Areas of responsibility
Berg-Johnsen coordinates several subjects on many of the teacher education programs at the Institute for Teacher Education and Outdoor Studies. He has a particular responsibility for the part-time education programs, as well as extensive teaching in the new 5-year teacher education program in practical and aesthetic subjects(LUPE). Berg-Johnsen has applied and recieved fundings for developement of the part-time education programs, and is responsible for the production of large amounts of digital teaching.
Research
Berg-Johnsen has a background as an athlete in freeride and working as a coach at all levels within freeskiing. He has a particular interest in skill acquisition and learning within lifestyle sports. Beyond this, He does practitioner research in teacher education, self-organized activity, lifestyle sports in physical education, talent development, and skill development in self-organized activity. Espen is a part of the FUSK project and a member of the 6er group, which is responsible for the development and implementation of national surveys within physical education.
Teaching
Pedagogy, subject didactics, outdoor education, kinesiology, other movement activities, and model-based practice.
Short biography
Espen Berg-Johnsen is employed as a university lecturer at the Department of Teacher Education and Outdoor Studies at NIH.
Berg-Johnsen is educated as a general teacher from Sør-Trøndelag University with a master's in physical education and sports science from Nord-Trøndelag University(NORD University). In his professional career, Berg-Johnsen has worked across a broad spectrum of primary education, as well as extensive experience as a full-time coach at elite sports colleges and with the national team in the ski federation. One of Berg-Johnsen's areas of interest is how we can integrate self-organized activity into the physical education subject in an appropriate manner.