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- Bäckström, Åsa, 1966-
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Balancing the senses : Experiences of learning in indoor skateboarding
- 2010
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Ingår i: Designs for learning.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Indoor skate parks are purpose built environments for physical activity and bodies in motion. These settings are designed places of learning in both social and material respects. Skate parks in Sweden are usually large halls in buildings previously used for industries, now filled with wooden and sometimes concrete constructions. The solid and rough material consolidates the environment as hard and durable. Ceilings are most often high which influence the acoustics. The sound level is elevated from the noise of board riding on the wooden constructions, besides music from loud speakers adds to the aural experience. In spite of, or thanks to, the strident soundscape it is common by skateboarders to use a personal music device such as an mp3-player or the equivalent when skateboarding. The purpose of this paper is to discuss sensory and affective learning processes in relation to indoor skateboarding. In focus is the crossroads between senses, affect, place and learning. Empirical results are drawn from an ongoing ethnographic study on predominantly female skateboarding, embodied knowledge and board sport culture. The empirical material consists of field notes (in written, auditory and visual form), interviews and examples from media such as videos, magazines and internet pages. The aural sense and its capacity to include and exclude other sensory experiences, mainly balance, is examined and associated with affective incitement. Sharing and non-sharing spaces and experiences are discussed. The paper draws theoretically in large from the anthropological research on the senses in culture, and the psychology of affect. In addition the paper pays particular interest to the idea of “the risk of experience that is learning” (Ellsworth 2005).
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- Ekenberg, Anna, et al.
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Idrottslärares informationsbehov i yrkeslivet
- 2010
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Syftet med undersökningen var att studera och dokumentera idrottslärares yrkesrelaterade informationsbehov och informationsanvändning. Till detta använde vi följande frågeställningar:- Vilka läromedel använder lärare i idrott och hälsa i sin undervisning och hur får de tag på nytt material?- Vilka informationskällor använder lärare i idrott och hälsa i sin kompetensutveckling?Konkret ville vi använda resultatet till att implementera yrkesrelevant informationssökning i bibliotekets undervisning av lärarstudenterna vid GIH, samt utveckla GIH bibliotekets webbplats med information om användbara resurser för idrottslärare.Metoden vi använde var enkätundersökning med hjälp av ett webbenkätverktyg. Vi fick in svar från 122 lärare i idrott och hälsa.Resultaten visade att det material som flest lärare (74%) använde i undervisningen är sådant som de fick under sin lärarutbildning. 69% av lärarna i vår undersökning använde läroböcker i undervisningen i idrott och hälsa. Att använda bibliotek var däremot inte vanligt. För att hitta nytt material till undervisningen sökte 81% av lärarna på webben, främst genom Lektion.se och Google. 78% angav kurser och konferenser som källa till nytt material. Vad gäller informationskällor för den egna kompetensutvecklingen angav flest lärare (87%) att de läste facktidskrifter, där den vanligaste tidskriften var Idrott & hälsa. Många av lärarna var medlemmar i nätverk för idrottslärare och hade deltagit i kurser och konferenser för sin kompetensutveckling under det senaste året. Att prenumerera på nyhetsbrev eller att ha nyhetsbevakning (RSS) på någon webbsida eller blogg var inte lika vanligt.Ett framträdande resultat av undersökningen var att så många av lärarna efterlyste samlade övningsbanker med s.k. "tips och trix" att kunna använda som inspirationskälla i undervisningen. Detta lärarnas upplevda behov av praktiskt tillämpbart material kan ställas mot det faktum att lärarutbildningens akademiserats och att man efter genomgången högskoleutbildning, enligt högskolelagen, förväntas kunna söka och värdera kunskap på vetenskaplig nivå samt följa kunskapsutvecklingen inom sitt yrke och ämnesområde. Att under utbildningstiden visa på möjligheten att bevaka olika källor ser vi som ett sätt att underlätta för lärarstudenterna att följa kunskapsutvecklingen i deras kommande yrkesliv.
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- Andersson, Helena M., et al.
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Differences in the inflammatory plasma cytokine response following two elite female soccer games separated by a 72-h recovery
- 2010
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. - Malden, USA : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0905-7188 .- 1600-0838. ; 20:5, s. 740-747
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigated changes in a large battery of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in elite female soccer players following two 90-min games separated by a 72-h active or passive recovery. Blood samples were taken from 10 players before, within 15-20 min, 21, 45 and 69 h after the first game and within 15-20 min after the second game. The leukocyte count was analyzed, together with several plasma pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, using a multiplex bead array system. After the first and second game, the total leukocytes and neutrophils increased significantly. Likewise, increases (P<0.05) in pro-inflammatory cytokines [interleukin (IL)-12, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (INF-gamma), IL-17], chemokines [monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), IL-8 and monokine induced by gamma interferon (MIG)], anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-2R, IL-4, IL-5, IL-7, IL-10, IL-13, INF-alpha) and the mixed cytokine IL-6 were observed. Leukocyte and cytokine levels were normalized within 21 h. Active recovery (low-intensity exercises) did not affect the cytokine responses. A dampened cytokine response was observed after the second game as only IL-12, IL-6, MCP-1, IL-8 and MIG increased (P<0.05). In conclusion, a robust pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine response occurs after the first but not the second soccer game. The implications of the dampened cytokine response in female players after the second game are unknown.
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- Andersson, Helena M., et al.
