Faculty of Education

Kristín Dýrfjörð

Associate Professor
552 6365 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
KNL1510160
Teaching Methods and Assessment in Preschools

Career

1997
UNAK, Associate professor

Research

2025
The hegemony of a literacy programme for preschool children in Iceland: how and why Lubbi became Iceland’s favourite
2025
Paving the way for slow pedagogy: leadership lessons from Icelandic preschools
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