Rannveig Björk Þorkelsdóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 6738239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rannveig Björk Þorkelsdóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rannveig Björk |
| FAMILY NAME | Þorkelsdóttir |
| SIGNATURE | ÞORKELSDÓTTIR R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1623-8297 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cultivating transnational preservice teachers’ and parents’ creative identity, self-efficacy and critical thinking dispositions through collective participation in creative arts
Arted’ was a 3-year transnational project involving partners across six European countries (England, Iceland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Austria). The project aimed to create more equitable creativity-for-wellbeing opportunities for children in primary and secondary schools, examining how creative practitioners’ knowledge could be transferred to teachers, preservice teachers and parents/carers through the co-production of interactive resources. Whil…
It really connects all participants” example of a playbuilding process through youth theatre-based competition in Iceland
The aim of this article is to shed light on how participation in Skrekkur (stage fright) can affect young people’s well-being and self-esteem. Through a playbuilding process, young people gain the opportunity to perform seven minutes of on-stage production, in Skrekkur, (English: stage fright), a youth theatre-based competition, for lower secondary schools in Reykjavík, Iceland. The research is grounded in the qualitative tradition, classified as…
‘In drama you can be anything … ’
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 being their favourite subject, and they believe that they are learning a lot. The students are affected t…
The Theatre of War
The aim of this study was to develop new knowledge about theatre as a form of and platform for learning in leadership development. We asked: How is theatre perceived as learning in leadership development? The context of our study was leadership training at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy, where a group of 14 leaders was given the assignment The Theatre of War: Planning and performing a five-act show for an audience of 50 people at the city …
The complex role of drama teaching and drama teachers’ learning trajectories in an Icelandic context
The aim of this article is to shed light on the complex role of drama teaching and drama teachers’ learning trajectories. Within a socio-cultural framework of understanding, an ethnographic study was conducted on the culture and context of drama implementation in schools. The theory of practice architectures by Stephen Kemmis and Peter Grootenboer is used to interpret the findings. The findings reveal that the learning trajectories of drama teach…
Drama and theatre in a Nordic curriculum perspective – a challenged arts subject used as a learning medium in compulsory education
The aim of this article is to present a Nordic curriculum perspective on drama and theatre in education ranging from preschool to upper secondary education and cultural schools. Underlined in the Nordic welfare model is an equity, inclusive and democracy perspective, which guarantees free access to compulsory education and to upper secondary education. How is drama/theatre presented and positioned in the national curriculum frameworks of the Nord…
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Drama and theatre in a Nordic curriculum perspective – a challenged arts subject used as a learning medium in compulsory education
The aim of this article is to present a Nordic curriculum perspective on drama and theatre in education ranging from preschool to upper secondary education and cultural schools. Underlined in the Nordic welfare model is an equity, inclusive and democracy perspective, which guarantees free access to compulsory education and to upper secondary education. How is drama/theatre presented and positioned in the national curriculum frameworks of the Nord…
The complex role of drama teaching and drama teachers’ learning trajectories in an Icelandic context
The aim of this article is to shed light on the complex role of drama teaching and drama teachers’ learning trajectories. Within a socio-cultural framework of understanding, an ethnographic study was conducted on the culture and context of drama implementation in schools. The theory of practice architectures by Stephen Kemmis and Peter Grootenboer is used to interpret the findings. The findings reveal that the learning trajectories of drama teach…
The Theatre of War
The aim of this study was to develop new knowledge about theatre as a form of and platform for learning in leadership development. We asked: How is theatre perceived as learning in leadership development? The context of our study was leadership training at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy, where a group of 14 leaders was given the assignment The Theatre of War: Planning and performing a five-act show for an audience of 50 people at the city …
‘In drama you can be anything … ’
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 being their favourite subject, and they believe that they are learning a lot. The students are affected t…
It really connects all participants” example of a playbuilding process through youth theatre-based competition in Iceland
The aim of this article is to shed light on how participation in Skrekkur (stage fright) can affect young people’s well-being and self-esteem. Through a playbuilding process, young people gain the opportunity to perform seven minutes of on-stage production, in Skrekkur, (English: stage fright), a youth theatre-based competition, for lower secondary schools in Reykjavík, Iceland. The research is grounded in the qualitative tradition, classified as…
Cultivating transnational preservice teachers’ and parents’ creative identity, self-efficacy and critical thinking dispositions through collective participation in creative arts
Arted’ was a 3-year transnational project involving partners across six European countries (England, Iceland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Austria). The project aimed to create more equitable creativity-for-wellbeing opportunities for children in primary and secondary schools, examining how creative practitioners’ knowledge could be transferred to teachers, preservice teachers and parents/carers through the co-production of interactive resources. Whil…
Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Creative Drama in Education (3 works) · Drama (3 works) · History (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works)