Dag Ove Granås Hovdal

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science

Bio

Dag Ove G. Hovdal is an Associate Professor in didactics in Physical Education at the University of Stavanger. He holds a Ph.D. in didactics in Physcial Education from the University of Agder, where he investigated students' experiences and learning in Physcial Education through written narratives, observations/video-recordings, and interviews. Hovdal currently conducts research within teaching and learning in Physical Education.

 

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in didactics in Physical Education - University of Agder
  • M.Sc. in Psychology of Sport - University of Agder
  • B.A. in Teaching Physical Education - Nord University

Work experience

  • 2022-present: Associate professor, Department of Education and Sport Science, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway
  • 2017-2022: PhD student/research fellow, Department of Sport Science and Physical Education, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at University of Agder, Norway 
  • 2017-2022: Lecturer, Universitetet i Agder
  • 2016-2017: Lecturer, Department of Sport, Food and Natural Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway 
  • 2015-2016: Lecturer, physical education, Vennesla Vgs, Vennesla, Norway 

Research areas

  • Didactics in Physical Education
  • Learning and development
  • Qualitative and quantitative research methods

To read more about the Sports Science and Physical Education research group, click here

Publications