in physical education (PE). In this regard, it is suggested that despite their dee…

  • Lifelong Participation, Physical Education and the Work of Ken Roberts

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2002•Cited by: 8

    A broad consensus has emerged in recent years in relation to the desirability of one particular purpose for physical education (PE); namely, the promotion of lifelong participation in sport and physical activity. This paper represents an attempt to rectify what is taken to be the relative failure of those investigating (whilst typically advocating) lifelong participation through PE to make use of a sociological perspective on leisure, youth cultu…

  • Norwegian youngsters’ perceptions of physical education: Exploring the implications for mental health

    Linda Røset, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2019•Cited by: 7•References: 7

    Improving young people’s mental health has become a priority for policy-makers in Norway as elsewhere. Although the evidence is limited, physical activity has been identified as having a role in mental health promotion with school physical education (PE) typically being presented as a suitable setting. Few studies, however, have explored young people’s perceptions and experiences of PE and the possible consequences for their mental health – the d…

  • Young people and lifelong participation in sport and physical activity: A sociological perspective on contemporary physical education programmes in England and Wales

    Ken Green, Andy Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Leisure Studies•2005•Cited by: 7•References: 23

    Notwithstanding the apparent consensus in the UK over the last half a century that the ‘key goal’ of physical education (PE) is to prepare young people for lifelong participation in physical activity (Kirk, ), it is evident that the types of PE programmes and activities viewed as most likely to achieve this outcome remain a highly contentious issue. Grounded in sociological work on the ‘new condition’ of youth (Roberts, ), alongside data from var…

  • Sport, Health and Physical Education: A Reconsideration

    Open Access•Ivan Waddington, D Malcolm et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•1997•Cited by: 7•References: 10

    This paper seeks to: (i) outline and critically evaluate the widely accepted idea that exercise and sport are beneficial for health; (ii) examine the different patterns of social relations associated with exercise and sport; (iii) examine some of the health consequences of these social differences; and (iv) explore the implications of this analysis for physical education. No simple generalisations can adequately encapsulate the complexity of the …

  • It’s alpha omega for succeeding and thriving’: Parents, children and sporting cultivation in Norway

    Patrick Foss Johansen, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2017•Cited by: 6•References: 6

    It has become increasingly apparent, internationally, that childhood is a crucial life-stage in the formation of predispositions towards sports participation and that parents are increasingly investing in the sporting capital of their children via a process of ‘concerted cultivation’. It is surprising, therefore, that parents’ involvement in the development of their children's sporting interests has received so little attention in Norway, given t…

  • Social class and the emergent organised sporting habits of primary-aged children

    Open Access•Sharon Wheeler, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•2017•Cited by: 6•References: 2

    This paper reports on the patterns of participation in organised sports of youngsters coming towards the end of primary school, with a view to identifying emergent sporting habits in relation to social class gradients. The data for the study were generated via 90 semi-structured interviews with parents and children from 62 families. The data revealed differences in organised activity participation (both at and beyond school) between an ‘under-cla…

  • Who teaches primary physical education? Change and transformation through the eyes of subject leaders

    Luke Jones, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2015•Cited by: 6•References: 9

    This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport, Education and Society on 02/07/2015, available online: DOI: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13573322.2015.1061987

  • Young people's participation in National Curriculum Physical Education: A study of 15—16 year olds in North-West England and North-East Wales

    Open Access•Andy Smith, Miranda Thurston et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•2007•Cited by: 6•References: 9

    Drawing on data from a broader study which investigated the place of spor t and physical activity in the lives of 15—16 year olds in England and Wales, this paper examines a relatively neglected dimension of research in physical education, namely, young people's par ticipation in spor t and physical activity through National Curriculum Physical Education (NCPE). The paper repor ts upon data generated by questionnaires completed by 1010 15—16 year…

  • Young people's participation in extracurricular physical education: A study of 15—16 year olds in North-West England and North-East Wales

    Open Access•Andy Smith, Miranda Thurston et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•2007•Cited by: 6•References: 2

    This paper examines the levels and forms of participation in extracurricular physical education (PE) of a cohort of 1010 15—16 year olds attending seven state schools in north-west England and north-east Wales. The data reveal that extracurricular PE provision in all schools retained a particular focus on competitive team sports alongside a number of recreational partner sports and individualized activities. At the same time, the study confirmed …

