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Faculty of Education
Guðmundur Engilbertsson
Assistant Professor
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Sólborg
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Learning
Teaching
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Research portal - Guðmundur Engilbertsson
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Courses 2025 - 2026
LNÁ1510160
Literacy for Learning
MLE1510160
Language and Reading Difficulties
LES1505160
Literacy for Comprehension
MLE1510160
Language and Reading Difficulties
Education
University of Iceland, Ph.D. Doctoral studies
2010
University of Akureyri, M.Ed. Master program
1998
University of Akureyri, B.Ed. Teacher training
Career
2011
University of Akureyri, Assistant professor
2024 - 2026
University of Akureyri, Head of Faculty of Education
2019 - 2021
University of Akureyri, Head of Faculty of Education
2003 - 2011
University of Akureyri, Specialist, education
2003 - 2010
University of Akureyri, Adjunkt professor
1999 - 2004
Eyjafjordur music school, Music teacher
1998 - 2003
Þelamerkurskóli, Primary school teacher
Research
2025
Kennarinn sem rannsakandi: Myndupptökur í starfsþróun.
Book chapter
2025
Kennsla sem miðar að því að efla orðaforða nemenda.
Book chapter
2025
Áhrif leshömlunar á nám nemenda í grunnskóla og framhaldsskóla.
Journal article
2024
Skipulag og eftirfylgni stuðnings við lestur á yngsta stigi grunnskóla séð með augum læsisfræðinga.
Journal article
2023
Tengsl fræða og starfs í kennaramenntun: Sjónarhorn nema.
Journal article
2020
Snemmtæk íhlutun í lestrarnámi í 1. bekk.
Journal article
2019
"Er þetta hreinlega skandall eða þarf að lesa betur í niðurstöður?".
Conference paper
2019
Perceived Organizational Antecedents of Emerging Collaborative Learning Activities Among Icelandic Beginning Teachers.
Journal article
2019
Heimanám – gamall menningararfur á nýrri öld.
Conference paper
2019
NeuroPlus – áhrif tölvuleiks á virkni barna með ADHD.
Conference paper
2018
Notkun spjaldtölva í námi og kennslu grunnskólanemenda á yngsta stigi með áherslu á læsi [The Use of Tablet Computers in the Learning and Teaching of First Level Compulsory School Pupils with an Emphasis on Literacy].
Journal article
2018
Sjaldan fellur orðið langt frá blaðinu.
Conference paper
2018
Orð af orði og rannsóknir.
Conference paper
2018
Snemmtæk íhlutun í lestrarnámi.
Conference paper
2018
Snjallvefjan: tæknileg tækifæri.
Conference paper
2018
Mat nýliða á gagnsemi leiðsagnar í starfi kennara [New Teachers’ Opinions and Experiences Regarding the Support They Receive in Their First Year of Teaching].
Journal article
2018
Heimanám – nei hættu nú alveg!
Conference paper
2017
Fyrningar, fráfærur og hrútaþukl - mat á orðaforða.
Conference paper
2017
Orðaforði og hugtakakennsla á unglingastigi grunnskóla.
Conference paper
2016
Vísindalæsi og hugtakaforði: Kennsluaðferðir á unglingastigi.
Conference paper
2016
Mat á orðaforða í skólastarfi.
Conference paper
2016
Skilningur og lestraránægja.
Conference paper
2016
Orðaforði og hugtakakennsla í námsgreinum grunn- og framhaldsskóla.
Conference paper
2016
Gagnvirkur lestur: Ein gagnlegasta náms- og kennsluaðferð sem völ er á.
Conference paper
2016
Árangursríkar aðferðir í námi og kennslu: Læsi og námsárangur.
Conference paper
2016
Nýting miðla og upplýsinga í námi og háskólakennslu.
Conference paper
2016
Spjaldtölvur í skólastarfi – áætlun um innleiðingu.
Conference paper
2016
Viðhorf nemenda til rafræns námsumhverfis.
Conference paper
2015
Árangursríkar aðferðir í námi og kennslu.
Magazine article
2014
Designing and researching literacy intervention in primary school: Effects on vocabulary, reading and comprehension.
Conference paper
2014
Mentoring beginning teachers in Nordic countries: Icelandic data and analyses.
Conference paper
2011
Learning and Teaching Children's Literature in Europe - Final Report.
Report
2010
Fjölmennt á Akureyri.
Report
2010
Orð af orði - markviss efling orðaforða.
Magazine article
2009
Multicultural teaching in Manitoba (Canada), Norway and Iceland.
Book chapter
2009
Viðhorf foreldra til skólastarfs í grunnskólum Akureyrar 2008–2009.
Report
2009
Viðhorf kennara í grunnskólum Akureyrar til skólastarfs 2007–2008.
Report
2009
Viðhorf kennara í leikskólum Akureyrar til skólastarfs 2007–2008.
Report
2008
Fjölmennt á Akureyri.
Report
2007
An Exploration of Teachers' Pedagogy and Perceptions of Their Culturally Diverse Learners in Manitoba (Canada), Norway, and Iceland.
Journal article
2007
Fjölmenningarleg kennsla í Manitoba í Kanada, í Noregi og á Íslandi [Multicultural Teaching in Manitoba Canada, in Norway and Iceland].
Journal article
2005
Skóla- og æskulýðsmál í Vestmannaeyjum.
Report
2005
Yndislestur - bók er vina best.
Report
2004
Lesskimunarprófið Læsi.
Report
2004
Stóra upplestrarkeppnin.
Report
2002
Nýbreytni í hugsun [Innovative Thinking].
Journal article
Yndislestur - rannsóknir og reynsla.
Conference paper
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