Associate Professor

Mathias Brekke Mandelid

Field of work

Mathias Brekke Mandelid is employed at the University College of Western Norway and the University of Southeast Norway. Mandelid has a PhD in pedagogy and was previously head of the Center for Physically Active Learning where he worked on developing continuing education. His research interests range from physical activity to pedagogy, as well as how national and international educational policy influences research and practice.

Publications

  • E51: Fysisk aktiv læring miniserie del 3: Samarbeidsbasert forskning og utvikling i skole.

    Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Tommy Rugseth, Tone Olsen, Anette Alstrup (2025)
  • Physical activity and content in a variety of physically active learning: an observational case study of real-world practices

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Michael Sæther Reinboth, Geir Kåre Resaland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda (2025)
  • Implementation Outcomes and Recommendations of Two Physical Activity Interventions: Results from the Danish ACTIVE SCHOOL Feasibility Study

    Lise Sohl Jeppesen, Jesper Sandfeld, Søren Smedegaard, Glen Nielsen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Malene Norup Stolpe (2025)
  • Physical activity and content in a variety of physically active learning: an observational case study of real-world practices

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Michael Sæther Reinboth, Geir Kåre Resaland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda (2025)
  • Praktisk og aktiv ungdomsskule – et blikk for fortid og framtid

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid (2024)
  • Ungdomsmeldingen: gamle ideer gir fortsatt nye muligheter

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid (2024)
  • Beyond Borders: Developing the Core Aspects of Physically Active Learning Enactment (CAPAbLE) Model in the Third Space

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Jan-Michael Johansen, Geir Kåre Resaland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Andy Daly-Smith, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland (2024)
  • Physically active learning in Norwegian schools – experiences from a collaborative action research approach.

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Geir Kåre Resaland, Miranda Thurston, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda (2024)
  • Methodological issues with accelerometer-assessed physical activity levels during physically active learning

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Michael Sæther Reinboth, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Geir Kåre Resaland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda (2024)
  • Organizing inclusive physically active learning environments: descriptions from a collaborative action research project

    Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Geir Kåre Resaland, Michael Sæther Reinboth (2024)
  • En modell for fysisk aktiv læring.

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Jan-Michael Johansen (2024)
  • Fra praksis til teori - en pedagogisk modell for fysisk aktiv læring.

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid (2024)
  • Fra praksis til teori - en pedagogisk modell for fysisk aktiv læring.

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid (2024)
  • E49:Fysisk aktiv læring miniserie del 2: FAL-modellen.

    Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid, Tone Olsen, Tommy Rugseth (2024)
  • Learning through movement in school: what about body insecurity?

    Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid, Michael Sæther Reinboth, Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes (2024)
  • E47: Fysisk aktiv læring miniserie del 1: fysisk aktivitet i skole.

    Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid (2024)
  • Skolevegring kan møtes med fysisk aktiv læring.

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid (2024)
  • Introduction: Walking the Talk: Implementing Physically Active Learning and Whole School Physical Activity

    Andy Daly-Smith, Mathias Mandelid, Anna Chalkley (2024)
  • Workplace-based continuing professional development program for physically active learning: designing a framework and prospective directions

    Mathias Mandelid, Espen Søreide Dyngeland, Ståle Bye Teslo, Øystein Lerum, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Eirik Sørnes Jenssen (2024)
  • Whole-school physical activity levels in primary and secondary schools - a descriptive case-study in real-world contexts

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid, Michael Sæther Reinboth, Geir Kåre Resaland, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda (2024)
  • Finding the sweet spot of physically active learning: A need for co-ownership by public health and education

    Anna Chalkley, Mathias Mandelid, Miranda Thurston, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Jade Lynne Morris, Jouni Kallio (2024)
  • Pupils’ experiences of affordances in school-based physical activity in Norway and Estonia

    Eirini Pardali, Ingrid Koni, Egle Säre, Getter Marie Lemberg, Evelin Mäestu, Merike Kull (2024)
  • Pupils' experiences of affordances in school-based physical activity programs in Norway and Estonia.

