Changes in Schooling Arrangements and in the Demographic and Social Profile of Teachers in Iceland, 1930–1960
This article examines the demographic and social profile of primary school teachers in Iceland over half a century, beginning with the introduction of mandatory elementary school attendance in 1908, with particular focus on changes between 1930 and 1960. During this period, Iceland developed from a...
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ftumeaunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/31 2023-05-15T16:46:41+02:00 Changes in Schooling Arrangements and in the Demographic and Social Profile of Teachers in Iceland, 1930–1960 Garðarsdóttir, Ólöf Guttormsson, Loftur 2014-05-05 application/pdf https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/njedh/article/view/31 eng eng Umeå University Library https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/njedh/article/view/31/15 https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/njedh/article/view/31 Copyright (c) 2014 Ólöf Garðarsdóttir, Loftur Guttormsson Nordic Journal of Educational History; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014); 7-20 2001-9076 2001-7766 teachers female teachers social origin urbanization ambulatory schools info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2014 ftumeaunivojs 2023-03-25T09:05:52Z This article examines the demographic and social profile of primary school teachers in Iceland over half a century, beginning with the introduction of mandatory elementary school attendance in 1908, with particular focus on changes between 1930 and 1960. During this period, Iceland developed from a rural to a predominantly urban society where most children attended classes in permanent school buildings, in contrast to the ambulatory schools most common at the outset. It is our hypothesis that these rapid social changes affected the composition of the teaching corpus in many ways, particularly as regards gender and class origin. Analysis shows that in the first half of the period, female teachers were more numerous in the capital of Reykjavík, and their social and educational status was higher than teachers outside the capital. Furthermore, female teachers in Reykjavík were less likely to marry and had longer teaching careers than their male colleagues. On the whole, the share of female teachers increased considerably between 1930 and 1960, by which time it had become easier for women to combine teaching with marriage. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Umeå University Library Hosted Journals Reykjavík |
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This article examines the demographic and social profile of primary school teachers in Iceland over half a century, beginning with the introduction of mandatory elementary school attendance in 1908, with particular focus on changes between 1930 and 1960. During this period, Iceland developed from a rural to a predominantly urban society where most children attended classes in permanent school buildings, in contrast to the ambulatory schools most common at the outset. It is our hypothesis that these rapid social changes affected the composition of the teaching corpus in many ways, particularly as regards gender and class origin. Analysis shows that in the first half of the period, female teachers were more numerous in the capital of Reykjavík, and their social and educational status was higher than teachers outside the capital. Furthermore, female teachers in Reykjavík were less likely to marry and had longer teaching careers than their male colleagues. On the whole, the share of female teachers increased considerably between 1930 and 1960, by which time it had become easier for women to combine teaching with marriage. |
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Changes in Schooling Arrangements and in the Demographic and Social Profile of Teachers in Iceland, 1930–1960 |
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Changes in Schooling Arrangements and in the Demographic and Social Profile of Teachers in Iceland, 1930–1960 |
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Changes in Schooling Arrangements and in the Demographic and Social Profile of Teachers in Iceland, 1930–1960 |
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Changes in Schooling Arrangements and in the Demographic and Social Profile of Teachers in Iceland, 1930–1960 |
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Changes in Schooling Arrangements and in the Demographic and Social Profile of Teachers in Iceland, 1930–1960 |
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Nordic Journal of Educational History; Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014); 7-20 2001-9076 2001-7766 |
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