Tag: Annika Rosén

Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Team performance and gendered parenthood in horse-riding activities for young children by Annika Rosén, Susanna Hedenborg, Gabriella Thorell Palmquist & Ellinor Källén (oPen access).

I den här artikeln av Susanna Hedenborg, Gabriella Thorell Palmqvist, Annika Rosén och Oskar Solenes är syftet att fördjupa förståelsen för ridskoleverksamhet för förskolebarn i Sverige och Norge genom att analysera ridlärarnas och medföljande vuxnas uppfattning om aktiviteterna. För att fördjupa förståelsen för de utmaningar som ridlärare och medföljande vuxna möter i ridskolornas aktiviteter för de yngre barnen används tolkningsramen ‘dilemmatic spaces’ för att fånga komplexiteten i ridlärarnas arbete.

In this article by Susanna Hedenborg, Gabriella Thorell Palmqvist, Annika Rosén and Oskar Solenes, the aim is to deepen our understanding of riding school activities for preschool children in Sweden and Norway by analyzing riding instructors’ and accompanying adults’ perceptions of the activities. To deepen the understanding of the challenges that riding instructors and accompanying adults face in riding school activities for the younger children, the interpretive framework ‘dilemmatic spaces’ is used.

Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘The competent child and (in)competent others. Horse-riding school activities for preschool children by Annika Rosén, Gabriella Thorell & Susanna Hedenborg (open access).

In this feature article, Susanna Hedenborg, Gabriella Torell Palmquist and Annika Rosén summarize their article in The International Journal of the History of Sport, in which they present research on the history of the Swedish horse-riding school. Horse-riding is one of the most popular sports for children and young people, and public support and its consequences distinguish Swedish equestrian sports and the activities of the riding schools from horse-riding activities in many other countries.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Emergence of the Swedish Horse-Riding School from the Mid-Twentieth Century by Susanna Hedenborg, Gabriella Torell Palmquist & Annika Rosén.

I den här artikeln studerar Susanna Hedenborg, Annika Rosén, Gabriella Thorell Palmquist, Oskar Solenes och Guro Fiskergård Werner idrott för de yngsta med fokus på ridskoleaktiviteter i Norge och Sverige, genom en enkätstudie och intervjuer med verksamhetsledare på ridskolor. Resultaten pekar på att ridskolor både i Norge och Sverige erbjuder verksamhet för åldersgruppen 0–6 år i syfte att att fånga upp barnen tidigt.

In this article, Susanna Hedenborg, Annika Rosén, Gabriella Thorell Palmquist, Oskar Solenes and Guro Fiskergård Werner study sports for the youngest with a focus on riding school activities in Norway and Sweden. The study is based on a questionnaire and interviews with riding school managers. The results indicate that riding schools in both Norway and Sweden, just like other organized sports associations, offer activities for the age group 0–6 years.

The aim of the project “Too young to ride?”is to increase knowledge of horse and riding education for pre-school children with the objective of developing safer horse environments in Sweden and Norway. The project poses research questions pertaining to the organization of activities in relation to children, parents, riding instructors, and horses, as well as safety precautions in place and perceptions of safety.