Senior Lecturer in Physical Education

Other roles

• School experience coordinator

Qualifications

• PhD Dance Education 
• MA Kinesiology – Sport and Recreation Administration
• BA (Hons) Secondary Physical Education and Business Studies (QTS)

Teaching Expertise

• Unit/Curriculum Leadership - BA (Hons) Physical Education (QTS)
  Consumer Culture and Physical Education (Level 3);
  Cultural Perspectives on Teaching Physical Education (Level 4)
• Teaching - BA (Hons) Physical Education (QTS)
  Dance Education (Levels 1, 2 and 3);
  Theoretical Frameworks for Physical Education (Level 2);
  Dissertation supervision
• Teaching - BA/BSc (Hons) Sport and Physical Education
  Dance Education (Level 3);
  Dissertation Supervision
• Teaching - PGCE Physical Education
  Dance Education

Research Interests

• The use, misuse and non-use of dance within physical education
• Social justice within education, physical education and sport
• The application of pro-feminist, post-structural and queer theories in education, physical education and sport
• Qualitative research methods/methodologies (particularly narrative inquiry and creative representation)
• Critical pedagogies within education and physical education
• Hip-hop culture and education (particularly the art of b-boy/girling)
• Alternative education (e.g. Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf Schools)
• Veganism

Recent Research Projects

• Critical auto/biographical reflections on the use, misuse and non-use of dance within physical education (1998-)
• Black and minority ethnic trainees' experiences of physical education initial teacher training (2008-)
• The occupational socialisation of physical education teacher trainees (2010-)

External Roles

• Community Governor Castle Lower School (2006-2010)

Professional Training

• Qualified DPC (Dialogue for Peaceful Change) Facilitator, June 2010

Publications

• Keyworth, S. A. & Clarke, G. (Manuscript under preparation) Tentative title, 'Recreating the man in the mirror: reflections on the use, misuse and non-use of dance within physical education'
• Keyworth, S. A. (Manuscript under preparation) DV8ing from tradition: a fru(straight)ed physical educator's tale'
• Flintoff, A., Chappell, A., Gower, C., Keyworth, S.A., Lawrence, J., Money, J., Squires, S., & Webb, L. (2008) Black and Minority Ethnic Trainees Experiences of Physical Education Initial Teacher Training, Report conducted for the Training and Development Agency, Carnegie Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University
• Keyworth, S.A., & Smith, F. (2003) C'mon PE(TE) it's time to get changed for dance', in S. Hayes & G. Stidder (eds) Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education, London: Routledge
• Keyworth, S. A. (2001) 'Critical auto/biography: straightening out dance education', Research in Dance Education, 2(2), 117-137

Funding Awards

• £2,000 TDA Black and Minority Ethnic Trainees Experiences of Physical Education Initial Training

Conference Presentations

• Keyworth, S. A. (2011) DV8ing from tradition: a fru(straight)ed physical educator's tale, Graduate Seminars in Narrative Discourse and Representation, The Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London and The Graduate Institute, London School of Economics, April 5th 2011
• Keyworth, S. A. (2010) Invited presentation and dance workshop, PE PAYS Lecture Series, University of Limerick, December 10-11 2010. Tentative title Recreating the man in the mirror: reflections on the use, misuse and non-use of dance within physical education
• Keyworth, S. A. (2010) Recreating the man in the mirror: reflections on the use, misuse and non-use of dance within physical education, British Educational Research Association Conference, University of Warwick, 1-4 September 2010
• Keyworth, S. A. (2010) DV8ing from tradition: a fru(straight)ed physical educator's tale revisited, 16th International Reflective Practice Conference, University of Bedfordshire, 23-25th June 2010
• Keyworth, S. A. (2009) DV8ing from tradition: a fru(straight)ed physical educator's tale, British Educational Research Association Conference (BERA), University of Manchester, 2-5 September 2009
• Keyworth, S. A. (2009) A Decathlete, two ballet dancers and a bunch of bullies: lessons learned for the use, misuse and non-use of dance within physical education, Communicating Experiences 3rd International Conference for Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, Roehampton University, 10-12 June 2009

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1234 793388
E: saul.keyworth@beds.ac.uk