Research group
Physical Education, Activity and Health (PEAH)
The research group also focuses on the degree of activity and physical shape among children, young adults, and adults, in addition to studies on nutrition and health.
The research group is a part of the research division Physical education, sports science and outdoor education.
The research group's studies are, among other things, based on health-promoting perspectives, in which physical activity and nutrition are central. The research group also conducts research with the aim of producing knowledge which contributes to more inclusion in physical education using pedagogical, sociological, and physiological perspectives, in addition to producing knowledge about motivation in physical education.
Master's students with related topics are invited to participate in the research group. The research group's members cooperate with master's students on publications. The research group's articles are utilized in teaching at both master's and bachelor's levels.
- Pål Arild Lagestad, head of research group
- Idar Kristian Lyngstad
- Camilla Sandvik
- Svein Olav Ulstad
- Elisabeth Hansen
- Eivind Sæther
- Knut Skjesol
- Ivar Fossland Moa
- Inger Margrethe Tronstad
- Hilde Kristin Mikalsen
- Sondre Lomsdal
- Laura Suominen Ingulfsvann
- Arne Sørensen
Active research prosjects
- Physical activity in kindergarten. PhD student Karin Kippe, Professor Pål Lagestad and associate professor Idar Lyngstad.
- What's in it for me? Physical activity among teens. PhD student Hilde Mikalsen and Professor Pål Lagestad.
- Physical activity at school. PhD student Sondre Lomsdal and Professor Pål Lagestad.
- Professional praxis among teachers in friluftsliv. PhD student Inger Margrete Tromsdal and associate Professor Idar Lyngstad.
- Physically Active Adolescents and quality of Life (PAAL): Making all adolescents achieve health recommendations for physical activity. Professor Pål Lagestad, associate professor Idar Lyngstad, associate professor Elisabeth Hansen, associate professor Camilla Sandvik, associate professor Robin Munkvold and PhD student Hilde Mikalsen.
- Physical activity in kindergarten. PhD student Karin Kippe, Professor Pål Lagestad and associate professor Idar Lyngstad.
- High School students’ experiences of; being ‘seen’ by their physical education teachers, well-being in physical education, phronesis, praxis and autotelic acts in physical education teaching, and the purpose of physical education. Professor Pål Lagestad and associate professor Idar Lyngstad.
- Self-determination theory and teaching. PhD project, associate professor Svein Olav Ulstad.
- High School students’ experiences of; being ‘seen’ by their physical education teachers, well-being in physical education, phronesis, praxis and autotelic acts in physical education teaching, and the purpose of physical education. Professor Pål Lagestad and associate professor Idar Lyngstad.
- Physical activity in kindergarten. PhD student Karin Kippe, Professor Pål Lagestad.
- What's in it for me? Physical activity among teens. PhD student Hilde Mikalsen and Professor Pål Lagestad.
- Physical activity at school. PhD student Sondre Lomsdal, Professor Pål Lagestad and associate professor Idar Lyngstad.
- Professional praxis among teachers in friluftsliv. PhD student Inger Margrete Tromsdal and associate professor Idar Lyngstad
- Physical activity in kindergarten. PhD student Karin Kippe, Professor Pål Lagestad.
