Suzanne Lundvall
Biographic Data
| ID | 6557005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzanne Lundvall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Lundvall |
| SIGNATURE | LUNDVALL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1298-8186 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring patterns of engagement with sustainable development and sustainable development competencies among physical education teachers
The purpose of the present study was to explore whether distinct data-driven clusters could be identified based on engagement with sustainable development (SD) and perceived SD competencies (SDCs) among physical education (PE) teachers and to examine whether these emergent clusters differed with respect to background characteristics. This secondary analysis included 2,074 certified PE teachers in Sweden who completed an online survey designed to …
Integrating Sustainable Development Within Physical Education Teacher Education Courses
The study explored physical education teacher educators’ (PETE educators) perspectives on integrating sustainable development (SD) imperatives within PETE courses. Nine PETE educators participated in a nine-month professional learning project featuring six workshops and seminars promoting reflection, peer discussion and dialogic encounters. The PETE educators designed pedagogical interventions based on their teaching practices, selecting teaching…
Physical activity during school time
Previous research on inequalities in physical activity (PA) during school time has mainly focused on identifying differences between groups within social categories. Less attention has been given to pupils’ own perspectives on how their social categories influence their physical activity. Therefore, this study aims to explore pupils’ understanding of the importance of, and the intersections between, social categories in PA during school time. Thi…
Exploring educational strategies for implementing sustainability-oriented learning in physical education and health
How to bridge the physical education curriculum and competencies for sustainable development? pre-service teachers’ perspectives
Compatibility of physical education curricula with physical literacy across 40 European countries
Although the student-centred concept of physical literacy (PL) has been emphasized by UNESCO, knowledge about its adoption/implementation into PE remains scant. Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate and compare the compatibility of PE curricula with PL in Europe. We collaboratively gathered a panel of experts encompassing 40 European countries. In the first step, the experts were invited to freely specify the compatibility of country’…
Sustainable Elite Youth Sports
Sports have been identified as an important contributor to social sustainability, and the benefits for health, well‐being, and social learning in young people are well evidenced. Youth elite sports, however, have been criticized as being unsustainable. Following calls for a more socially sustainable development of youth elite sports, research on the topic has increased. However, studies vary in disciplinary origin, concepts, content, and methodol…
Dancing as searching with Deleuze – a study of what students in physical education teacher education express and experience in creative dance lessons
Physical education (PE), and specifically the teaching area of dance, has been identified as an important pedagogical setting within which young people develop creativity. Creativity is thus an important aspect of schooling. Several studies have suggested however, that dance is seldom taught in PE in ways that acknowledge creative aspects of movement learning, and that students in physical education teacher education (PETE) receive insufficient t…
How to teach about sustainable development in physical education? Examples from the perspectives of certified teachers in Sweden
Introduction Teachers have a vital role in educating and empowering students to become informed and active agents of change in promoting sustainable development (SD). Little is known what PE teachers teach about SD. The aim of the present study was to explore what certified compulsory school and upper-secondary school physical education (PE) teachers in Sweden teach about SD within their practice. Methods An online survey was used to collect data…
‘Free but not free-free’
Background There is a global consensus that stimulating and fostering children’s creativity in education is crucial. Addressing creativity has become an imperative in educational policies and in school curricula internationally. School-based physical education (PE), and specifically the teaching area of dance, has been identified as an important pedagogical setting within which to develop creativity. Existing studies have suggested, however, that…
Searching for the alternative
Health in physical education (PE) has in recent decades received growing public and political attention. PE is recognized as playing an important role in promoting health and well-being among children and adolescents. Critical PE scholars contest the prevalent biomedical perspective on health for its narrow conceptualization of health and its exclusive focus on physical activity and disease prevention. Instead, alternative (critical and/or saluto…
Sustainable Development Competencies among More than 1100 Certified Physical Education and Health Teachers in Sweden
School physical education and health (PEH) may not only be an important cornerstone to the holistic development of students but may also contribute to the sustainable development (SD) agenda. Although PEH may have unique characteristics that can contribute to the SD agenda, most research to date has been theoretical. The overall aim of this study was to explore the sustainable development competencies among physical education and health (PEH) tea…
From individual to lifelong environmental processes
Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals are based on a vision of how we can manage sustainable development issues in our society and environment. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on what it might mean to adopt educative aspects of sustainable development in the field of physical education and thus by that calling into question existing cultures and practices. Here we give an overview of organizational expectations on education…
