Tag: Gunn Nyberg

The knowledge base in sports physiology, exercise science and medicine is largely based on research conducted on men. Den kvinnelige idrettsutøveren [The female athlete], edited by Øyvind Sandbakk, Guro Strøm Solli & Hanne Staff (Fagbokforlaget) provides an updated knowledge base and practical recommendations in training, health and performance for the female athlete. Gunn Nyberg’s review, published in both English and Swedish, provides an overall assessment as well as comprehensive presentations of the chapters that our reviewer found particularly interesting.

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: From Coubertin’s Olympism to neoliberal sports spectacle: narratives of Brazilian Olympic athletes by Carolina Fernandes da Silva, Bruna Letícia de Borba, Liziane Nathália Vicenzi & Patrícia Luiza Bremer Boaventura.

The purpose of PESP is to provide a forum for high quality educational research for a national and international readership. We intend this research to have a high impact on both policy and practice. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Assessment for and of learning in nonlinear movement education practices by B. Tolgfors, D. Barker, G. Nyberg & H. Larsson (open access).

EPER is a journal that stimulates and presents scholarly enquiry in the broad field of physical education, including sport and leisure issues and research. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Creative dance – practising and improving … what? A study in physical education teacher education by Håkan Larsson, Dean Barker, Jan-Eric Ekberg, Christopher Engdahl, Anders Frisk, and Gunn Nyberg (open access).

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Structuring play in physical education by Sondre Sæther, Jorunn Spord Borgen & Petter Erik Leirhaug (open access).

The purpose of PESP is to provide a forum for high quality educational research for a national and international readership. We intend this research to have a high impact on both policy and practice. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education by J. Mustell, S. Geidne & D. Barker (open access).

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Moving online in physical education teacher education by Gunn Nyberg, Erik Backman & Richard Tinning (open access).

Håkan Larsson’s edited collection Learning Movements: New Perspectives of Movement Education (Routledge) provides a societal and epistemological background for new approaches in movement theory and practice. Gunn Helene Engelsrud’s review offers an insightful and elucidative reading, and critical points notwithstanding she concludes her review by asserting that the qualified selection of research makes the book rich and well worth studying and investigating.

The main purpose of the Journal is to provide a central point for the publication and dissemination of research and scholarship on adventure and the ‘outdoors’ as media for learning as well as recreation. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Exploring physical education teachers’ perceptions and attitudes towards digital technology in outdoor education by Andreas Isgren Karlsson, Tarja Alatalo, Gunn Nyberg & Erik Backman (open access).

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Movement, Meaning and Matter: Understanding Skillful Action in Sport by Jim Denison.