About
About
Kristin Walseth is professor of physical education at the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education within the Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University.
Research
Her research focuses on physical education, health and diversity issues in education. Her ongoing NRC funded project targets the new cross-curricular topic 'Public Health and Life Skills' in school. Her most recent publications are on young people, social media and body issues.
Kristin Walseth is also involved in education research with diversity perspectives. She has published articles on physical education and gender, sexuality, ethnicity and religion. She has previously been involved in sport research, her Ph.D. thesis (2006) is on sport as an arena for integration of minority youth.
Teaching
Kristin Walseth gives lectures and is responsible for courses in teacher education at bachelor-, master-, and Ph.D. level. She is currently main supervisor for two doctoral candidates.
Collaboration and assignments
Editorial board member for 'Sport, Education & Society'.
Ongoing research collaboration with researchers from UK, US, and New Zealand.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Educational research Higher education studies Physical education Diversity and Inclusion
Countries
Research groups
Research projects
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Literacies for Health and Life Skills
The “Literacies for Health and Life Skills” (HLS) project aims to develop and implement a new didactic approach that will enable pre-service teachers to facilitate the development of young people´s health and life skills.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Aartun, Iselin; Lambert, Karen; Walseth, Kristin
(2023).
How pupils’ playfulness creates possibilities for pleasure and learning in physical education.
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2023.2235372
Walseth, Kristin; Khan, Hummam (2023). Minoritetsstudenters møte med friluftsliv i kroppsøvingslærerutdanningen. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education. Vol. 7.
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Langnes, Tonje Fjogstad; Walseth, Kristin
(2023).
The formation of classed health lifestyles during youth: A two-generational, longitudinal approach.
Sociology of Health and Illness.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13695
Langnes, Tonje Fjogstad; Walseth, Kristin
(2021).
This is what I learned about the body on social media: PETE
students’ experiences with body pressure and body positivity.
Sport, Education and Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2021.2022642
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Walseth, Kristin
(2021).
Med kropp som prosjekt.
Ødegård, Guro; Pedersen, Willy (Ed.).
UNGDOMMEN. p. 153-172.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/noasp.142.ch7
Engebretsen, Berit; Walseth, Kristin; Elvebakk, Lisbeth (2020). Jenter og kroppsøving. Hvordan kan en aktivistisk tilnærming bedre jenters erfaring med kroppsøvingsfaget?. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift. Vol. 104.
Aartun, Iselin; Walseth, Kristin; Standal, Øyvind Førland; Kirk, David
(2020).
Pedagogies of embodiment in physical education - a literature review.
Sport, Education and Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2020.1821182
Walseth, Kristin; Tidslevold, Thea
(2019).
Young women’s constructions of valued bodies: Healthy, athletic, beautiful and dieting bodies.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690218822997
Aasland, Erik; Walseth, Kristin; Engelsrud, Gunn Helene
(2019).
The constitution of the ‘able’ and ‘less able’ student in physical education in Norway.
Sport, Education and Society.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2019.1622521
Walseth, Kristin (2019). Kroppsøving og kulturelt mangfold. Vinje, Erlend Ellefsen; Skrede, Joar (Ed.). Fremtidens kroppsøvingslærer. p. 30-50. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