Exploring the intersection between students’ gender and migration background in relation to the equality of outcome in physical education in Sweden
School grades are among the most common measurements used to analyze equality of outcome in education. Large or increasing ‘gaps’ in school grades between boys and girls and between students with different migration background are considered strong indicators of inequality. Based on students’ school grades, several studies have shown that equality in Swedish schools has decreased during the last two decades. Although equality has been described a…
Assessed movement competence through the lens of Bourdieu – a longitudinal study of a developed taste for sport, PE and physical activity
Background The interest for young people’s movement ability has increased. Literature shows that many factors, apart from movement ability, influence the development of and sustained interest in or taste for physical activity and the learning thereof.Purpose This longitudinal study illustrates, through the lens of Bourdieu, whether and how assessed movement ability at the age of 15, together with cultural capital and sports habitus, is reflected …
Learn, Have Fun and Be Healthy! An Interview Study of Swedish Teenagers’ Views of Participation in Club Sport
In Sweden, participation in club sport is a vital part of many children's lives. Despite this, many stop in their teenage years, raising questions concerning if and in what ways club sport can provide health-promoting activities via longer, sustained participation. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to explore and discuss young people's views of club sport from a health-promoting perspective. The analysis draws on three sets of qualitative …
Environing as Embodied Experience—A Study of Outdoor Education as Part of Physical Education
The development of a re-understanding or re-investigation of body pedagogy is currently prominent in the field of physical education (PE) and sport pedagogy. This goes for the learning of movement capability and health but also in relation to outdoor education (OE). The latter a criticized area for having a one-size-fits-all approach to curriculum, with less attention to what to learn in OE, including aspects of everyday practices of being outdoo…
Students’ perceived learning in physical education
Students' perceived learning in physical education (PE) is an important yet neglected area of research. Increased knowledge about students' perceived learning can provide teachers with useful information to promote meaningful learning experiences in PE. Moreover, perceived learning can potentially be an alternative measurement to school grades when analyzing equality of outcome. Given that gender and migration background are associated with equal…
To move on… – a comparative study of Swedish adolescents in a changing sport and leisure-time landscape
Societal and technological changes have had a great impact on the overall physical activity and leisure time practices of children and youth, in Sweden and in other countries. The understanding of sports participation is a complex issue as the taste for sport is formed under specific conditions. The aim of this comparative cross-sectional, longitudinal study is to explore how Swedish adolescents view and reason about sport and leisure time practi…
The social construction of ability in movement assessment tools
This paper focuses on how ‘ability’ is conceptualised, configured and produced in movement assessment tools. The aim of the study was to critically analyse assessment tools used for healthy and typically developed children. The sample consists of 10 tools from 6 different countries. In the study, we pay special attention to content and evaluation methods. The theoretical analysis explores and discusses what kind of movement ability the tools cons…
From Ling Gymnastics to Sport Science
In 2013, the former Royal Gymnastic Central Institute, now the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH), celebrated its bicentenary. The purpose of this paper is to describe, by means of a literature review, the holding blocks that have contributed to the continuity of the oldest institute for PE teacher education in the world. For the first hundred years Ling gymnastics represented a legitimate system for the schooling of the body, the …
Being a competent athlete or a competent teacher? Aesthetic experiences in physical education teacher education
The aim of this study was to explore physical education teacher education students’ meaning-making of participating in lessons – in this case gymnastics and basketball – based on their aesthetic judgements, expressed in written stories. A transactional approach, drawing on the work of John Dewey, was used in the study and the empirical data was generated through observations and collection of students’ written stories. A practical epistemology an…
The position of dance in physical education
Dance has been a part of the physical education (PE) curriculum in several countries for a long \ntime. In spite of this, studies demonstrate that the position of dance in the subject of PE is \ncontested and that little time is devoted to dance. The overall aim of this article is to examine the \nposition of dance as a pedagogical discourse in Swedish steering documents over time. The \nempirical material consists of five Swedish curricula for P…
Almost all start but who continue? A longitudinal study of youth participation in Swedish club sports
Many young people in Sweden stop participating in club sports during their teens, but some continue. Drawing on a longitudinal study, the aim of this article is to highlight some of the characteristics of teenagers who continue with club sports and to discuss the relation between club-sport participation and social and cultural conditions, with the help of Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. This is done by studying the characteristics of teenagers…
