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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
NSY0156130
Teaching natural sciences and mathematics to younger children
Career
1997
UNAK, Associate professor
Research
2024
Sjálfsprottinn leikur með stafrænan og skapandi efnivið í leikskóla
2024
The preschool teachers’ union in Iceland: a critical analysis of influence and challenges
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
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