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Forskarprofil | Peter Bentsen, Steno Health Promotion Center

July 16, 2013

Befattning

Seniorforsker, Manager of PULSE Research Unit, Member of Prevention Research Group, PhD, MSc

Adress

Steno Health Promotion Center, Niels Steensensvej 8, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark.
Tlf: +45 30 75 22 63.
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Forskningsinriktning

Physical activity, health education and health promotion, e.g. relationships between use of nature and public health and planning and management for ‘friluftsliv’, health and quality of life.
Science education and science communication, e.g. families use of science centres and links between science and health in schools.
Outdoor education, pedagogical work in nature and education in informal learning environments, e.g. education outside the classroom, mentoring in ‘friluftsliv’ and outdoor learning.
Sports, outdoor activities and ‘friluftsliv’, e.g. nature interpretation, life guarding, sea kayaking, and skiing as well as international perspectives on outdoor learning and ‘friluftsliv’, e.g. different perspectives on ‘friluftsliv’ in the Nordic countries and outdoor education in Scandinavia vs. the English-speaking countries.

Pågående projekt

PULSE: Innovative health promotion exhibitions engaging families: a cross-disciplinary development and research project. http://www.novonordiskfonden.dk/da/content/bevillinger-til-forskningscentre-1
Sundhedslaboratoriet – sundere og klogere teenagere. http://kropslaboratoriet.dk/
TEACHOUT: physical activity, learning and social relations in udeskole. http://teachout.ku.dk/
Understanding educational and wellbeing implications of learning outside the classroom through cross-national collaboration. http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/ES.J019445.1/read

Nyligen avslutade projekt

Fremtidens Undervisningsfacilitet – en prototype på et læringsbefordrende undervisningsmiljø inden for naturfag.
UD MED SKOLEN: udeskolepædagogiske rammer for øget sundhed og interesse i naturfag på Frederiksberg.
Læringsmiljø i nærmiljøet.
SUSY-GRØN – brug af grønne områder og folkesundhed i Danmark.
Outdoor teaching and use of green space in Danish schools.

Publikationer i urval

Bentsen, P., Mygind, E. & Randrup, T.B. (2009). Towards an understanding of udeskole: education outside the classroom in a Danish context. Education 3-13, 37(1), 29-44.
Schipperijn, J., Ekholm, O., Stigsdotter, U., Toftager, M., Bentsen, P., Kamper-Jørgensen, F. & Randrup, T.B. (2010). Factors influencing the use of green space – results from a Danish national representative survey. Landscape and Urban Planning, 95(3), 130-137.
Bentsen, P., Jensen, F.S., Mygind. E. & Randrup, T.B. (2010). The extent and dissemination of udeskole in Danish schools. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 9(3), 235-243.
Bentsen, P., Lindholst, A.C. & Konijnendijk, C.C. (2010). Reviewing eight years of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening: Taking stock, looking ahead. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 9(4), 273-280.
Toftager, M., Ekholm, O., Schipperijn, J. Stigsdotter, U., Bentsen, P., Grønbæk, M., Randrup, T.B. & Kamper-Jørgensen, F. (2011). Distance to green space and level of physical activity: results from a Danish national representative survey. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 8(6), 741-749.
Bentsen, P. & Jensen, F.S. (2012). The nature of udeskole: theory and practice in Danish schools. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 12(3), 199-219.
Bentsen, P., Schipperijn, J. & Jensen, F.S. (2013). Green space as classroom: outdoor teachers’ use, preferences and ecostrategies in relation to green space. Landscape Research [in print; DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2012.690860].
Schipperijn, J., Bentsen, P., Troelsen, J., Toftager, M., Stigsdotter, U. (2013). Associations between physical activity and characteristics of urban green space. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 12(1), 109-116.
Hare, R. & Bentsen, P. (2010). Teaching outside the school yard: what teachers want from their local greenspace. In: Proceedings from Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010, 11-16th of April, Melbourne, Australia. PDF 6, 86-108.
Bentsen, P., Andkjær, S. & Ejbye-Ernst, N. (2009). Friluftsliv – natur, samfund og pædagogik. Copenhagen: Munksgaard Denmark. Textbook on friluftsliv and pedagocial work in nature. ISBN: 978-87-628-0814-0. 280 pp.
O’Brien, L., Burls, A., Bentsen, P., Himo, I., Holter, K., Haberling, D., Pirnat, J., Sarv, M., Vilbaste, K. & McLoughlin, J. (2011). Outdoor education, life long learning and skills development in woodlands and green spaces: the potential links to health and well-being. In: Nilsson, K., Sangster, M., Gallis, C., Hartig, T., de Vries, S., Seeland, K. & Schipperijn, J. (Eds.). Forests, trees and human health. Springer, 343-372.
Bentsen, P. (2010). Udvid skolens læringsrum. Skolen i Morgen [The school of tomorrow], 13(6), 10-14.
Bentsen P. (2011). Undervisning, der øger elevernes læring og motivation: Måske kan indeskolen lære noget af udeskolen? Unge Pædagoger, 2011(4), 56-63.
Hare, R., Bruun, K., Regnarsson, I., Bentsen, P., Sundahl, M., Randrup, T.B, Stigsdotter, U. & Mygind, E. (2010). Læringsmiljø Nærmiljø. Skov & Landskab, Københavns Universitet. 109 pp.
Stigsdotter, U.K., Ekholm, O., Schipperijn, J., Toftager, M., Randrup, T.B, Bentsen, P., Grønbæk, M. & Kamper-Jørgensen, F. (2011). SUSY grøn: brug af grønne områder og folkesundhed i Danmark. Skov & Landskab, Københavns Universitet. 9 pp.
Grud, J., Andersen, F.Ø., Bentsen, P., Grønbæk, A. & Nissen, G. (2012). Fremtidens Undervisningsfacilitet. En ny flow- og læringsbefordrende indretning af naturfagslokaler. Universe Fonden. 61 pp.