    Eirini Pardali, Ingrid Koni, Egle Säre, Getter Marie Lemberg, Evelin Mäestu, Merike Kull (2023)
  • En pedagogisk modell for fysisk aktiv læring.

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid (2023)
  • It's the journey, not the arrival that matters – Teachers' perceptions of their practice after participating in a continuing professional development program in physically active learning

    Ståle Bye Teslo, Eirik S. Jenssen, Miranda Thurston, Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Geir Kåre Resaland, Anna Chalkley (2023)
  • Fysisk aktiv læring og inkluderende læringsmiljø

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Brekke Mandelid (2023)
  • Reframing physically active learning as movement-centred pedagogy: a European priority action framework

    Anna Chalkley, Mathias Mandelid, Amika Singh, Geir Kåre Resaland, Andy Daly-Smith (2023)
  • The relationship between motivational regulations and physical activity levels during physically active lessons among 6th and 8th grade adolescents.

    Michael Sæther Reinboth, Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Miranda Thurston, Geir Kåre Resaland (2023)
  • Physical activity during physically active lessons: expectations vs reality.

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid, Michael Sæther Reinboth, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Miranda Thurston, Geir Kåre Resaland (2023)
  • Senter for fysisk aktiv læring: Sluttrapport 2018-2023

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Espen Søreide Dyngeland, Rasmus Stokke, Tom Christian Wergeland, Marion Østenstad Sandal, Hege Stein (2023)
  • “Just because it's fun, it's not without purpose”: Exploring the blurred lines of physically active learning

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Miranda Thurston, Michael Sæther Reinboth, Geir Kåre Resaland, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland (2023)
  • Approaching physically active learning as a multi, inter, and transdisciplinary research field

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid (2023)
  • Teachers’ sensemaking of physically active learning: A qualitative study of primary and secondary school teachers participating in a continuing professional development program in Norway

    Ståle Bye Teslo, Miranda Thurston, Øystein Lerum, Mathias Mandelid, Eirik S. Jenssen, Geir Kåre Resaland (2023)
  • Fysisk aktivitet i fag og inkluderende læringsmiljø

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid (2023)
  • Physical active learning in school - a cooperative action research approach

    Mathias Mandelid, Jan-Michael Johansen (2022)
  • Unpacking physically active learning in education: a movement didaktikk approach in teaching?

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Geir Kåre Resaland, Øystein Lerum, Ståle Bye Teslo, Anna Chalkley, Amika Singh (2022)
  • Pupils' experiences of affordances in school-based physical activity programs in Norway and Estonia

    Eirini Pardali, Ingrid Koni, Egle Säre, Getter Marie Lemberg, Evelin Mäestu, Merike Kull (2022)
  • Fysisk aktivitet i fag og inkluderende læringsmiljø

    Jan-Michael Johansen, Mathias Mandelid (2022)
  • Vurdering i kroppsøving for livslang friluftslivsglede

    Mathias Mandelid, Kristian Abelsen, Petter Erik Leirhaug (2022)
  • “Go beyond your own comfort zone and challenge yourself”: A comparison on the use of physically active learning in Norway, the Netherlands and the UK

    Anna Chalkley, Mathias Mandelid, Miranda Thurston, Andy Daly-Smith, Amika Singh, Irma Huiberts (2022)
  • Physically Active Learning in the Norwegian context

    Mathias Mandelid (2022)
  • Why should teachers values matter in Physically Active Learning research?

    Mathias Mandelid (2022)
  • Fysisk aktiv læring i matematikkundervisninga

    Mathias Mandelid, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Mona Røsseland, Geir Kåre Resaland (2022)
  • The European Physical Active Learning Teacher Training Curriculum

    Andy Daly-Smith, Claus Løgstrup Ottesen, Mathias Mandelid, Jesper Von Seelen, Nikolaj Trautner, Geir Kåre Resaland (2021)
  • Vurdering for livslang friluftslivsglede i faget kroppsøving

    Mathias Brekke Mandelid, Kristian Abelsen, Petter Erik Leirhaug (2021)