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„Moving in the dark“: Exploring representations of refugee youth through Icelandic public policy documents and teachers narratives

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Eva Harðardóttir & Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir. „Moving in the dark“: Exploring representations of refugee youth through Icelandic public policy documents and teachers narratives – Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration, 14(3), 2018 Abstract In spite of the fact that Iceland accepts fewer refugees then other European countries, the number of young refugees in Iceland has […]

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Differentiation in middle-class identities, values and repsonses

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Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir. Differentiation in middle-class identities, values and repsonses – Global perspectives on education research An important part of being middle-class has been based on having access to exclusive educational and cultural activities. Studies have revealed that the idea of a good school is conflated with its class and ethnic intake where parents tend

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Deregulation, privatisation and marketisation of Nordic comprehensive education: social changes reflected in schooling

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Dovemark, M., Kosunen, S., Kauko, J., Magnúsdóttir, B., Hansen, P. & Rasmussen, P. Deregulation, privatisation and marketisation of Nordic comprehensive education: social changes reflected in schooling – Education Inquiry The Nordic countries are often perceived as a coherent group representing the Nordic model of welfare states, with a strong emphasis on the public provision of

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“Between a rock and a hard place“: Teachers’ experience of professional autonomy for inclusive practice with 14-16 year old students at compulsory school level in Iceland

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Guðbjörg Ólafsdóttir & Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir. “Between a rock and a hard place“: Teachers’ experience of professional autonomy for inclusive practice with 14-16 year old students at compulsory school level in Iceland – Netla Inclusive education is based on core values of human rights, democracy and equality. The research question is inspired by the authors’

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“Then it is crucial to get some external person with respectability to the meetings”: Mothering practices and collaboration with teachers and professionals to secure their autistic children’s schooling and professional services – Bourdieusian class analysis

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Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir, & Helga Hafdís Gísladóttir.  “Then it is crucial to get some external person with respectability to the meetings”: Mothering practices and collaboration with teachers and professionals to secure their autistic children’s schooling and professional services – Bourdieusian class analysis –  Netla In Iceland, social class is an understudied field of research in terms

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‘Too special’ for the self-contained special-education programs in Icelandic upper-secondary education

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Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir, Helga Þórey Júlíusdóttir & Kristín Björnsdóttir. Framhaldsskóli ‘Too special’ for the self-contained special-education programs in Icelandic upper-secondary education – Netla The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture established a segregated self-contained special education program at the Technical College of Reykjavik (upper-secondary level) in the year 2008. Originally, the program was only

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Education for Democracy, Citizenship and Social Justice: The Case of Iceland

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Brynja E. Halldórsdóttir, Ólafur Páll Jónsson & Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir. Education for Democracy, Citizenship and Social Justice: The Case of Iceland – The Palgrave International Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Social Justice Iceland has a unique history of democratic tendencies with a colonial twist. It was settled in the ninth century but became a

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Spouseless foremothers: Changes in the lives of women after divorce

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Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir. Spouseless foremothers: Changes in the lives of women after divorce – Irma Erlingsdóttir, Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir, Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir og Sólveig Anna Bóasdóttir (Ritstj.), Fléttur IV – Margar myndir ömmu This chapter contains sociological analysis and historical narrative concerning the grandmothers of the author’s father. They were born around 1880, and were in

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School without segregation: Conflicting poles, dominant currents and policies within the field of research

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Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir. School without segregation: Conflicting poles, dominant currents and policies within the field of research – Dóra S Bjarnason, Ólafur Páll Jónsson & Hermína Gunnþórsdóttir (Ed.), Skóli margbreytileikans – menntun og manngildi í kjölfar Salamanca In this article, the aim is to provide insight into the different discourse worlds that fall under inclusive

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Privatization of early childhood education in Iceland

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Kristín Dýrfjörð & Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir. Privatization of early childhood education in Iceland – Research in Comparative and International Education The overall aim of this paper is to give a comprehensive picture of the marketization of early childhood education in Iceland. Our theoretical framework is based on Hursh’s (2007) analysis of how the governance of

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