Dag Ove Granås Hovdal

Associate Professor

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal

Contact

Telephone: 51831778

Email: dag.o.hovdal@uis.no

Department

Faculty of Arts and Education

Department of Education and Sports Science

About me

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

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal; Wenche Olivia Sigurdsen (2026) Effort in physical education – what is the educative value?. I: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. ISSN 1740-8989. DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2026.2648298

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal (2025) Competitive Situations in Physical Education: Is It Useful in Students’ Everyday Lives?. I: The Physical Educator. ISSN 0031-8981. Volum 82. s.31-53. DOI: 10.18666/TPE-2024-V82-I1-12012

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal (2022) Students’ experiences and learning in physical education. Universitetet i Agder. ISBN 9788284270968.

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal; Tommy Haugen; Inger Beate Larsen; Bjørn Tore Johansen (2021) “It’s Not Just About the Activity, It’s Also About How the Activity is Facilitated”: Investigating Students’ Experiences in Two Competitive Situations in Physical Education. I: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. ISSN 0031-3831. DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2021.2006306

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal; Tommy Haugen; Inger Beate Larsen; Bjørn Tore Johansen (2021) Students’ experiences and learning of social inclusion in team activities in physical education. I: European Physical Education Review. ISSN 1356-336X. Volum 27. s.889-907. DOI: 10.1177/1356336X211002855

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal; Inger Beate Larsen; Tommy Haugen; Bjørn Tore Johansen (2020) Understanding disruptive situations in physical education: Teaching style and didactic implications. I: European Physical Education Review. ISSN 1356-336X. Volum 27. s.455-472. DOI: 10.1177/1356336X20960498

Bøker og kapitler

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal; Jeannet Rakhi Vigre (2023) Physical literacy i skolen - En kvalitativ studie om kroppsøvingslærers tilretteleggelse for physical literacy, og elevers opplevelse av ivaretakelsen.. Universitetet i Stavanger.

Formidling

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal; Bjørn Tore Johansen (2025) Konkurranse i idrett og kroppsøving har ulike mål.

Ove Østerlie; Dag Ove Granås Hovdal (2023) [Podcast krø.no] Elevers opplevelser og læring i kroppsøving.

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal (2022) Ville bidra med kunnskap til praksisfeltet.

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal (2021) Kroppsøving – et fag der læring kobles til handlinger.

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal (2021) Kroppsøving – et fag der læring kobles til handlinger.

Dag Ove Granås Hovdal (2021) Kroppsøving – et fag der læring kobles til handlinger.

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