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School Leaders within the Icelandic Education System: Complex Roles, Multilevel Relations, and Fragmented Support
The tasks and roles of school leaders in Iceland have changed in parallel with a steady and constant development taking place within the education...
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Middle Leaders in the Schools
There is increasing recognition of the contribution of middle leadership to the improvement of learning outcomes of diverse groups of learners....
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Middle Leaders in the Schools
There is increasing recognition of the contribution of middle leadership to the improvement of learning outcomes of diverse groups of learners....
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The nurse teacher’s pedagogical cooperation with students, the clinical learning environment and supervision in clinical practicum: a European cross-sectional study of graduating nursing students
BackgroundA supportive clinical practicum experience may enhance the successful transition and socialization to working life of graduating nursing...
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The OECD and the Field of Knowledge Brokers in Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic Education Policy
In this chapter, the authors look at the extent to which the OECD and national institutions function as data-driven knowledge brokers in the sha**...
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Policy Demands, Expectations, and Changed Leadership Roles During the COVID-19 Crisis: Critical Comparative Case Studies from Denmark and Iceland
The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education has been considerable and Nordic countries were not excluded. The everyday operations and...
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Principals’ Roles in a Nordic Education Context: Shared Responsibility and Pedagogical Engagement
The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss the role of Nordic school principals in a cross-national context and to highlight the...
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Principals’ Autonomy in the Nordic Countries: Governing Positions, Responsibilities, and Expectations
Growing political expectations exist for educational leaders in terms of their efforts to enhance students’ outcomes and apply education as a tool in...
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Principals’ Preparation and Professional Development in Nordic Countries
Principals in Nordic countries face increasing and changing demands in their work that have transformed the expectations of their knowledge and...
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The Impact of the University on Upper Secondary Education through Academic Subjects According to School Leaders’ Perceptions
When considering the organizational analysis of education, in particular of schools, some scholars have argued that the lack of an institutional...
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Opportunities and Challenges That Silent Video Tasks Bring to the Mathematics Classroom
This chapter provides readers with a new perspective on how short, animated video clips can be used in the mathematics classroom to elicit, attend...
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Fostering Professional Development for Inclusive Education in Rural Iceland: A Collaborative Action Research Project
This chapter discusses collaborative action research carried out by the authors while preparing and teaching a professional development course to...
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Diversity and development of Indigenous rehabilitation professional student identity
BackgroundIn Canada, disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples continue to exist in health and education because of the past and...
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The Intricacies of Educational Development in Iceland: Stability or Disruption?
The chapter will explore the development of the Icelandic education system by using a twofold historical perspective. More specifically, the analysis...
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Environmental trust? Sustainability and renewables policy and practice in the school years
The mobilisation of young people is an essential part of attempts to mitigate the effects of climate change. This position paper investigates matches...
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Why Should People Outside the Nordic Region Be Interested in Teacher Education in the Nordic Region?
The Nordic region consists of five northern European countries—Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland—along with their autonomous territories:...
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Critical Potential of Nordic School Leadership Research
Nordic governments often use phrases like this in education policy discussions. They are vague and serve as fluid signifiers that everybody can...
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English at the University of Iceland: Students’ Perceptions and Practices
This chapter describes the consequences of the three-way tension between (1) the extramural conversational English uptake of most Icelanders, (2) the...
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The Lessons of COVID for Climate Pedagogy with Young People: Learning to Navigate Urgency
Young people are currently emerging as political citizens into a world dominated by intersecting global crises, from the COVID pandemic to the...
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From Start to Finish: A Man of Many Parts
This chapter is an exploration of Stephen Harris’s journey from his graduation from university to his death in August 2020 in TamworthTamworth, NSW,...