O J Sando
Biographic Data
| ID | 37875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | O J Sando |
| GIVEN NAMES | O J |
| FAMILY NAME | Sando |
| SIGNATURE | SANDO O J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Maud University College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2795-0300 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Risk willingness in play: Exploring children’s behaviour in a virtual reality playground
Understanding children’s willingness to take risks is crucial for sound educational strategies and play environments. This study investigates children’s risk willingness using a virtual reality (VR) playground balancing scenario and examines its associations with sensation-seeking personality trait, age, gender, and the likelihood of failing the VR scenario. The sample included 344 children aged 7–10 years. Results showed that risk willingness – …
The Structure of Challenging Parenting Behavior in Norwegian Parents to Children in Middle Childhood (7–10 years)
Challenging parenting behavior (CPB), which emphasizes playful encouragement to push the child’s limits and controlled exposure to risk, represents a novel approach to parenting. This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Challenging Parenting Behavior Questionnaire 7-12 (CPBQ7-12) in a Norwegian sample, examining relations to parents’ sex and age. Participants were recruited from four elementary schools in Norway through a co…
Physical activity level and sport participation in association with academic achievement in physical education among adolescents
Introduction Physical education (PE) teachers’ assessment practices and frequently applied teaching content suggest that pupils’ academic achievement in PE may be influenced by individual differences in pupil-related factors such as leisure-time physical activity levels and sport participation. Although physical activity could be considered an inherent part of PE, neither of these factors are explicit assessment criteria in the Norwegian PE curri…
Toddlers' actualization of affordances during free exploration in a varied natural environment
Looking beneath the surface: Associations between varied outdoor surfaces and children’s diverse play behaviours in early childhood education and care institutions
This study assumes that surfaces in outdoor environments in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions exert an important influence on children's play diversity.Gibson (1979) claims that surfaces are important because they are where most action occurs; some surfaces may lead to a diversity of play behaviours, while others afford a narrower range of actions.This study was conducted as part of a three-year mixed-methods project.The samp…
Children's dynamic risk management - a comprehensive approach to children's risk willingness, risk assessment, and risk handling
The Role of Play and Objects in Children’s Deep-Level Learning in Early Childhood Education
This research investigates the significance of the physical environment in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions as a facilitator of deep-level learning. Building upon Laevers’ concept of deep-level learning, this study explores the interplay between objects in ECEC settings, children’s play, and their deep-level learning. The primary objective is to examine the potential mediating role of play in the relationship between objects…
Children’s Perception and Utilization of Ecec Physical Environments
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions play an important role in many young children’s lives. Child-oriented research about the role of the physical ECEC environment in children’s play is scarce. The present study aims to develop knowledge about what children consider crucial elements in the physical ECEC environment. Seventy-one children (3–6 years old) were interviewed to gain insight into their perspectives on the physical ECEC…
Associations between Children’s Risky Play and Ecec Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials
Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children's play opportunities. This includes children's opportunities to engage in risky play. This study examined the relationship between the outdoor play environment and the occurrence of children's risky play in ECEC institutions. Children ( n = 80) were observed in two-minute sequences dur…
Risky Play and Children’s Well-Being, Involvement and Physical Activity
Children's activities and experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions are essential for children's present and future lives. Playing is a vital activity in childhood, and playing is found to be positively related to a variety of outcomes among children. In this study, we investigated how risky play – a fundamentally voluntary form of play – related to children's well-being, involvement and physical activity. Results from…
Children's Involvement in Free Play and the Use of Play Materials in the Outdoor Early Childhood Education and Care Environment
In this study, we investigated the relationship between children's involvement in free play and the use of play materials in outdoor environments. Our sample consisted of 935 video observations of the free play of 86 children in the outdoor spaces of eight Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions. Multilevel analysis revealed a positive association between children's involvement in free outdoor play and their play with loo…
The outdoor environment and children's health: A Multilevel Approach
Play in an outdoor environment may improve children's health. Little is known about how characteristics of the outdoor environment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings influence children's health. This study explored the relationship between the outdoor environment and children's health by examining children's well-being and physical activity in different outdoor environments. The sample consisted of 471 video observations of 80 …
Risky Play and Children’s Well-Being, Involvement and Physical Activity
Children's activities and experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions are essential for children's present and future lives. Playing is a vital activity in childhood, and playing is found to be positively related to a variety of outcomes among children. In this study, we investigated how risky play – a fundamentally voluntary form of play – related to children's well-being, involvement and physical activity. Results from…
The outdoor environment and children's health: A Multilevel Approach