  • Neither shaking nor stirring: A case study of reflexivity in Norwegian physical education teacher education

    Kjersti Mordal-Moen, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2012•Cited by: 5•References: 18

    This paper examines the place of reflexivity in the ‘philosophies’ and practices of physical education (PE) teacher educators in Norway. Using a case study approach to one quite typical institution delivering physical education teacher education (PETE) in Norway, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 teacher educators. Analysis of the data generated by the study was inspired by the principles of grounded theory. Noteworthy among the f…

  • The wealth of information: A profile of the post-industrial economy

    Open Access•Ken Green•ARTICLE•Futures•1983•Cited by: 5

  • Science and technology in restructuring

    Open Access•Phil Blackburn, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Capital & Class•1982•Cited by: 4

  • Physical education teacher education in Norway: The perceptions of student teachers

    Kjersti Mordal-Moen, Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 3

    A feature of academic literature on physical education teacher education (PETE) is the expectation that it can and should impact upon student teachers' beliefs and prospective practices in some significant ways. This is despite research over the last 20 years or more alluding to the apparent failure of PETE to ‘shake or stir’ (Evans et al., 1996) what might be termed the (typically conservative and conventional) pre-dispositions of student and ea…

  • Globalisation and the environment: The long-term effects of technology on the international division of labour and energy demand

    Open Access•Marcela Miozzo, Paul Dewick et al.•ARTICLE•Futures•2005•Cited by: 3•References: 21

  • Sports Participation and the 'Obesity/Health Crisis: Reflections on the Case of Young People in England

    Open Access•Andrew Smith, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•International Review for the…•2004•Cited by: 3•References: 9

    There has been growing concern in recent years about the emergence of a supposed 'health crisis' - in the form of an 'obesity epidemic' - among young people, one of the maincauses of which, it is assumed, is their declining levels of involvement in sport and physical activity. This brief paper offers some critical comments on the taken-for-granted relationship between these two emergent 'crises' and argues that, in contrast to popular opinion, yo…

  • Isn’t it good, Norwegian wood? Lifestyle and adventure sports participation among Norwegian youth

    Ken Green, Miranda Thurston et al.•ARTICLE•Leisure Studies•2015•Cited by: 2•References: 16

    This paper explores Norwegian youngsters’ (and, to a lesser extent, adults’) engagement with conventional and lifestyle sports via an examination of recent trends. In the process, it explores the significance or otherwise of ‘nature-based settings’ and the developing character of lifestyle sports. In terms of changes in youth sport, young Norwegians are the quintessential sporting omnivores. However, the particular mix of conventional and lifesty…

  • Science and technology in restructuring

    Open Access•Phil Blackburn, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•Capital & Class•1982•Cited by: 4

  • The wealth of information: A profile of the post-industrial economy

    Open Access•Ken Green•ARTICLE•Futures•1983•Cited by: 5

  • Research Funding in Australia: A View From the North

    Open Access•Ken Green•ARTICLE•Prometheus•1986

    This paper seeks to contribute to the continuing controversy in Australia on the best way to deploy that country's scientific and technological research and development (R & D) resources. It puts forward and discusses some policy options relating to the ‘restructuring’ of the Australian R&D system currently underway, for the consideration of the research community and those responsible for the research policies. In particular, the paper comments …

  • Patterns of Giving and Receiving Help During Severe Winter Conditions: A Research Note

    Open Access•David M Neal, Joseph B Perry et al.•ARTICLE•Disasters•1988•Cited by: 1•References: 12

    Severe winter conditions and blizzards may cause persons to be stranded, unable to move from one place to another. Being stranded under such conditions can be life-threatening and often requires help. This is a study of giving and receiving help among people who were stranded during severe winter conditions and blizzards in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA and the surrounding countryside in 1976-1977. Mail questionnaire data were collected from the Bowli…

  • Sport, Health and Physical Education: A Reconsideration

    Open Access•Ivan Waddington, D Malcolm et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•1997•Cited by: 7•References: 10

