Together with Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair and David Ball I have contributed with a chapter with the title Risky play and growing up: how to understand the overprotection of the next generation in this book: Check it out if you … Continue reading →

This Friday (March 9th, 2018) Rasmus Kleppe will orally defend his PhD thesis One-to-three-year-olds’ Risky Play in Early Childhood Education and Care: http://www.hioa.no/Hva-skjer/Rasmus-Glaerum-Kleppe-disputerer (scroll down for English summary) I am looking very much forward to Friday; to listen to Rasmus … Continue reading →

I have added information abut my new project under the heading “Research projects”. The project is called Competence for developing ECEC institutions’ indoor- and outdoor environments (EnCompetence) Here is a direct link: https://ellenbeatehansensandseter.com/fou-prosjekter/competence-for-developing-ecec-institutions-indoor-and-outdoor-environments-encompetence/ Ellen  

I have had the pleasure of being one of the editors of a wonderfully inspiring and large book about the recent knowledge and research on outdoor play and learning with contributions from various parts of the world! The handbook has … Continue reading →

“Injuries in Norwegian Early Childhood and Care (ECEC) Institutions” published in NORDIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESEARCH JOURNAL. (click the picture to access the article) Enjoy! Ellen

It has been a long time since my last update on this page. Busy times… Anyway. I would like to present two PhD students. They both have very interesting projects and I am trying to be a supervisor for them. … Continue reading →

The last weeks (and months?) there has been a debate about terminology when we talk about risky play and children’s risk-taking. I would like to share my view on this issue. First of all, I would not criticize anyone who … Continue reading →

I have published a new article together with my colleague Ole Johan Sando. It draws a rather negative picture of the development towards a more safety focused an restrictive perception of children’s play in Norwegian early childhood education and care … Continue reading →

Together with my colleague Monica Seland I have just published an article from the Children’s well-being and participation project. This article focuses on how their exeriences of activities and opportunity for participation in the ECEC daily life are related to … Continue reading →