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Cynthia Trililani; Annadís Greta Rúdólfsdóttir; Kristiina Brunila – Whiteness and Education, 2024
Despite the diversity and inclusion efforts of higher education institutions, immigrant and minority students frequently experience marginalisation that adversely affects their academic progress. In this article, we examine the under-researched population of immigrant women in Icelandic universities. Drawing on the intersectionality perspective,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Females, College Students, Student Experience
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Thorkelsdóttir, Rannveig Björk – Research in Drama Education, 2023
The aim of this article is to shed light on how students experience drama lessons and school performance when drama is part of the school curriculum. Within a sociocultural framework of understanding, an ethnographic study was conducted on the culture and context of drama implementation in two schools in Iceland. The students talk about drama…
Descriptors: Drama Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education
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Buli-Holmberg, Jorun; Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten; Morken, Ivar; Hjörne, Eva – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
The qualitative literature review includes 34 articles published in English-language, peer-reviewed journals to obtain a Nordic perspective on the status of the research on how the idea of inclusion implemented into practice is reflected in the literature from 2009 through 2019. Qualitative content analysis was conducted. In the analysis, we…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Definitions
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Bjarnadóttir, Valgerður S.; Geirsdóttir, Guðrún – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2018
In light of the emphasis on student influence in the current educational landscape in Iceland and internationally, this article explores how students experience their opportunities to exert influence over their everyday schooling. Thus, the paper contributes to an understanding of what an emphasis on student influence entails for students and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Experience, Influences
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Jónsson, Ívar Rafn; Geirsdóttir, Guðrún – Assessment Matters, 2020
Assuming that the quality of assessment for learning (AfL) is, to some extent, bound by the context of the assessment culture it thrives in, it becomes important to understand students' experiences of the cultural characteristics that are regarded as valuable for their learning. The purpose of this study is to explore and compare students'…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Student Evaluation, Secondary School Students, Educational Environment
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Sortkaer, Bent – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
In this article I describe teacher-student feedback as an active process shaped by both the teacher and the student and argue that feedback is influenced by students' unique experiences and socialisation. Drawing on sociological theories on interaction and communication, I argue that the type and quality of the teacher-student feedback perceived…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Correlation, Student Attitudes, Socioeconomic Status
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Benediktsson, Artem Ingmar; Ragnarsdottir, Hanna – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The paper is part of the qualitative research project Educational Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges for Immigrants in University Education in Iceland, conducted in Iceland's three biggest universities. The main goal of the paper is to investigate immigrant students' experiences of communication with teachers during the learning process and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, College Students, Student Experience, Foreign Countries