    This paper seeks to: (i) outline and critically evaluate the widely accepted idea that exercise and sport are beneficial for health; (ii) examine the different patterns of social relations associated with exercise and sport; (iii) examine some of the health consequences of these social differences; and (iv) explore the implications of this analysis for physical education. No simple generalisations can adequately encapsulate the complexity of the …

  • Philosophies, Ideologies and the Practice of Physical Education

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•1998•Cited by: 17•References: 18

    Reporting ongoing and developing research this paper examines what might loosely be called the ‘philosophies’ of physical education (PE) teachers from a sociological perspective. The paper is concerned, in part, with the relationship between, on the one hand, philosophies which have been articulated by academic philosophers seeking to define what they consider to be the ‘essential’ characteristics or nature of PE and, on the other hand, ideas abo…

  • Greening Organizations: Purchasing, Consumption, and Innovation

    Open Access•Ken Green, Barbara Morton et al.•ARTICLE•Organization & Environment•2000

    The use of consumer pressure in greening the economy has long been advocated by environmentalists. This article takes the view that the traditional image of the consumer as the primary agent of environmental change is inadequate. Efforts to green the economy require an understanding of corporations and public organizations as consumers as well as an understanding of individuals as consumers. The article sets out the arguments for treating all org…

  • Exploring the Everyday 'Philosophies' of Physical Education Teachers from a Sociological Perspective

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2000•Cited by: 15•References: 14

    This paper presents the findings from semi-structured interviews with 35 physical education (PE) teachers in secondary schools in the north-west of England. The principal aim of the study was to examine teachers' everyday 'philosophies' of PE, from a sociological perspective, in an attempt to identify the existence of philosophical - or, more accurately, ideological - themes therein and to explore the socio-genesis of such 'philosophies'. Analysi…

  • Examinations in Physical Education: A sociological perspective on a 'new orthodoxy

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•British Journal of Sociology of…•2001•Cited by: 1•References: 16

    This article is not available through ChesterRep

  • Examinations in Physical Education: A sociological perspective on a 'new orthodoxy

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•British Journal of Sociology of…•2001

    This paper explores the rapid growth of academic examinations (GCSE and 'A'-level) in physical education (PE) from a sociological, specifically figurational, perspective. It utilises data from the author's own research in order to examine: (i) how one might explain the significant increase in GCSE and 'A'-level PE and Sports Studies sociologically; and (ii) if such growth can justifiably be said to represent the emergence of a 'new orthodoxy' or,…

  • What would constitute success for UK biotechnology in 2005

    Open Access•Andrew Mcmeekin, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•New Genetics and Society•2002

    This paper presents the rationale and results of a scenario exercise concerning possible future developments in UK biotechnology. The final output of this exercise is a 'consensus' vision of what success might look like for the UK in biotechnology in 2005. The 'success scenario' was developed during a two-day workshop through structured discussions in a group of people active in biotechnology in industry, research agencies, consultancies or acade…

  • The social and economic dimensions of biotechnology: An introduction

    Open Access•Andrew Mcmeekin, Ken Green•ARTICLE•New Genetics and Society•2002

    The UK is widely perceived to be already relatively successful in the economic performance of its edgling biotechnology activity.It has signi cant numbers of specialist biotechnology start-up companies, and its major pharmaceutical companies are leaders in the development and application of the technology.Allied to this, its science base makes a major contribution to the underpinning knowledge base through activities such as the Human Genome Proj…

  • Biotechnology, people and markets

    Open Access•Ken Green•ARTICLE•New Genetics and Society•2002

    In assessing the likely demand for biotechnology products it is not suf cient just to look at what is happening in rms and their immediate market environment.There is no one 'market' for biotechnology products: there are differences between sectors and between countries. You have instead to look at the institutional contexts of the biotechnology product's development. This paper reviews work which has been carried out by social scientists, especi…

  • Physical Education Teachers in their Figurations: A Sociological Analysis of Everyday 'Philosophies

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2002•Cited by: 21•References: 5

    This article is not available through ChesterRep

  • Lifelong Participation, Physical Education and the Work of Ken Roberts

    Ken Green•ARTICLE•Sport Education and Society•2002•Cited by: 8

    A broad consensus has emerged in recent years in relation to the desirability of one particular purpose for physical education (PE); namely, the promotion of lifelong participation in sport and physical activity. This paper represents an attempt to rectify what is taken to be the relative failure of those investigating (whilst typically advocating) lifelong participation through PE to make use of a sociological perspective on leisure, youth cultu…

