2010
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-010-9163-7
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A University Program with “The Whole World as a Focus”: An Icelandic Response to Globalization

Abstract: The International Studies in Education program at the University of Iceland illustrates how one university is responding to global trends in higher education. Through a case study we examined the significance of an innovative B.A. program, which is taught in English, aligned with values affirmed in critical multiculturalist scholarship, and designed to respond to demographic changes including a sharp increase in Iceland's immigrant population. The experience of students, teachers, and administrators raises imp… Show more

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“…Several research studies (Books, Ragnarsdóttir, Jónsson, & Macdonald, 2011;Rag-narsdóttir & Blöndal, 2007 have been conducted at the School of Education in the University of Iceland to investigate the positive outcomes of culturally responsive teaching methods and immigrant students' experiences of the learning environment. The results of the studies show the importance of implementing culturally responsive teaching methods and indicate that this approach serves the significant goal of making education accessible to everyone.…”
Section: Culturally Responsive Teachingmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Several research studies (Books, Ragnarsdóttir, Jónsson, & Macdonald, 2011;Rag-narsdóttir & Blöndal, 2007 have been conducted at the School of Education in the University of Iceland to investigate the positive outcomes of culturally responsive teaching methods and immigrant students' experiences of the learning environment. The results of the studies show the importance of implementing culturally responsive teaching methods and indicate that this approach serves the significant goal of making education accessible to everyone.…”
Section: Culturally Responsive Teachingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The majority of the participants who experienced some dimensions of culturally responsive teaching, such as an ability to express their own thoughts, being able to use their previous experiences and knowledge and create a link between formal education and life were students in the School of Education, University of Iceland. This pattern could be explained by the current emphasis on the culturally responsive teaching methods and multicultural education in the School of Education and teachers' high level of the awareness of diverse students' needs (see also Books et al, 2011;Ragnarsdóttir & Blöndal, 2007.…”
Section: Students' Experiences Of Culturally Responsive Teaching and mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Responding to the perceived need caused by these rapidly changing demographics, professors from the faculty of Education Studies of the School of Education (SoE) developed a programme tailored specifically for recent migrants (Books, Ragnarsdóttir, Jónsson, & Macdonald, 2010). Within the SoE (then the Icelandic University of Education), the introduction of the programme in 2008 by the vice rector for teaching, sought to empower future teachers and education professionals as active participants in Icelandic and international contexts, and in diverse educational settings (Books et al, 2010). The inaugural year of the programme coincided with two major changes: the merger of the University of Iceland and the Icelandic University of Education on July 1st 2008, and the national and global economic crash.…”
Section: History Of the Isep: A Social Justice Responsementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The programme promoted access to higher education for students who had relocated and settled in Iceland (Books et al, 2010). It was a response to the limited availability of HE for migrant students and the need to provide opportunities for students who had not acquired enough Icelandic to attend more traditional courses at the university.…”
Section: History Of the Isep: A Social Justice Responsementioning
confidence: 99%
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