Background and experience
Kristian Abelsen is a lecturer at the Department of Teacher Education and Outdoor Studies. He has worked at NIH since 2009. Kristian worked for three years (1998-2001) as a project teacher at Ila secondary school in Oslo, with responsibility for developing and implementing outdoor school (uteskole) and interdisciplinary and mulitydiciplinary teaching projects. His master´s thesis (2002) was conducted in the same period and investigated outdoor school (uteskole) and teacher professionalism. For seven years (2001-2008) Kristian worked as a teacher in sport and outdoor education at Rønningen Folkehøgskole (Oslo).
Areas of responsibility
Kristian is teaching and doing research at the Department of Teacher Education and Outdoor Studies
Teaching
Outdoor education in school. Slow friluftsliv. Outdoor education and social and personal development. Outdoor education, pedagogy, didactics and professional development.
Research
Outdoor education in school and teacher education. The concept of slow friluftsliv (outdoor activity). Outdoor education, pedagogy, didactics and professional development.
Projects
No ongoing projects