Publications for Oliver Hooper
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Journal Articles
Maher, AJ, Quarmby, T,
Hooper, O, Wells, V, Slavin, L (2024)
Physical education in alternative provision schools: A case of spatial (in)justice?,
British Educational Research Journal, ISSN: 0141-1926. DOI:
10.1002/berj.4064.
Gray, S, Stirrup, J,
Hooper, O, Bryant, A, Sandford, R, Carse, N, Hardley, S (2024)
A critical endeavour? Supporting teachers’ journeys towards critical engagement with curriculum in physical education through cross-border dialogue,
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, ISSN: 2574-2981.
Simmons, T, Brinkley, A, Quarmby, T, Horner, L, Sherar, L,
Hooper, O, Kinnafick, F (2024)
Sport and exercise-based interventions for young people in alternative provisions ‘what, where, how, and for who’: a realist review,
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSN: 1750-984X. DOI:
10.1080/1750984x.2024.2303773.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R, Gray, S,
Hooper, O (2023)
Working with trauma-affected young people in secondary schools: exploring ‘self-care’ with pre-service physical education teachers,
European Physical Education Review, ISSN: 1356-336X. DOI:
10.1177/1356336X231221665.
Sandford, R, Quarmby, T,
Hooper, O (2023)
Theorising the potential of physical education and school sport to support the educational engagement, transitions and outcomes of care-experienced young people,
British Educational Research Journal, 50(2), pp.580-598, ISSN: 0141-1926. DOI:
10.1002/berj.3907.
Stirrup, J, Aldous, D, Gray, S, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Hardley, S, Bryant, AS, Carse, NR (2023)
Exploring the re-legitimisation of messages for health and physical education within contemporary English and Welsh curricula reform,
Sport, Education and Society, ISSN: 1357-3322. DOI:
10.1080/13573322.2023.2240822.
Gray, S, Sandford, R, Quarmby, T,
Hooper, O (2023)
Exploring pre-service physical education teachers' trauma-related learning experiences in schools,
Teaching and Teacher Education, 132, 104212, ISSN: 0742-051X. DOI:
10.1016/j.tate.2023.104212.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Gray, S (2023)
Co-creating strategies for enacting trauma-aware pedagogies with pre-service physical education teachers,
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, ISSN: 1740-8989. DOI:
10.1080/17408989.2023.2194905.
Gray, S, Hardley, S, Bryant, A,
Hooper, O, Stirrup, J, Sandford, R, Aldous, D, Carse, N (2023)
Exploring physical education teachers’ conceptualisations of health and wellbeing discourse across the four nations of the UK,
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 15(1), pp.1-23, ISSN: 2574-2981. DOI:
10.1080/25742981.2023.2176242.
Skouteris, H, Green, R, Chung, A, Bergmeier, H, Amir, LH, Baidwan, SK, Chater, AM, Chamberlain, C, Emond, R, Gibbons, K, Gooey, M, Hatzikiriakidis, K, Haycraft, E, Hills, AP, Higgins, DJ,
Hooper, O, Hunter, S-A, Kappelides, P, Kleve, S, Krakouer, J, Lumeng, JC, Manios, Y, Mansoor, A, Marmot, M, Mâsse, LC, Matvienko-Sikar, K, Mchiza, ZJ-R, Meyer, C, Moschonis, G, Munro, ER, O'Connor, TM, O'Neil, A, Quarmby, T, Sandford, R, Schneiderman, JU, Sherriff, S, Simkiss, D, Spence, A, Sturgiss, E, Vicary, D, Wickes, R, Wolfenden, L, Story, M, Black, MM (2022)
Nurturing children’s development through healthy eating and active living: Time for policies to support effective interventions in the context of responsive emotional support and early learning,
Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(6), ISSN: 0966-0410. DOI:
10.1111/hsc.14106.
Gray, S,
Hooper, O, Hardley, S, Sandford, R, Stirrup, J, Aldous, D, Carse, N, Bryant, A (2022)
A health(y) subject? Examining discourses of health in physical education curricula across the UK,
British Educational Research Journal, 48(6), pp.1161-1182, ISSN: 0141-1926. DOI:
10.1002/berj.3820.
