Category Archives: Óflokkað

January 2022 - looking back to 2021

Posted on: 30/01/2022 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

Again 2021 was like previous year, defined by Covid. Academically it was relatively calm, but our only trip abroad was to NERA in Odense in November but was also connected to a very pleasant visit to Copenhagen, staying with Inge … Continue reading →

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(English) January 2021 - Looking back to 2020

Posted on: 03/01/2021 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

For Dísa and myself the Covid-19 2020 was very different - as for most people. Academically it was OK, socially not as bad as we feared and our domestic travels were superb, being nurtured by the Icelandic nature and our … Continue reading →

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(English) January 2020

Posted on: 11/01/2020 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

January 2020 - Looking back to 2019 Academically 2019 was an interesting year - and socially very pleasant. After the nice time with Dianne and David, Jakob and Birgitte visited us twice and J-C and Mary Lee came during the … Continue reading →

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(English) March 2019

Posted on: 12/03/2019 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

March 2019 Moving into 2019 looks good. Towards the end of 2018 I particpated with Ævar Kjartanson in ten hour long programmes under the heading Education and the future, where we invited a number of people to talk about different … Continue reading →

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(English) May 2018

Posted on: 18/05/2018 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

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(English) February 2018

Posted on: 27/02/2018 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

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Júlí 2017

Posted on: 07/07/2017 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

Þann 30. júní fór ég á eftirlaun úr prófessorsstarfi mínu við HÍ. Ég hafði starfað við HÍ frá haustinu 1977 þegar varð stundakennari og hafði að hálfu leiðsögn með verklegri kennslu í eðlisfræði og að hálfu kenndi ég hugfræði og … Continue reading →

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Sumar 2017

Posted on: 23/06/2017 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

NERA ráðstefnan í Kaupmannahöfn í mars var góð, Ulead í Banff í apríl einnig mjög góð - gott sambland fræða og praktíkur. Vorið hefur verið annasamt með verkefni í Færeyjum, Gautaborg, Osló og svo talsvert af verkefnum hér heima. Gott … Continue reading →

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Mars

Posted on: 22/03/2017 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

Verð á NERA í Kaupmannahöfn lok mars Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir flytur pappír, sem ég er einnig skráður fyrir: Responses of upper secondary school leaders in Iceland to a new curriculum in an ostensibly decentralized system. Erindið er byggt á doktorsverkefni hennar … Continue reading →

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Heimsókn Samuel Abrams

Posted on: 12/01/2017 by Jón Torfi Jónasson

Samuel Abrams has a stop-over in Iceland and presents his book. Samuel Abrams er höfundur bókarinnar Education and the Commercial Mindset sem var gefin út 2016. Þar rekur hann sögu einkavæðinga hugmynda skólastarfs í Bandaríkjunum og ræðir þróunina á Norðurlöndunum … Continue reading →

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