Netla – Online Journal on Pedagogy and Education: Special edition 2018 – Secondary school in focus (Framhaldsskólinn í brennidepli)  is publisehd by Netla – Online Journal on Pedagogy and Education and the School of Education. Editors were Þuríður Jóna Jóhannsdóttir og Hjördís Þorgeirsdóttir. Katrín Johnson was responsible for the project management of the publication.

In this special issue are 11 peer reviewed articles (one in English) and 2 edited. In addition to a general manuscript review, they are read by the editorial board and peer-reviewed by two experts in the field of the subject. At least one of the experts does not work in the same field as the authors of the articles. Full anonymity is maintained during the peer review.

Published: 31.12.2018

Article in English

Valgerður S. Bjarnadóttir
Building bridges and constructing walls: Subject hierarchies as reflected in teachers’ perspectives towards student influence
This study aims to explore how teachers from various academic subjects and programmes describe their pedagogic practice. It draws on interviews with 16 upper secondary school teachers in Iceland, representing different schools and subjects. The study shows constructions of subject hierarchies in the schools and the findings mirror stereotypical notions of students´ capacity, with students enrolled in programmes other then the natural sciences being preceived by the teachers as lacking the ability to succeed in mathematics.

Here are all articles in this special issue