Gray, S, Sandford, R, Stirrup, J, Aldous, D, Hardley, S, Carse, N,
Hooper, O, Bryant, A (2021)
A comparative analysis of discourses shaping physical education provision within and across the UK,
European Physical Education Review, 28(3), pp.575-593, ISSN: 1356-336X. DOI:
10.1177/1356336X211059440.
Hooper, O, Sandford, R, Quarmby, T, Duncombe, R (2021)
Let me tell you a story: concept cartoons as a tool for representing young people’s voices in physical education and youth sport,
Physical Education Matters, 2021(Spring Edition), ISSN: 1751-0988.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R, Green, R,
Hooper, O, Avery, J (2021)
Developing evidence-informed principles for trauma-aware pedagogies in physical education,
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 27(4), pp.440-454, ISSN: 1740-8989. DOI:
10.1080/17408989.2021.1891214.
Harris, J, Cale, L,
Hooper, O (2020)
The promoting active lifestyles (PAL) project: a principle-based approach to pedagogical change,
The Curriculum Journal, 32(1), pp.87-102, ISSN: 0958-5176. DOI:
10.1002/curj.99.
Harris, J, Cale, L,
Hooper, O (2020)
Prompting pedagogical change through promoting active lifestyles paradoxes,
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), 7965, ISSN: 1660-4601. DOI:
10.3390/ijerph17217965.
Cale, L, Harris, J,
Hooper, O (2020)
Get(ting) to the Start Line – the evaluation of an innovative intervention to address adolescents’ school-related stress and anxiety,
European Physical Education Review, 26(3), pp.642-663, ISSN: 1356-336X. DOI:
10.1177/1356336X20902487.
Sandford, R, Quarmby, T,
Hooper, O, Duncombe, R (2020)
Exercising their 'Right to Be Active'? Care experienced young people's perspectives on physical education and school sport,
Physical Education Matters, ISSN: 1751-0988.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Duncombe, R (2020)
Narratives and marginalised voices: Storying the sport and physical activity experiences of care-experienced young people,
Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(3), pp.426-437, ISSN: 2159-676X. DOI:
10.1080/2159676X.2020.1725099.
Sandford, R, Quarmby, T,
Hooper, O, Duncombe, R (2019)
Navigating complex social landscapes: Examining care experienced young people’s engagements with sport and physical activity,
Sport, Education and Society, 26(1), pp.15-28, ISSN: 1357-3322. DOI:
10.1080/13573322.2019.1699523.
Harris, L, Sandford, R,
Hooper, OR (2018)
This Girl.. Can? Exploring the potential impact of This Girl Can in secondary schools,
Physical Education Matters, 13(1), pp.51-54, ISSN: 1751-0988.
Hooper, OR, Harris, J, Cale, L (2017)
Having their say: Young people on healthy, active lifestyles,
Physical Education Matters, 12(3), pp.51-52.
Maher, AJ, Quarmby, T, Hooper, O, Wells, V, Slavin, L (Accepted for publication) Culture, power, and ideology: the purpose and value of physical education (PE) in alternative provision schools in England, Educational Review, pp.1-18, ISSN: 0013-1911. DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2024.2392555.
Conferences
Harris, J, Cale, L, Casey, A, Bowler, MT, Sammon, P,
Hooper, OR, Tyne, A, Frazier, D, Samaria, B (2016)
Promoting active lifestyles in schools. In
Association for Physical Education National Conference, St Georges Park, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Chapters
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O (2024)
Researching with care-experienced young people in sport and physical activity: methodological reflections and the need for a trauma-aware lens. In McMahon, J and McGannon, KR (ed)
Trauma-Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health: Qualitative Methods, Routledge,ISBN: 9781032366104. DOI:
10.4324/9781003332909.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O (2024)
Researching with care-experienced young people in sport and physical activity: Methodological reflections and the need for a trauma-aware lens. In
Trauma-Informed Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health: Qualitative Methods, pp.197-214, DOI:
10.4324/9781003332909-16.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O (2023)
Trauma-aware pedagogies in physical education. In Girginov, V and Marttinen, R (ed)
Routledge Resources Online - Sport Studies, Routledge. DOI:
10.4324/9780367766924-RESS63-1.
Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Chambers, FC, Schaefer, L (2023)
Navigating the challenging landscape of research with children and young people. In
Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport, Routledge, pp.3-15, DOI:
10.4324/9781003007234-2.
Schaefer, L, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Chambers, FC (2023)
Create. In
Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport, Routledge, pp.203-213, DOI:
10.4324/9781003007234-16.
Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Quarmby, T (2023)
Facilitating conversations and telling stories. In
Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport, Routledge, pp.147-163, DOI:
10.4324/9781003007234-12.
Chambers, FC, Sandford, R, Schaefer, L,
Hooper, O, Moles, J (2023)
Using design thinking to CREATE a framework for research. In
Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport, Routledge, pp.16-39, DOI:
10.4324/9781003007234-3.
Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Quarmby, T (2023)
Facilitating conversations and telling stories: Research with and for care-experienced young people. In
Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport, pp.147-163, DOI:
10.4324/9781003007234-12.
Chambers, FC, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Schaefer, L (2023) Editors’ Introduction. In
Unknown Parent Title, pp.xii-xiv.
Schaefer, L, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Chambers, FC (2023)
CREATE: A reflexive research tool to engage with children and youth. In
Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport, pp.203-213, DOI:
10.4324/9781003007234-16.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O (2022)
Coaching care-experienced children and young people in sport. In Toms, M and Jeanes, R (ed)
Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport, Routledge, pp.204-212, ISBN: 9781003199359. DOI:
10.4324/9781003199359-23.
Hooper, O, Harris, J, Cale, L (2021) Health-related learning in physical education in England. In
Critical Pedagogies in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health, pp.88-102.
Quarmby, T, Sandford, R,
Hooper, O (2020)
Care-experienced youth and before and after-school physical activity. In Marttinen, R, Centeio, EE, Quarmby, T (ed)
Before and After School Physical Activity Programs: Frameworks, Critical Issues and Underserved Populations, Routledge,ISBN: 9780367509361. DOI:
10.4324/9781003051909.
Hooper, O, Sandford, R, Jarvis, H (2020)
Thinking and feeling within/through physical education: what place for social and emotional learning?. In Chambers, FC, Aldous, D, Bryant, A (ed)
Threshold Concepts in Physical Education: A Design Thinking Approach, Routledge, pp.137-148, ISBN: 9780367358457. DOI:
10.4324/9780429342264.
Hooper, O, Sandford, R, Quarmby, T (2020)
Piling on the pressure? Negotiating burden/benefit dynamics in social research during times of crisis. In Kara, H and Khoo, S-M (ed)
Researching in the Age of COVID-19, Volume II: Care and Resilience, Policy Press,ISBN: 9781447360407.
Cale, L, Harris, J,
Hooper, O (2019)
Debating health knowledge and health pedagogies in physical education. In Capel, S and Blair, R (ed)
Debates in Physical Education. Second Edition, Routledge, pp.256-277, ISBN: 9781138580664. DOI:
10.4324/9780429504365.
Reports
Sandford, R,
Hooper, O, Cale, L, Stirrup, J, Griffiths, P, McLennan, N, Masdeu Yélamos, G, Lüdecke, S (2024)
Global State of Play - Report and Recommendations on Quality Physical Education, UNESCO.
Stirrup, J,
Hooper, O, Norrito, A, Mason, C, Bradbury, S (2023)
Marginalised youth and organised grassroots sport: Promoting retention and reducing dropout, The IOC Olympic Studies Centre Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme.
Sandford, R, Quarmby, T, Duncombe, R,
Hooper, O (2020)
Right to Be Active Project Report (Young People's Version), Loughborough Univerisity/Leeds Beckett University.
Sandford, R, Quarmby, T, Duncombe, R,
Hooper, O (2020)
Right to Be Active Project Report (Adult Version), Loughborough University/Leeds Beckett University.