Play in an outdoor environment may improve children's health. Little is known about how characteristics of the outdoor environment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings influence children's health. This study explored the relationship between the outdoor environment and children's health by examining children's well-being and physical activity in different outdoor environments. The sample consisted of 471 video observations of 80 …
Looking beneath the surface: Associations between varied outdoor surfaces and children’s diverse play behaviours in early childhood education and care institutions
This study assumes that surfaces in outdoor environments in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions exert an important influence on children's play diversity.Gibson (1979) claims that surfaces are important because they are where most action occurs; some surfaces may lead to a diversity of play behaviours, while others afford a narrower range of actions.This study was conducted as part of a three-year mixed-methods project.The samp…
The outdoor environment and children's health: A Multilevel Approach
Play in an outdoor environment may improve children's health. Little is known about how characteristics of the outdoor environment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings influence children's health. This study explored the relationship between the outdoor environment and children's health by examining children's well-being and physical activity in different outdoor environments. The sample consisted of 471 video observations of 80 …
Children's Involvement in Free Play and the Use of Play Materials in the Outdoor Early Childhood Education and Care Environment
In this study, we investigated the relationship between children's involvement in free play and the use of play materials in outdoor environments. Our sample consisted of 935 video observations of the free play of 86 children in the outdoor spaces of eight Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions. Multilevel analysis revealed a positive association between children's involvement in free outdoor play and their play with loo…
Associations between Children’s Risky Play and Ecec Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials
Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children's play opportunities. This includes children's opportunities to engage in risky play. This study examined the relationship between the outdoor play environment and the occurrence of children's risky play in ECEC institutions. Children ( n = 80) were observed in two-minute sequences dur…
Risky Play and Children’s Well-Being, Involvement and Physical Activity
Children's activities and experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions are essential for children's present and future lives. Playing is a vital activity in childhood, and playing is found to be positively related to a variety of outcomes among children. In this study, we investigated how risky play – a fundamentally voluntary form of play – related to children's well-being, involvement and physical activity. Results from…
Children’s Perception and Utilization of Ecec Physical Environments
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions play an important role in many young children’s lives. Child-oriented research about the role of the physical ECEC environment in children’s play is scarce. The present study aims to develop knowledge about what children consider crucial elements in the physical ECEC environment. Seventy-one children (3–6 years old) were interviewed to gain insight into their perspectives on the physical ECEC…
The Role of Play and Objects in Children’s Deep-Level Learning in Early Childhood Education
This research investigates the significance of the physical environment in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions as a facilitator of deep-level learning. Building upon Laevers’ concept of deep-level learning, this study explores the interplay between objects in ECEC settings, children’s play, and their deep-level learning. The primary objective is to examine the potential mediating role of play in the relationship between objects…
Looking beneath the surface: Associations between varied outdoor surfaces and children’s diverse play behaviours in early childhood education and care institutions
This study assumes that surfaces in outdoor environments in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions exert an important influence on children's play diversity.Gibson (1979) claims that surfaces are important because they are where most action occurs; some surfaces may lead to a diversity of play behaviours, while others afford a narrower range of actions.This study was conducted as part of a three-year mixed-methods project.The samp…
Children's dynamic risk management - a comprehensive approach to children's risk willingness, risk assessment, and risk handling
Risk willingness in play: Exploring children’s behaviour in a virtual reality playground
Understanding children’s willingness to take risks is crucial for sound educational strategies and play environments. This study investigates children’s risk willingness using a virtual reality (VR) playground balancing scenario and examines its associations with sensation-seeking personality trait, age, gender, and the likelihood of failing the VR scenario. The sample included 344 children aged 7–10 years. Results showed that risk willingness – …
The Structure of Challenging Parenting Behavior in Norwegian Parents to Children in Middle Childhood (7–10 years)
Challenging parenting behavior (CPB), which emphasizes playful encouragement to push the child’s limits and controlled exposure to risk, represents a novel approach to parenting. This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Challenging Parenting Behavior Questionnaire 7-12 (CPBQ7-12) in a Norwegian sample, examining relations to parents’ sex and age. Participants were recruited from four elementary schools in Norway through a co…
Physical activity level and sport participation in association with academic achievement in physical education among adolescents
Introduction Physical education (PE) teachers’ assessment practices and frequently applied teaching content suggest that pupils’ academic achievement in PE may be influenced by individual differences in pupil-related factors such as leisure-time physical activity levels and sport participation. Although physical activity could be considered an inherent part of PE, neither of these factors are explicit assessment criteria in the Norwegian PE curri…
Toddlers' actualization of affordances during free exploration in a varied natural environment
Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Early childhood education (8 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (7 works) · Early childhood (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works) · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)