Dr Rachel Sandford

Dr Rachel Sandford

Loughborough University

H-index: 26

Europe-United Kingdom

About Dr Rachel Sandford

Dr Rachel Sandford, With an exceptional h-index of 26 and a recent h-index of 19 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Loughborough University, specializes in the field of Physical Education, Positive Youth Development, Embodied Identities.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Navigating the challenging landscape of research with children and young people

Theorising the potential of physical education and school sport to support the educational engagement, transitions and outcomes of care‐experienced young people

Create: A reflexive research tool to engage with children and youth

Social class and the cultivation of capital: undergraduate PE students’ socialisation in sport and physical activity

Exploring physical education teachers’ conceptualisations of health and wellbeing discourse across the four nations of the UK

Using design thinking to CREATE a framework for research

Facilitating conversations and telling stories: Research with and for care-experienced young people

Co-producing strategies for enacting trauma-aware pedagogi

Dr Rachel Sandford Information

University

Position

School of Sport Exercise & Health Sciences

Citations(all)

3939

Citations(since 2020)

1826

Cited By

2833

hIndex(all)

26

hIndex(since 2020)

19

i10Index(all)

39

i10Index(since 2020)

32

Email

University Profile Page

Loughborough University

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Dr Rachel Sandford Skills & Research Interests

Physical Education

Positive Youth Development

Embodied Identities

Top articles of Dr Rachel Sandford

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Navigating the challenging landscape of research with children and young people

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

Fiona C Chambers

Lee Schaefer

2024

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

Rachel Sandford

Thomas Quarmby

Oliver Hooper

2024/4

Create: A reflexive research tool to engage with children and youth

Lee Schaefer

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

Fiona C Chambers

2024

Social class and the cultivation of capital: undergraduate PE students’ socialisation in sport and physical activity

Sport, Education and Society

Michael Roy Hobson

Rachel Sandford

Julie Stirrup

Gareth Wiltshire

2024/3/23

Exploring physical education teachers’ conceptualisations of health and wellbeing discourse across the four nations of the UK

Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education

Shirley Gray

Stephanie Hardley

AS Bryant

Oliver Hooper

Julie Stirrup

...

2024/1/2

Using design thinking to CREATE a framework for research

Fiona C Chambers

Rachel Sandford

Lee Schaefer

Oliver Hooper

Joanne Moles

2024

Facilitating conversations and telling stories: Research with and for care-experienced young people

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

Thomas Quarmby

2024

Co-producing strategies for enacting trauma-aware pedagogi

T Quarmby

R Sandford

O Hooper

S Gray

2023

Exploring pre-service physical education teachers' trauma-related learning experiences in schools

Teaching and Teacher Education

Shirley Gray

Rachel Sandford

Thomas Quarmby

Oliver Hooper

2023/10/1

Exploring the re-legitimisation of messages for health and physical education within contemporary English and Welsh curricula reform

Sport, Education and Society

Julie Stirrup

David Aldous

Shirley Gray

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

...

2023/8/2

Working with trauma-affected young people in secondary schools: Exploring ‘self-care’with pre-service physical education teachers

European Physical Education Review

Thomas Quarmby

Rachel Sandford

Shirley Gray

Oliver Hooper

2023/12/21

‘Just another outing in a boat’: findings from the evaluation of the Mixed Ability Sport Development Programme

Disabilities

Jen Dyer

Rachel Sandford

2023/7/1

Facilitating conversations and telling stories

Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

Thomas Quarmby

2023/12/4

Co-creating strategies for enacting trauma-aware pedagogies with pre-service physical education teachers

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Thomas Quarmby

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

Shirley Gray

2023/3/30

Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport

Fiona C Chambers

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

Lee Schaefer

2023/12/4

Scoping the potential of physical education (PE) as a core subject: Challenges, opportunities and need for support

Oliver Hooper

Rachel Sandford

Shirley Gray

2023/2/6

Trauma-Aware Pedagogies in Physical Education

Thomas Quarmby

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

Vassil Girginov

Risto Marttinen

2023/12/4

A comparative analysis of discourses shaping physical education provision within and across the UK

European Physical Education Review

Shirley Gray

Rachel Sandford

Julie Stirrup

David Aldous

Stephanie Hardley

...

2022/8

Developing evidence-informed principles for trauma-aware pedagogies in physical education

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Thomas Quarmby

Rachel Sandford

Rachael Green

Oliver Hooper

Julie Avery

2022/7/4

Coaching Care-Experienced Children and Young People in Sport

Thomas Quarmby

Rachel Sandford

Oliver Hooper

2022/12/23

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