Conference on Educational Sciences
Menntakvika, the annual conference of the School of Education, University of Iceland, was held on Friday, October 22, 2010. 167 scholars and experts presented papers in 44 seminars on a variety of topics related to education. The conference is intended to present and communicate the latest research, innovation and development in the field of upbringing and education each year.

Conference proceedings by Netla and the School of Education
The conference proceedings of Netla – Menntakvika 2010 are published by Netla – Online Journal on Pedagogy and EducationMagazine and the School of Education, University of Iceland. The editorial board of the conference proceedings was composed of Ingvar Sigurgeirsson, editor, Freyja Hreinsdóttir, Guðný Guðbjörnsdóttir, Gretar L. Marinósson, Ólafur Proppé and Róbert Berman. The publication was carried out in collaboration with the editorial board by Edda Kjartansdóttir, Kristín Erla Harðardóttir, Svanhildur Kr. Sverrisdóttir (project manager) and Torfi Hjartarson. Many others contributed to the reading of the articles.

The following are 55 articles by 77 authors based on talks at Menntakvik in 2010, of which 25 are peer-reviewed articles that are subject to editorial control and blind peer review by two experts and 30 are edited articles that are subject to editorial control and review by one expert.

All articles are accessible in the University of Iceland’s electronic archive, Skemman

Peer reviewed articles in English: 

Anna Jeeves
English at Secondary School: Perceptions of Relevance

Ásrún Jóhannsdóttir
English in the 4th grade in Iceland: Exploring exposure and measuring vocabulary size of 4th grade students

Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir og Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir
Coping with English at University: Students’ Beliefs

Guðný Guðbjörnsdóttir
The uses and challenges of the “New literacies”: Web 2.0 in education and innovation

Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir og Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
Coping with English at Tertiary Level: Instructors’ Views

Samúel Lefever
English skills of young learners in Iceland: “I started talking English when I was 4 years old. It just bang… just fall into me”

Edited article in English:

Michael Dal
Digital video production and task based language learning

All articles: 

All articles in this special edition publication