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Plasma antioxidant responses and oxidative stress following a soccer game in elite female players
- 2010
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. - Malden, USA : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0905-7188 .- 1600-0838. ; 20:4, s. 600-608
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We aimed to investigate markers of oxidative stress and levels of endogenous and dietary antioxidants in 16 elite female soccer players in response to a 90-min game (average intensity 82+/-3% HRpeak). Blood samples were taken before, immediately and 21 h after the game. Plasma-oxidized glutathione, the ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione (GSH:GSSG) and lipid peroxidation measured by d-ROMs were used as markers of oxidative stress. Plasma endogenous [uric acid, total glutathione (TGSH)] and dietary antioxidants (alpha-tocopherol, ascorbic acid, total carotenoids and polyphenols) were analyzed using liquid chromatography and the Folin-Ciocalteu method. Exercise induced an acute increase (P<0.05) in GSSG, uric acid, TGSH, alpha-tocopherol, and ascorbic acid. In parallel, the GSH:GSSG ratio and polyphenols decreased (P<0.05). GSSG, GSH:GSSG ratio, uric acid, TGSH, and ascorbic acid returned to baseline at 21 h, while polyphenols and alpha-tocopherol remained altered. Total carotenoids increased above baseline only at 21 h (P<0.05). Lipid peroxidation, measured by d-ROMs, remained unchanged throughout the study. Thus, intermittent exercise in well-trained female athletes induces a transient increase in GSSG and a decrease in the GSH:GSSG ratio, which is effectively balanced by the recruitment of both endogenous and dietary antioxidants, resulting in the absence of lipid peroxidation measured by d-ROMs.
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- Bäckström, Åsa, 1966-
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Kroppen, brädan, lärandet
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Ingår i: Den lärande staden. - Umeå : Boréa. - 9789189140653 ; , s. 113-129
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I stadslandskapet manifesteras människans makt över naturen. Staden är dynamisk; den skapas och omskapas ständigt i takt med förändrade politiska och kulturella ideal. Dess olika miljöer används – medvetet och omedvetet – för olika typer av lärande. Skolgården och slottsparken kan fungera som budbärare med pedagogiska avsikter för både barn och vuxna, gallerian kan ses som ett klassrum och detaljhandeln som kunskaps- och kulturformande faktorer. När olika grupper intar det offentliga rummet uppstår nya mötesplatser och samspelsmönster. Ser det sociala samspelet likadant ut i förorten, på handelsgatan och i innerstaden? Hur och när tar exempelvis unga kvinnor staden i besittning?
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- Bäckström, Åsa, 1966-
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På den postmoderna vågen
- 2012
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Ingår i: Idrottsforum. - Malmö : Idrottsvetenskap, Lärarutbildningen, Malmö högskola. - 1652-7224.
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Recension (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Bäckström, Åsa, 1966-
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Understanding the fleshiness of knowing : Sensory ethnography as a way of examining teaching and knowing in physical education
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper discusses research about how knowing and teaching is formed as part of the physical activity of skateboarding. Through a four-year project in educations sciences focusing on the cross-roads of mind, body, place and learning, the sensory ethnography approach (Pink 2009) made it possible to explore how knowing was expressed by skateboard coaches in their teaching. The semi-structured character of skateboarding contributed with a setting were the moving body is central, but without the formalized educational framework. To begin with, this methodological approach foregrounded how perception and the senses were involved but also showed the need to go beyond the five-sense sensorium, particularly in relation to understanding the process of teaching and knowing balance and explosiveness, which are both crucial for skateboarding proficiency. Moreover, this research revealed the implications of reflective auto-ethnographic elements in the process of field-work. As a researcher it became apparent how this sensory embeddedness not only informed the research participants’ teaching and knowing, but also my own way of understanding the fleshiness of knowing. In this paper I will explore more deeply the question of the researcher’s route to knowing. To develop this discussion I will build on two existing approaches to defining kinesthetic empathy (Sklar 1998; Parviainen 2003) to suggest how this concept might inform our understandings of how learning is sensory and emplaced (Fors, et al, forthcoming), as well as socio-affective (Tomkins, 1962). In doing so I address related epistemological issues regarding the moving, learning and un/knowing body (e.g. Moyal Sharrock, 2004).
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- Gustafsson, Henrik, et al.
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Hope and athlete burnout : Stress and affect as mediators
- 2013
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Ingår i: Psychology of Sport And Exercise. - : Elsevier. - 1469-0292 .- 1878-5476. ; 14:5, s. 640-649
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- ObjectiveIn this study we examined the relationship between trait hope and burnout in elite junior soccer players and whether stress and positive and negative affect mediated this relationship.MethodsParticipants were 238 Swedish soccer players (166 males, 71 females; one did not indicate gender) aged 15–19 years who completed questionnaires measuring trait hope, perceived stress, positive and negative affect, and athlete burnout (i.e., emotional/physical exhaustion, a reduced sense of accomplishment, and sport devaluation).ResultsBivariate correlations were consistent with hope theory contentions indicating significant negative relationships between hope and all three burnout dimensions. The relationship between hope and emotional/physical exhaustion was fully mediated by stress and positive affect. For sport devaluation and reduced sense of accomplishment, stress and positive affect partially mediated the relationship with hope. In contrast, negative affect did not mediate the relationship between hope and any of the burnout dimensions.ConclusionThe results support earlier findings that hope is negatively related to athlete burnout. Support was also found for the hypothesis that high hope individuals would experience less stress and therefore less burnout. Promoting hope may be relevant in reducing the likelihood of this detrimental syndrome.
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