  • Long-wave theories of technological change and the global environment

    Open Access•Ken Green, Simon Shackley et al.•ARTICLE•Global Environmental Change•2002

  • Towards sustainable households: A methodology for developing sustainable technological and social innovations

    Open Access•Ken Green, Philip J Vergragt et al.•ARTICLE•Futures•2002•Cited by: 18•References: 2

  • System Innovation and the Transition to Sustainability: Theory, Evidence and Policy

    Boelie Elzen, Frank W Geels et al.•BOOK•System Innovation and the…•2004

    This book considers two main questions: how do system innovations or transitions come about and how can they be influenced by different actors, in particular by governments. The authors identify the theories which can be used to conceptualise the dynamics of system innovations and discuss the weaknesses in these theories. They also look at the lessons which can be learned from historical examples of transitions, and highlight the instruments and …

  • Including pupils with special educational needs in secondary school physical education: A sociological analysis of teachers' views

    Andrew Smith, Andy Smith et al.•ARTICLE•British Journal of Sociology of…•2004•Cited by: 2•References: 8

    This paper explores physical education (PE) teachers' views of the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in PE from a figurational sociological perspective. Starting from the premise that teachers' views cannot be adequately explained by studying the concept of inclusion or the teacher in isolation, it is argued that we can only begin to make sense of such views by locating teachers within the figurations of which they are a pa…

  • Technological change, industry structure and the environment

    Open Access•Paul Dewick, Paul M Dewick et al.•ARTICLE•Futures•2004•Cited by: 11•References: 12

  • Involvement and Detachment in Researching Sexuality: Reflections on the Process of Semistructured Interviewing

    Open Access•Catherine Perry, Miranda Thurston et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2004•Cited by: 13•References: 11

    In this article, the authors reflect on the utility of the concept of involvement-detachment for researchers involved in a study of the lifeworlds of gay, lesbian, and bisexual young people where one of the researchers was lesbian. They focus in particular on the process of semistructured interviewing in qualitative research and the analysis of material generated by the interviews, noting that complete detachment from the subject of study is neit…

  • Sports Participation and the 'Obesity/Health Crisis: Reflections on the Case of Young People in England

    Open Access•Andrew Smith, Ken Green et al.•ARTICLE•International Review for the…•2004•Cited by: 3•References: 9

    There has been growing concern in recent years about the emergence of a supposed 'health crisis' - in the form of an 'obesity epidemic' - among young people, one of the maincauses of which, it is assumed, is their declining levels of involvement in sport and physical activity. This brief paper offers some critical comments on the taken-for-granted relationship between these two emergent 'crises' and argues that, in contrast to popular opinion, yo…

  • Physical Education: Essential Issues

    Ken Green, Ken Hardman•BOOK•Physical Education•2005

    Dealing with enduring themes and contemporary issues in primary and secondary physical education, these original contributions from leading figures in the field take a multi-disciplinary approach

  • The Place of Sport and Physical Activity in Young People's Lives and its Implications for Health: Some Sociological Comments

    Andy Smith, Andrew C Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Youth Studies•2005•Cited by: 1•References: 6

    This exploratory paper seeks, first, to offer some critical sociological comments on the common-sense, or rather ideological, claims surrounding two supposedly emerging ‘crises’: namely, the alleged poor health and declining sport and physical activity participation levels of young people. In this regard, it is suggested that while young people are, in fact, doing more sport and physical activity than at any other time in the past, this process h…

  • Young people and lifelong participation in sport and physical activity: A sociological perspective on contemporary physical education programmes in England and Wales

    Ken Green, Andy Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Leisure Studies•2005•Cited by: 7•References: 23

    Notwithstanding the apparent consensus in the UK over the last half a century that the ‘key goal’ of physical education (PE) is to prepare young people for lifelong participation in physical activity (Kirk, ), it is evident that the types of PE programmes and activities viewed as most likely to achieve this outcome remain a highly contentious issue. Grounded in sociological work on the ‘new condition’ of youth (Roberts, ), alongside data from var…

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