Höfundar: Karolina Kuncevičiūtė and Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson. This article focuses on the challenges and difficulties faced by the Lithuanian teaching profession in primary schools. It asks how the post-Soviet educational reforms in Lithuania …

Höfundur: Sue E. Gollifer. Despite national education policy that presents human rights as a core curriculum concern, education systems seem to resist the introduction of new content areas. This is not only worrying but …

Höfundar: Patricia Segura Valdes and Jórunn Elídóttir. This article reports an action research project on how democratic values implemented in teaching promote the awareness and sensitivity of social values. The research aimed to …

Höfundar: Brynja E. Halldórsdóttir and Susan E. Gollifer. A special programme at the Univeristy of Iceland aims to provide educational opportunities for a diverse student population in the Icelandic higher educational context. The …

Höfundur: Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir. Over the last 20 years the use of methods of innovation and entrepreneurial education have been developing in Iceland, as well as other countries. Australia has developed a curricular …

Höfundar: Gerd Grimsæth and Bjørg Oddrun Hallås When travelling ideas meet local contexts: Norwegian teachers trying out ‘lesson study’ In the fields of school reform and teacher development, certain ‘globally travelling ideas’ have …

Höfundar: Hróbjartur Árnason and Halla Valgeirsdóttir. The fact that adults chose to spend otherwise free time on participating in adult education courses used to fascinate researchers. But when lifelong learning was discovered to …

Höfundar: Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir and Julie Davis. The ideas for the Lone Pine childcare centre build on the Reggio Emilia philosophy of the whole community raising the child and respecting children’s strengths and …

Höfundar: Gunnar Börkur Jónasson, Allyson Macdonald and Guðrún Kristinsdóttir. The purpose of this study was to analyse forces affecting teacher education in Iceland around the time of upgrading from secondary to university level. …

Höfundar: Fuhui Chen and Hanna Ragnarsdóttir. The aim of this study is to explore what situations immigrant single-parent families face in Iceland, their process of integration into Icelandic society and the educational experiences …

Höfundar: Bjørg Oddrun Hallås, Torunn Herfindal and Hege Wergedahl. Detailed knowledge about physical activity (PA) in both school and leisure time is of great importance in order to promote children’s health. This study …

Höfundar: Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir and Patricia Prinz. Recently, the Department of English at the University of Iceland developed a series of special writing courses designed to enhance students’ English academic proficiency. One of the …

Höfundur: Allyson Macdonald. The aim of this case study is to identify factors that influenced the research culture and the emerging research ethos in the Iceland University of Education (i. Kennaraháskóli Íslands) formed in …

Höfundar: Þuríður Jóhannsdóttir [Thurídur Jóhannsdóttir]. The article describes the origin of a distance programme for teachers first offered at the Iceland University of Education in 1993 in response to a lack of qualified …

Höfundur: Anna Jeeves Ágrip: The paper reports a qualitative study on perceived relevance of secondary school English studies in Iceland. Interviews with secondary school and university students as well as young people in …

20.3.2009 Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir Using knowledge creatively This article tells a story of two innovation education teachers in Iceland. Innovation education is a compulsory school subject in Iceland, somewhat similar to design and …

20.9.2008 Guðrún Kristinsdóttir Doing a research plan – structure or chaos? Contrasts and conflicts in the proximity of creativity The article discusses the construction and value of the research plan and the necessity …

17.10.2007 Anna Ólafsdóttir Change agents in the contemporary university: How do forces of change such as ICT impact upon developments and quality within higher education systems? The article seeks to illuminate how ICT, …

27.6.2005 Gretar L. Marinósson Research on Special Education in Iceland 1970-2002 The article gives an overview of research on special education in Iceland from 1970 to 2002. Documentation on research in this area …

27.12.2004 Sólveig Jakobsdóttir Distributed Research in Distributed Education: How to Combine Research & Teaching Online This article focuses on why and how one can do “distributed research” in teacher education. Two studies using …

10.12.2004 Samuel C. Lefever ICT in teacher education: What an e-learning environment has to offer This study looks at an e-learning environment for distance education courses in an English language teaching program at …