Selection for whom? Upper secondary school choice in the light of social justice

E Eiríksdóttir, KS Blöndal, G Ragnarsdóttir - Governance and choice of …, 2022 - Springer
The education policy in Iceland emphasises inclusive and comprehensive education for all,
and upper secondary schooling is open to all students throughout their lifetime. However …

School leaders' actions and hybridity when carrying out reform and confronting teachers' responses: Institutional and organisational perspectives

G Ragnarsdóttir - Education Inquiry, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In 2008, Iceland launched policy reform in upper secondary education. This paper
elucidates how upper secondary school leaders acted when leading reform and confronting …

Generic or subject-specific? A survey comparing Dutch secondary school visual art teachers' early-career experiences to teacher experiences in non-arts subjects

M O'Brien Braun, IE Oosterheert… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study compared visual art teachers' experiences of generic early-career professional
identity dilemmas with experiences of dilemmas arising from subject-specific concerns. In …

Cascading effect of upper secondary education policy reform: the experiences and perspectives of university teachers

M Jónasdóttir, G Ragnarsdóttir, E Eiríksdóttir - Education Inquiry, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In 2014 the Icelandic government implemented a reform that reduced the time of all
academic programs of upper secondary education from an average of four years in duration …