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Renata Emilsson Pesková - Assistant Professor
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School of Education
Renata Emilsson Pesková
Íslenska
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renata [at] hi.is
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Faculty of education and pedagogy
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Renata Emilsson Pesková - published work
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Renata Emilsson Pesková - Curriculum Vitae
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-5030
Research portal – Renata Emilsson Pesková
 
 
Courses 2024 - 2025
INT261L - Final project
ÍET102F - Teaching Icelandic as a second language
MAL104F - Inclusive education in a multicultural society: Theory and research
KME115F - Working in inclusive practices
MAL103F - Multilingualism and pedagogy
Education
2023
,
Viðbótardiplóma
,
University of Iceland
,
Teaching Studies for Higher Education
2021
,
PhD
,
University of Iceland
,
PhD
Professional Experience
2022 -
,
Assistant Professor,
School of Education, University of Iceland
2021 -
,
Adjunct Lecturer,
School of Education, University of Iceland
2022 -
2022,
HÍ26 Policy Representative,
School of Education, University of Iceland
2021 -
2021,
Project manager of self-evaluation of faculteis,
School of Education UoI
2013 -
2021,
PhD Candidate,
School of Education, University of Iceland
2019 -
2020,
Project manager of master´s programmes,
School of Education, University of Iceland
Published works
2024
Second language and mother tongue education for immigrant children in Nordic educational policies
Second language and mother tongue education for immigrant children in Nordic educational policies
Review of FOHLC Europe 2023 conference: “Harvesting support for heritage language education: How to seek and maximize resources”
Educational Role of Language Journal
‘We can do much more and better’: understanding gatekeepers’ perspectives on students’ linguistic human rights
Human Rights Education Review
Plurilingual Youth’s Negotiations of Linguistic Identity in Informal, Non-formal, and Formal Learning Spaces
Family Language Policies and Linguistic Identities of Three Generations of Vietnamese in Iceland
Rendezvous with students’ and teacher’s linguistic repertoires in two Icelandic as a second language university summer courses during COVID-19
2023
Language portraits as a pedagogical tool for discussing HL students’ plurilingual identities
AATSEEL 2023
Teaching towards transformation: Promoting multicultural pedagogy in Iceland through reflective participation
Language policies and multilingual practices in Icelandic preschools
Multicultural Education Review
Planning, shaping, and adapting family language policies: An Icelandic study with immigrant parents and children.
CCERBAL 2023 Conference
Exploring responsibility towards students’ linguistic human rights in Icelandic compulsory schools.
TIM2023
Family language policies of immigrant families in Iceland: Ideologies, planning and management of linguistic repertoires.
TIM2023
Second language and mother tongue education for immigrant children in Nordic educational policies: Search for a common Nordic.
NNFF9
Icelandic school system and mother tongue instruction in Iceland
№BGLD-2-0012 “We play, learn and grow together”.
Málstefnur á Íslandi: Sjónum beint að ÍTM og móðurmálum innflytjenda
„Enn einn fáni á vegginn“: Stefnur, hugmyndafræði og framkvæmd þeirra frá sjónarhorni foreldra sem hafa íslenskt táknmál eða erlent mál að móðurmáli
Transformations of Diasporic Heritage Identities in Canada during the Covid-19 Pandemic: From Land-based Communities to Language-based Global Cyberspora
Disporage Heritage and Identity
“Kannski hefði ég átt að spyrja um þetta”: Þörf nýráðinna lektora við Háskóla Íslands á stuðningi við kennslu
Þjóðarspegillinn 2023
Tungumálastefna og starfshættir fjölbreyttra fjölskyldna innflytjenda á Íslandi og áhrif þeirra á menntun.
Fjöltyngdar fjölskyldur og skólastarf
International Guidelines for Professional Practices in Community-Based Heritage Language Schools: An example of their use in Iceland
Tungumálastefna og starfshættir fjölskyldna innflytjenda á Íslandi og áhrif þeirra á menntun: Niðurstöður úr viðtölum við skólastjóra
Menntakvika 2023
We can do much more and better”: Understanding gatekeepers’ perspectives on students’ linguistic human rights
Menntakvika 2023
Upplifun nýráðinna lektora við Háskóla Íslands af stuðningi við kennslu og rannsóknir
Menntakvika 2023
Language policies and multilingual practices in Icelandic preschools
Multicultural Education Review
Inkluzivní pedagogika
Vzdělávání učitelů pro inkluzivní školský systém
Second Language and Mother Tongue Education for Immigrant Children in Nordic Educational Policies
Nordic Studies in Education
Language portrait as an analytical tool of students’ developing linguistic identities
Česká knihovna na Islandu
Čtenář
Transformations of Diasporic Heritage Identities in Canada during the Covid-19 Pandemic
History, Culture, and Heritage
2022
How heritage language schools offered grassroots community support through the pandemic
The Conversation
Multilingual Children and Multilingual Libraries
Multilingual Children and Multilingual Libraries
Móðurmál – the Association on Bilingualism: Enriching language education in Iceland
Kennsluaðferðir og nálganir í tungumálakennslu
Milli mála
How heritage language schools offered grassroots community support through the pandemic
Íslenska sem annað mál – raddir allra skólastiga
Sprachenpolitik und ihre Überschneidung mit der Bildungspolitik in Island bis zum Jahr 2030.
Íslenska sem annað mál - raddir allra skólastiga
Íslenska sem annað mál - raddir allra skólastiga
2021
International Guidelines for Professional Practices in Community-based Heritage Language Schools
The value of languages in a multilingual classroom
School experience of plurilingual students: A multiple case study from Iceland
2020
Heritage Language Teachers’ Views of their Work: Hopes and Frustrations
An ecology of heritage language umbrella organizations
Guidelines for the support of mother tongues and active plurilingualism in schools and afterschool programs
Reading at COVID-19 times
Guidelines for the support of mother tongues and active plurilingualism in schools and afterschool programs
2019
Raddir margbreytileikans : sögur úr skólastarfi
2018
Immigrant students’ success in Icelandic upper secondary schools: Teachers’ and students’ perceptions
2016
“You don't have to turn off my candle so that yours shines brighter”
Strengthening Linguistic Bridges Between Home and School: Experiences of Immigrant Children and Parents in Iceland
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