Selected Publications

Røset, L., Green, K., & Thurston, M. (2020) ‘Even if you don’t care, you do care after all!’ Othering and physical education in Norway, European Physical Education Review, 26(3), 622–641.

Røset, L., Green, K., & Thurston, M. (2020) Physical education in Norway. Exploring the implications for mental health, Sport, Education and Society, 25(6), 618–630. 

Johansen, P.-F. & Green, K. (2019) “It’s alpha omega for succeeding and thriving”: Parents, children and sporting cultivation in Norway, Sport, Education and Society, 24(4), 427–440.

Wheeler, S., Green, K. & Thurston, M. (2019) Social class and the emergent organised sporting habits of primary-aged children, European Physical Education Review, 25(1), 89–108.

Wheeler, S. & Green, K. (2019) “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 organized leisure, Sport, Education and Society, 24(8): 788–800.

Bengsbo, J. … Green, K., et al. (2016) Physical activity for children and youth in schools and during leisure time: Fitness, health, cognitive functioning, motivation and inclusion. Consensus statement from the Copenhagen Consensus Conference 2016. British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Jones, L. & Green, K. (2017) Who teaches primary PE? Change and transformation through the eyes of PE teachers, Sport, Education and Society, 22(6):759-771.

Green, K., Thurston, M., Vaage, O. & Mordal-Moen, K. (2015) Girls, young women and sport in Norway: A case study of sporting convergence amid favourable socio-economic conditions, International Journal of Sports Policy and Politics, 7(4): 531-550.

Green, K., Thurston, M., Vaage, O. & Roberts, K. (2015) “[We’re on the right track, baby], we were born that way!” Exploring sports participation in Norway, Sport, Education & Society, 20(3): 285-303.

Green, K., Thurston, M. & Vaage, O. (2015) Isn’t it good, Norwegian wood? Lifestyle and adventure sports participation among Norwegian youth, Leisure Studies, 34(5): 529-46.

Wheeler, K. & Green, K. (2014) Parenting in Relation to Children’s Sports Participation: Generational Changes and Potential Implications, Leisure Studies, 33(3): 267-284.

Green, K. (2014) Mission Impossible? Reflections on the Relationship between Physical Education, Youth Sport and Lifelong Participation, Sport, Education & Society, 19(4): 357-375.

Mordal-Moen, K. & Green, K. (2014) Neither Shaking nor Stirring. A Case-Study of Reflective Practice in Norwegian Physical Education Teacher Education, Sport, Education & Society, 19(4): 415-434.

Books

Green, K. (2010) Key Themes in Youth Sport. London: Routledge.

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

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

Edited Books

Green, K., Sigurjónsson, T & Skille, E.Å. (eds) (2018) Sport in Scandinavia and the Nordic Countries. London: Routledge.

Green, K. & Smith, A. (eds) (2016) The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport. London: Routledge.

Hardman, K. & Green, K. (eds) (2011) Contemporary Issues in Physical Education: An International Dimension. Aachen: Meyer and Meyer Verlag.

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

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

Book Chapters

Green, K., Wheeler, S., & Johansen, P.F. (2021) Sport, children and socialization. In Lawrence Wenner (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Thurston, M. & Green, K. (2021) Youth people, mental health and education: Where does the concept of ‘wellbeing’ fit in? In Tjomsland, H. E., Grieg Viig, N. G. & Resaland, G.K. (eds.) Livsmestring og folkehelse i skolen: I fag, på tvers av fag og som en helhetlig tilnærming i skolen. Oslo: Fagbokforlaget.

Green, K. (2018) Physical education and school sport: Is there a wider social role? In Richard Blair and Susan Capel (eds) Debates in Physical Education. Oxford: Routledge.

Green, K., Sigurjonsson, T. & Skille, E. (2018) Introduction. In Ken Green, Thorsteinn Sigurjónsson, & Eivind Åsrum Skille, (eds) Sport in Scandinavia and the Nordic Countries. Oxford: Routledge.

Green, K., Sigurjonsson, T. & Skille, E. (2018) Conclusion. In Ken Green, Thorsteinn Sigurjónsson, & Eivind Åsrum Skille, (eds) Sport in Scandinavia and the Nordic Countries. Oxford: Routledge.

Green, K., Thurston, M. & Johansen, P.-F. (2018) Sports participation in Norway: A model Nordic sporting nation. In Joe Maguire, Mark Falcous and Katie Liston (eds). The Business and Culture of Sports. Farmington, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Green, K., Cale, L. & Harris, J. (2018) Re-imagination and re-design in physical education: The case of England and Wales. In Hal Lawson (ed) Redesigning Physical Education: An Equity Agenda in Which Every Child Matters. Oxford: Routledge.

Smith, A., Green, K. & Thurston, M. (2017) Education, physical education and physical activity promotion. In Louise Mansfield, Mike Weed and Joe Piggin (eds) The Routledge Handbook on Physical Activity Policy and Practice. (pp. 249-257). London: Routledge.

Green, K. (2016) Youth sport in Norway. In Ken Green & Andy Smith (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Youth Sport. Oxford: Routledge.