Outdoor life,nature experience,and sports in Norway: tensions and dilemmas in the preservation and use of urban forest     

Kirsti Pedersen Gurholt  Trygve B. Broch 《Sport in Society》2019,22(4):573-588

Abstract

How should contemporary societies promote physical activity in nature and preservation of the natural environment? Outdoor life occupies a central and contested position on this question in the Nordic countries. In Norway, a 1957 Act of Parliament took a major step by guaranteeing free public access to both public and private uncultivated land. This article explores the media debate that raged in 2008–2009, when the national government proposed new legislation intended to promote outdoor life, sport, nature experience and urban forest preservation around Oslo, Norway’s capital. Applying narrative and discourse methodologies, this case study reveals how the media debate evolved from an initial cacophony of voices into a schism between advocates of nature preservation and advocates of sport. The controversy explored here is increasingly relevant throughout all of Europe: how to encourage urban active living, sustainable recreation and democratic citizenship that embody distinct social practices, identities, emotional bonds and symbolic meaning.  相似文献   

From research to reality: Australian evidence-based practice in autism education     

Traci-Ann Garrad  Christopher Rayner  Scott Pedersen  Monica Cuskelly 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2021,21(4):381-391

Many teachers are sporadic in using evidence-based practice (EBP) concerning students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Numerous reasons have been posited for this. However, no single study has worked to understand the relative importance of identified criteria in the EBP decision-making processes of teachers. Through the development of a new survey tool, the Evidence-Based Practice Innovation Survey (EBPIAS), an exploration of the decision-making process of Australian teachers in their adoption and cessation of EBP was undertaken. Teachers rated the perception that an EBP would meet the needs of their students as the most important criteria in determining their use of EBP. Conversely, the judgement that an EBP did not meet the needs of their student was the most important criteria in their decision to cease use. In comparing the relevant importance of identified criteria, teachers rated the perception of training as the second-lowest consideration in their decision to adopt and cease using EBP. Consequently, there may need to be greater promotion of, or information concerning, the training required by teachers for effective implementation supporting a more balanced and holistic approach in assessing criteria impacting the adoption of EBP by teachers in the first instance, potentially lowering cessation rates.  相似文献   

Caution regarding exergames: a skill acquisition perspective     

Scott J. Pedersen  Paul D. Cooley  Vaughan J. Cruickshank 《Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy》2017,22(3):246-256

Background: The advent of technology use in physical education is upon us. But the implications of using exergames as a substitute for traditional physical education instruction for some students raise questions. Although exergames have the potential to increase energy expenditure and motivation in some children, it is less clear whether they can provide skill acquisition benefits that are similar to those found in traditional physical education.

Purpose: In a previous experiment from our laboratory, we found that deliberate practice can significantly reduce the planning time required for lateral arm movements. The purpose of this study was to determine if exergames can produce a similar effect, by reducing the processing time required for children to initiate arm movements to the contralateral and ipsilateral space.

Participants and setting: Thirty children (boys?=?15, girls?=?15), between the ages of 7 and 12 years, participated in a pre- and post-test each taking 30?min and one 30?min treatment session in a university laboratory.

Research design: A repeated measures design was employed to test the effects of deliberate laterality practice on processing speed. Children were randomly assigned (n?=?10) to either a Nintendo Wii tennis contralateral movement experimental group, Nintendo Wii bowling ipsilateral movement experimental group, or handheld video-game control group. Each child participated in one 30?min treatment session.

Data collection: Upper extremity choice reaction time (RT) was measured through 27 goal-directed aiming movements for each arm separately, during the pre-test and post-test. The stimulus–response trials occurred in three randomly presented directions (ipsilateral, contralateral, and midline).

Data analysis: A 3 (treatment group)?×?2 (age group)?×?2 (test)?×?3 (direction) mixed design analysis of variance with repeated measures on the last two factors was used to test for significant differences, with an alpha level set at 0.05.

Findings: There were no significant treatment effects on RT across all groups indicating that a short bout of exergame training was unsuccessful in improving lateral movement processing.

