The course explores how physical education, friluftsliv/outdoor life, disability and difference have been covered historically, culturally and by society. The course focuses on discussions, values, educational context and context of experience regarding 'location/place', 'time' and 'space', 'indoors' and 'outdoors'. The course consists of two parts: Discourses and Values (5 credits) and Educational Context and Context of Experience (5 credits). The course covers discourses and values in an institutional setting regarding policy making, culture and society, as well as ethical issues, conflict of values and power structures. In addition, the course explores how people with different qualifications experience, are influenced by and impact on contexts, and how various contexts have been defined culturally and theoretically and made available/unavailable for the individual and groups. The course is taught in English.

Knowledge
The students should be familiar with core discourses and key conflicts of values and power structures in different contexts of experience.
The students should know how people are influenced by and impact on location and space, indoors and outdoors and how these interchanges are regarded in a historical and cultural perspective.

Skills
The students must be able to identify and analyze discourses and values in different practical contexts.
The students must be able to analyze and discuss how location/place and space have been defined, applied, changed, valued and experienced.

General Knowledge
The students must be able to present and discuss conflicts of values and power structures in relation to policy making and practical contexts.

The course consists of lectures, individual work, group work and master's seminar. The students must show initiative during the course and master's seminar. The students shall complete an individual analysis of supplementary literature on a relevant topic.

The students will work on four texts to be included in the course folder. Individual essay (3000 words) based on supplementary literature. Graded A-F.

CORE READING Spring 2016
DIGITAL COMPENDIUM:
Gurholt, K. P. (Ed.). (2015). MA431: Policy making and practical context: Spring 2016. (Digital compendium). Oslo: Norges idrettshøgskole.
This PDF is available in Fronter.

The reference list for the Digital Compendium, in APA-style:
Welsch, W. (1999). Transculturality – the puzzling form of cultures today. In: M. Featherstone & S. Lash (Eds.), Spaces of culture: City, nation, world. (Theory, culture & society). (pp. 194-213). London: Sage.
PART 1: Discourse and values

Eichberg, H. (2010). Outdoor activities and landscaping: Understanding natures in the plural. In: H. Eichberg (Ed.), Bodily democracy: Towards a philosophy of sport for all. (pp. 80-101). London: Routledge.
PART II: Educational Context and Context of Experience

Gibson, J. J. (1986). Introduction. In: J. J. Gibson, The ecological approach to visual perception. (pp. 1-4). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum.
PART II: Educational Context and Context of Experience

Gibson, J. J. (1986). The animal and the environement. In: J. J. Gibson, The ecological approach to visual perception. (pp. 7-15). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum.
PART II: Educational Context and Context of Experience

Gibson, J. J. (1986). The theory of affordance. In: J. J. Gibson, The ecological approach to visual perception. (pp. 127-143). Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum.
PART II: Educational Context and Context of Experience

Pink, S. (2009). Principles of sensory ethnography: Perception, place, knowing, memory and imagination. In: S. Pink, Doing sensory ethnography. (pp. 23-43). London: Sage.
PART II: Educational Context and Context of Experience

Tuan, Y-F. (1977). Introduction, experiential perspective & space, place, and the child. In: Y-F. Tuan, Space and place: The perspective of experience. (pp. 3-34). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
PART II: Educational Context and Context of Experience

Wattchow, B. & Brown, M. (2011). The case for place. In: B. Wattchow & M. A. Brown, A Pedagogy of place: Outdoor education for a changing world. (pp. 51-76). Monash University Publishing.
PART II: Educational Context and Context of Experience

Atkinson, M. (2010). Entering scapeland: Yoga, fell and post-sport physical cultures. Sport in Society, 13(7/8), 1249-1267.
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Green, K., Thurston, M. & Vaage, O. (2014). Isen’t it good, Norwegian wood? Lifestyle and adventure sports participation among Norwegian youth. Leisure Studies, 34(5), 529-546.
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Gruenewald, D. (2008). The best of both worlds: A critical pedagogy of place. Environmental Education Research, 14(3), 308-324.
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Noble, G. & Watkins, M. (2003). So, how did Bourdieu learn to play tennis? Habitus, consciousness and habituation. Cultural Studies, 17(3/4), 520-538.
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Sandseter, E. B. H. (2009). Characteristics of risky play. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 9(1), 3-21.
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BOOK:
Roberts, J. W. (2012). Beyond learning by doing: Theoretical currents in experiential education. New York: Routledge.
You will find the book in the Library here: ORIA
The book is also available to read online: Click here to download.
You can also buy it at Akademika Book Store, at University of Oslo.

KJERNELITTERTUR PÅ NORDISK:

KAPITLER I BOK:
Vestergaard Madsen, B., Jensen, J. O. &  Højbjerre Larsen, S. (2013). Bevægelse i rum og rammer. (Forum for idræt). Odense: Syddansk universitetsforlag.
Side 9-20, 63-76 og 121-130 skal leses:
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ELEKTRONISKE ARTIKLER:

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Nordtømme, S. (2015). En teoretisk utdyping av rom og materialitet som pedagogisk ressurs i barnehagen. Tidsskrift for Nordisk BarnehageForskning, 10(4), 1-14.
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Sanderud, J. R. & Gurholt, K. P. (2014). Barns nysgjerrige lek i natur: Utforskende dannelse. Nordic Studies in Education, 34(1), 3-20.
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