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Direct linkGreen, Ken; Thurston, Miranda; Vaage, Odd; Roberts, Ken – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Based on quantitative data from the Norwegian Statistisk Sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway) study of "Mosjon, Friluftsliv og Kulturaktiviteter," this paper explores trends in Norwegians' participation in sports, with a focus on young people. Norway boasts particularly high levels of sports participation as well as sports club…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Participation, Trend Analysis
Mordal-Moen, Kjersti; Green, Ken – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
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.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews
Green, Ken – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Athletics, Leisure Time
Mordal-Moen, Kjersti; Green, Ken – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Smith, Andy; Green, Ken; Thurston, Miranda – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
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…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Physical Education, Social Class, Team Sports
Green, Ken; Smith, Andy; Thurston, Miranda – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
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,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Age, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
