Skip to content
Study
Education
Degree seeking students
Polar Law
Natural Resource Science
Media Studies & Icelandic
Preschool Education & Icelandic
Modern Studies & Icelandic
Social Sciences & Icelandic
Exchange studies
Outgoing exchange studies
Partner schools
Instructions for OLA
Doctoral studies
Application
Applications
Information regarding applications
Admission requirements
Registration fee
Registration and student permit
English proficiency requirements
Exemptions
Information
Study in Akureyri
Flexible learning
Lifelong learning and education centres
Language of instruction
Living in Iceland
Living in Iceland
Housing for students
Student
New students
Important dates
Social media
Social life
Practical student information
Study information
Academic calendar
Registration for courses & examinations
Curriculum & course catalogue
Your online study center
Examinations
Regulations on course assessment
Graduation
Services & support
Service desk
Student registry
International office
Computer services
Student counselling services
Equal access to studies
Writing centre
Library and Information services
Facilities
Campus
Canteen
Fitness & exercise centre
Reading facilities
Research
About UNAK
University
History
UNAK in numbers
Number of students
Graduation
Staff
Research
Logo & images
Collaboration
Alumni association
Individual membership
Corporate membership
Quality Assurance
Schools & faculties
Humanities and Social Sciences
Employees
Centre of School Development
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Psychology
Handbook of graduate studies in psychology at the University of Akureyri
Faculty of Social Sciences
Health, Business and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Nursing
Employees
Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences
Employees
Faculty of Occupational Therapy
Employees
Faculty of Business Administration
Employees
Faculty of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences
Employees
Employees
Governance
Rector
Rector’s Office
University Council
University Assembly
University Office
Laws and regulations
Organization
Code of Ethics
Councils and committees
On campus
Campus map
Security issues
Sustainability
Human resource
Find staff
Open positions
MA student position at the Faculty of Psychology
Communication agreement
Strategies & policies
Future Vision until 2023
Environmental and Climate Policy
Gender Equality Plan
Human Resource Strategy
Language Policy
Personal data protection
Electronic surveillance at the University of Akureyri
Strategy on Equal Access to Studies and Work
Quality assurance policy
Wage strategy
Íslenska
Find staff
Ugla
Search
Faculty of Education
Kristín Dýrfjörð
Associate Professor
552 6365
dyr@unak.is
Website
Location
Utan skólans / Off Campus
Specialisation
Early childhood education
Slow pedagogy
Neoliberalism - policy studies
Makerspacese
Sciences and early childhood
Sustainability and education
Research portal - Kristín Dýrfjörð
General information
Courses
VSM0156240
Science Workshop
VSM0156240
Science Workshop
Career
1997
UNAK, Associate professor
Research
2024
The preschool teachers’ union in Iceland: a critical analysis of influence and challenges
2024
Sjálfsprottinn leikur með stafrænan og skapandi efnivið í leikskóla
2024
Principals’ financial and pedagogical challenges when choosing programs and educational materials: the scope of the private education industry for preschools
2023
Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC
2023
Barnstýrðir matmálstímar „...nú má maður setjast bara einhvers staðar.“
2022
Preschool staff perceptions of leader capabilities during COVID-19 early stage in Iceland
2022
Preschool staff perceptions of leader capabilities during COVID-19 early stage in Iceland
2021
Upplifun barna af leikskóladvöl „Stundum er maður lengi í leikskólanum, en ekki alltaf“
2021
Upplifun barna af leikskóladvöl: Stundum er maður lengi í leikskólanum, en ekki alltaf“
2021
Parental Engagement and Early Childhood Education Around the World
2021
Digital Play Objects as Part of Preschool Children’s Imaginative Play
2020
Keeping Preschools Open During Covid-19: The Employees’ Perspective
2020
How did head teacher in Icelandic preschools manage their job during the pandemic: The employees’ view? (with Anna Elísu Hreiðrasdóttir.
2020
Mat leikskólabarna á þátttöku í tilviksrannsókn
2020
Sköpunarsmiðjur í menntun ungra barna: Reynsla og viðhorf starfsfólks skóla, safna og sköpunarsmiðja
2019
Makerspaces in formal and non-formal learning contexts in Iceland
2019
How think tanks and literacy policies can be used to analyze neoliberal influences on Icelandic preschools
2019
Preschool teachers’ working conditions in Iceland: Crisis in the making
2018
Early Childhood Education and Care in Iceland: The origin, influences, curriculum reforms, and possible paths
2016
Privatization of early childhood education in Iceland
2012
Infected with neo-liberalism: The new landscape of early childhood settings in Iceland
2011
Áhrif nýfrjálshyggju á íslenskt leikskólastarf.
2009
Þátttökuaðlögun nýtt aðlögunarform í leikskóla, ..
2006
Lýðræði í leikskólum
2006
Comparing practices and democracy in early childhood education
Did you find the content of this page helpful?
Yes
No
Reason
The content does not answer my question
There is wrong information on this page
To much content on this page
I don't understand the content, it is to complicated
Is there something else you would like to tell us
Cancel
Send
Library
Academic calendar
Map
Available jobs
Application
Register to mailing list HA
Your email address
Chat with us
, powered by
LiveChat