Widening participation in sport-related studies in higher education
This paper focuses on widening participation in higher education and the low recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds within sport-related programs. The purpose of the study has been to describe and increase the understanding of how the preconditions and premises for choosing to study ‘sport’ appear to students from diverse backgrounds, who have started their studies. An interview study was carried out with eight students from three insti…
Almost all start but who continue? A longitudinal study of youth participation in Swedish club sports
Many young people in Sweden stop participating in club sports during their teens, but some continue. Drawing on a longitudinal study, the aim of this article is to highlight some of the characteristics of teenagers who continue with club sports and to discuss the relation between club-sport participation and social and cultural conditions, with the help of Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. This is done by studying the characteristics of teenagers…
Aesthetic experience as an aspect of embodied learning
In this article we explore aesthetic experience as an aspect of embodied learning with focus on the moving body. Our theoretical framework is mainly based on the work of John Dewey. In the first part of the article we identify our understanding of central concepts and draw some lines to their implication for physical education (PE). In the second part we then use the theoretical framework in an empirical study inspired by the tradition of pragmat…
From individual to lifelong environmental processes
Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals are based on a vision of how we can manage sustainable development issues in our society and environment. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on what it might mean to adopt educative aspects of sustainable development in the field of physical education and thus by that calling into question existing cultures and practices. Here we give an overview of organizational expectations on education…
Exploring the intersection between students’ gender and migration background in relation to the equality of outcome in physical education in Sweden
School grades are among the most common measurements used to analyze equality of outcome in education. Large or increasing ‘gaps’ in school grades between boys and girls and between students with different migration background are considered strong indicators of inequality. Based on students’ school grades, several studies have shown that equality in Swedish schools has decreased during the last two decades. Although equality has been described a…
The position of dance in physical education
Dance has been a part of the physical education (PE) curriculum in several countries for a long \ntime. In spite of this, studies demonstrate that the position of dance in the subject of PE is \ncontested and that little time is devoted to dance. The overall aim of this article is to examine the \nposition of dance as a pedagogical discourse in Swedish steering documents over time. The \nempirical material consists of five Swedish curricula for P…
From Ling Gymnastics to Sport Science
In 2013, the former Royal Gymnastic Central Institute, now the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH), celebrated its bicentenary. The purpose of this paper is to describe, by means of a literature review, the holding blocks that have contributed to the continuity of the oldest institute for PE teacher education in the world. For the first hundred years Ling gymnastics represented a legitimate system for the schooling of the body, the …
Being a competent athlete or a competent teacher? Aesthetic experiences in physical education teacher education
The aim of this study was to explore physical education teacher education students’ meaning-making of participating in lessons – in this case gymnastics and basketball – based on their aesthetic judgements, expressed in written stories. A transactional approach, drawing on the work of John Dewey, was used in the study and the empirical data was generated through observations and collection of students’ written stories. A practical epistemology an…
Students’ perceived learning in physical education
Students' perceived learning in physical education (PE) is an important yet neglected area of research. Increased knowledge about students' perceived learning can provide teachers with useful information to promote meaningful learning experiences in PE. Moreover, perceived learning can potentially be an alternative measurement to school grades when analyzing equality of outcome. Given that gender and migration background are associated with equal…
Widening participation in sport-related studies in higher education
This paper focuses on widening participation in higher education and the low recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds within sport-related programs. The purpose of the study has been to describe and increase the understanding of how the preconditions and premises for choosing to study ‘sport’ appear to students from diverse backgrounds, who have started their studies. An interview study was carried out with eight students from three insti…
Aesthetic experience as an aspect of embodied learning
In this article we explore aesthetic experience as an aspect of embodied learning with focus on the moving body. Our theoretical framework is mainly based on the work of John Dewey. In the first part of the article we identify our understanding of central concepts and draw some lines to their implication for physical education (PE). In the second part we then use the theoretical framework in an empirical study inspired by the tradition of pragmat…
Widening participation in sport-related studies in higher education
This paper focuses on widening participation in higher education and the low recruitment of students from diverse backgrounds within sport-related programs. The purpose of the study has been to describe and increase the understanding of how the preconditions and premises for choosing to study ‘sport’ appear to students from diverse backgrounds, who have started their studies. An interview study was carried out with eight students from three insti…