Conclusions: Deliberate laterality practice using exergames did not improve the motor processing speed of lateral arm movements in the same manner of traditional physical education as indicated by our previous research. Explanations as to why exergames do not exhibit the same positive transfer for skill acquisition as traditional physical education instruction are discussed within this paper.  相似文献   

Educational epistemologies and methods in a more-than-human world     

Helena Pedersen  Barbara Pini 《Educational Philosophy and Theory》2017,49(11):1051-1054

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Why do not more prisoners participate in adult education? An analysis of barriers to education in Norwegian prisons     

Manger  Terje  Eikeland  Ole Johan  Asbjørnsen  Arve 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2019,65(5):711-733

International Review of Education - From a lifelong learning perspective, education during incarceration is crucial for prisoners’ rehabilitation. This article describes the authors’...  相似文献   

2003年奥斯卡之最     

Erik Pedersen 《海外英语》2003,(7):13

“Writers.directors,actors-if we’re stuck here tonightand we run out of food,that’s the order of whom we eat.-Steve Martin,cracking a joke so funny even Harrison FordsmiledBiggest Rationalization(合理化):The producers ofche OscarS decided that the telecast should still go on despite thewar in Iraq.Okay,but we’re warning you:If the producers ofAccording to Jim try to use that excuse,we’re not buying It.Least True Rumor:That Miramax dropped fliers overBeverly Hills urging Academy members to surrender and voteMartin Scorsese for Best Director.Even Less True:Although Saddam Hussein remainsunaccounted for,there is absolutely no truth to the rumor thathis moustache was last seen trying to escape by passing itselt offas Salma Hayek’s Frida-brow.  相似文献   

Technology Knowledge and Use: A Survey of Science Educators     

Odom  A. Louis  Settlage  John  Pedersen  Jon E. 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2002,11(4):391-398

The purpose of this study was to determine the current state of technology use and know-how among members of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science. A web-based survey site and an e-mail merge invited members to participate in the study. The survey examined the differences between current and desired levels of knowledge about using technology as an instructional tool, to support research, to enhance productivity in classroom applications, and to enhance data collection and analysis. Large mean differences about using technology as an instructional tool were found, including: (1) teaching students at a distance, (2) database applications, and (3) desktop publishing. Small mean differences were found for telecommunications and word processing.  相似文献   

RELIGION AS THE BASIS FOR COUNSELLING     

Paul Pedersen 《Higher Education in Europe》1996,21(1):57-72

The efficiency and the success of counselling can be frustrated by the fact that far more clients than counsellors attach importance to and profess a belief in religion. Thus it is difficult if not impossible for the counsellor to work within the spiritual/religious framework of the client to achieve a satisfactory resolution of the problem which moved the client to seek counselling in the first place. Psychological theories of religion as well as interpretations of religious experiences are explored, an example being the use of the cosmology of the Toba Batak of Indonesia as a healing resource. The way the Toba Batak have responded to modernization and Christianization might offer certain lessons as to how modern Europeans and Americans might combine spiritualism and secularism in order to remain mentally and ethically healthy.  相似文献   

高校组织理论和研究的新进展:分化还是整合?   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：5  

马文·W·彼得森  郭娇  阎凤桥 《北京大学教育评论》2003,1(4):23-31

高校组织理论和研究沿着不同的方向发展 ,因而出现了关键研究领域四分五裂的趋势。本文考察了理论、研究方法、组织行为情境、理论与实践结合以及识别专业人员等方面的发展状况 ,明确指出了该领域所面临的一些困境。作者认为 ,只有了解并关注上述问题 ,才能够保证高校组织理论和研究持续协调地发展下去  相似文献   

Relative Age Effect and Gender Differences in Physical Education Attainment in Norwegian Schoolchildren     

Tore Kristian Aune  Arve Vorland Pedersen  Rolf Petter Ingvaldsen  Terje Dalen 《Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research》2017,61(3):369-375

The relative age effect (RAE) refers to that children born early in their year of birth show higher performance compared to children born late in the same cohort. The present study evaluated whether RAE exists within non-competitive physical education (PE) attainments, change in RAE magnitude with age, and possible gender differences. The results show a drop in PE attainment and a difference in number of high and low marks between the first and second half-year. Of the pupils who attained the highest mark, 73% were born in the first 6 months. In lower-secondary school, RAEs were larger in girls compared with boys. A possible explanation for the results is that the PE-teachers might be inspired by product-oriented criteria.  相似文献