Understanding drama teaching in compulsory education in Iceland: A micro-ethnographic study of the practices of two drama teachers

• Main Author: Thorkelsdóttir, Rannveig
• Other Authors: Anna-Lena Øster, Svanborg Rannveig Jónsdóttir, Uppeldis- og menntunarfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Education Studies (UI), Menntavísindasvið (HÍ), School of Education (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management Programme for Teacher Education 2016
• Subjects: Drama teaching practices; Practice architectures; Learning trajectories of teachers; Ethnography in education; Ecology model; Leiklistarkennsla; Grunnskólar; Starfshættir; Starfsþróun; Kennarar; Eigindlegar rannsóknir; Doktorsritgerðir; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/186

The rationale for this study is that drama was included in the national curriculum framework in Iceland for the first time in 2013. As a result, there were considerable tensions connected with how Icelandic schools could or should embrace this newcomer to the curriculum, whether the necessary compet...