Almost all start but who continue? A longitudinal study of youth participation in Swedish club sports
Many young people in Sweden stop participating in club sports during their teens, but some continue. Drawing on a longitudinal study, the aim of this article is to highlight some of the characteristics of teenagers who continue with club sports and to discuss the relation between club-sport participation and social and cultural conditions, with the help of Bourdieu’s theoretical framework. This is done by studying the characteristics of teenagers…
The position of dance in physical education
Dance has been a part of the physical education (PE) curriculum in several countries for a long \ntime. In spite of this, studies demonstrate that the position of dance in the subject of PE is \ncontested and that little time is devoted to dance. The overall aim of this article is to examine the \nposition of dance as a pedagogical discourse in Swedish steering documents over time. The \nempirical material consists of five Swedish curricula for P…
Being a competent athlete or a competent teacher? Aesthetic experiences in physical education teacher education
The aim of this study was to explore physical education teacher education students’ meaning-making of participating in lessons – in this case gymnastics and basketball – based on their aesthetic judgements, expressed in written stories. A transactional approach, drawing on the work of John Dewey, was used in the study and the empirical data was generated through observations and collection of students’ written stories. A practical epistemology an…
The social construction of ability in movement assessment tools
This paper focuses on how ‘ability’ is conceptualised, configured and produced in movement assessment tools. The aim of the study was to critically analyse assessment tools used for healthy and typically developed children. The sample consists of 10 tools from 6 different countries. In the study, we pay special attention to content and evaluation methods. The theoretical analysis explores and discusses what kind of movement ability the tools cons…
From Ling Gymnastics to Sport Science
In 2013, the former Royal Gymnastic Central Institute, now the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH), celebrated its bicentenary. The purpose of this paper is to describe, by means of a literature review, the holding blocks that have contributed to the continuity of the oldest institute for PE teacher education in the world. For the first hundred years Ling gymnastics represented a legitimate system for the schooling of the body, the …
To move on… – a comparative study of Swedish adolescents in a changing sport and leisure-time landscape
Societal and technological changes have had a great impact on the overall physical activity and leisure time practices of children and youth, in Sweden and in other countries. The understanding of sports participation is a complex issue as the taste for sport is formed under specific conditions. The aim of this comparative cross-sectional, longitudinal study is to explore how Swedish adolescents view and reason about sport and leisure time practi…
Assessed movement competence through the lens of Bourdieu – a longitudinal study of a developed taste for sport, PE and physical activity
Background The interest for young people’s movement ability has increased. Literature shows that many factors, apart from movement ability, influence the development of and sustained interest in or taste for physical activity and the learning thereof.Purpose This longitudinal study illustrates, through the lens of Bourdieu, whether and how assessed movement ability at the age of 15, together with cultural capital and sports habitus, is reflected …
Learn, Have Fun and Be Healthy! An Interview Study of Swedish Teenagers’ Views of Participation in Club Sport
In Sweden, participation in club sport is a vital part of many children's lives. Despite this, many stop in their teenage years, raising questions concerning if and in what ways club sport can provide health-promoting activities via longer, sustained participation. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to explore and discuss young people's views of club sport from a health-promoting perspective. The analysis draws on three sets of qualitative …
Environing as Embodied Experience—A Study of Outdoor Education as Part of Physical Education
The development of a re-understanding or re-investigation of body pedagogy is currently prominent in the field of physical education (PE) and sport pedagogy. This goes for the learning of movement capability and health but also in relation to outdoor education (OE). The latter a criticized area for having a one-size-fits-all approach to curriculum, with less attention to what to learn in OE, including aspects of everyday practices of being outdoo…
Students’ perceived learning in physical education
Students' perceived learning in physical education (PE) is an important yet neglected area of research. Increased knowledge about students' perceived learning can provide teachers with useful information to promote meaningful learning experiences in PE. Moreover, perceived learning can potentially be an alternative measurement to school grades when analyzing equality of outcome. Given that gender and migration background are associated with equal…
Sustainable Development Competencies among More than 1100 Certified Physical Education and Health Teachers in Sweden
School physical education and health (PEH) may not only be an important cornerstone to the holistic development of students but may also contribute to the sustainable development (SD) agenda. Although PEH may have unique characteristics that can contribute to the SD agenda, most research to date has been theoretical. The overall aim of this study was to explore the sustainable development competencies among physical education and health (PEH) tea…
From individual to lifelong environmental processes
Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals are based on a vision of how we can manage sustainable development issues in our society and environment. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on what it might mean to adopt educative aspects of sustainable development in the field of physical education and thus by that calling into question existing cultures and practices. Here we give an overview of organizational expectations on education…
Exploring the intersection between students’ gender and migration background in relation to the equality of outcome in physical education in Sweden
School grades are among the most common measurements used to analyze equality of outcome in education. Large or increasing ‘gaps’ in school grades between boys and girls and between students with different migration background are considered strong indicators of inequality. Based on students’ school grades, several studies have shown that equality in Swedish schools has decreased during the last two decades. Although equality has been described a…
How to teach about sustainable development in physical education? Examples from the perspectives of certified teachers in Sweden
Introduction Teachers have a vital role in educating and empowering students to become informed and active agents of change in promoting sustainable development (SD). Little is known what PE teachers teach about SD. The aim of the present study was to explore what certified compulsory school and upper-secondary school physical education (PE) teachers in Sweden teach about SD within their practice. Methods An online survey was used to collect data…
‘Free but not free-free’
Background There is a global consensus that stimulating and fostering children’s creativity in education is crucial. Addressing creativity has become an imperative in educational policies and in school curricula internationally. School-based physical education (PE), and specifically the teaching area of dance, has been identified as an important pedagogical setting within which to develop creativity. Existing studies have suggested, however, that…
Searching for the alternative
Health in physical education (PE) has in recent decades received growing public and political attention. PE is recognized as playing an important role in promoting health and well-being among children and adolescents. Critical PE scholars contest the prevalent biomedical perspective on health for its narrow conceptualization of health and its exclusive focus on physical activity and disease prevention. Instead, alternative (critical and/or saluto…
Dancing as searching with Deleuze – a study of what students in physical education teacher education express and experience in creative dance lessons
Physical education (PE), and specifically the teaching area of dance, has been identified as an important pedagogical setting within which young people develop creativity. Creativity is thus an important aspect of schooling. Several studies have suggested however, that dance is seldom taught in PE in ways that acknowledge creative aspects of movement learning, and that students in physical education teacher education (PETE) receive insufficient t…
Compatibility of physical education curricula with physical literacy across 40 European countries
Although the student-centred concept of physical literacy (PL) has been emphasized by UNESCO, knowledge about its adoption/implementation into PE remains scant. Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate and compare the compatibility of PE curricula with PL in Europe. We collaboratively gathered a panel of experts encompassing 40 European countries. In the first step, the experts were invited to freely specify the compatibility of country’…
Sustainable Elite Youth Sports
Sports have been identified as an important contributor to social sustainability, and the benefits for health, well‐being, and social learning in young people are well evidenced. Youth elite sports, however, have been criticized as being unsustainable. Following calls for a more socially sustainable development of youth elite sports, research on the topic has increased. However, studies vary in disciplinary origin, concepts, content, and methodol…
Exploring patterns of engagement with sustainable development and sustainable development competencies among physical education teachers
The purpose of the present study was to explore whether distinct data-driven clusters could be identified based on engagement with sustainable development (SD) and perceived SD competencies (SDCs) among physical education (PE) teachers and to examine whether these emergent clusters differed with respect to background characteristics. This secondary analysis included 2,074 certified PE teachers in Sweden who completed an online survey designed to …
Integrating Sustainable Development Within Physical Education Teacher Education Courses
The study explored physical education teacher educators’ (PETE educators) perspectives on integrating sustainable development (SD) imperatives within PETE courses. Nine PETE educators participated in a nine-month professional learning project featuring six workshops and seminars promoting reflection, peer discussion and dialogic encounters. The PETE educators designed pedagogical interventions based on their teaching practices, selecting teaching…
Physical activity during school time
Previous research on inequalities in physical activity (PA) during school time has mainly focused on identifying differences between groups within social categories. Less attention has been given to pupils’ own perspectives on how their social categories influence their physical activity. Therefore, this study aims to explore pupils’ understanding of the importance of, and the intersections between, social categories in PA during school time. Thi…
Exploring educational strategies for implementing sustainability-oriented learning in physical education and health
Physical Education and Pedagogy (23 works) · Physical education (20 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Pedagogy (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Mathematics education (9 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (8 works) · Curriculum (7 works)