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Uppeldi og menntUn/icelandic JoUrnal of edUcation 18(1)/2009104
nEw aPProachEs in thE act on PrEschools
and thEir influEncEs on PrEschools
About the author
Hildur Skarphéðinsdóttir (hildur.skarphedinsdottir@mrn.stjr.is) has been a preschool
teacher and principal in Kópavogur and Reykjavík and most recently a preschool con-
sultant and manager of the preschool office in Reykjavík. She is presently managing
the revision of the national curriculum guide for preschools in Iceland. She completed
preschool teacher education from the Training School for early childhood educators
“Sumargjöf” in 1971, a Diploma in Educational Administration from the College for
Early Childhood Educators in 1987 and an M.Sc. degree in Early Education from the
University of Strathclyde in Glasgow in 2002.
new approaches in the act on preschools and their inflUences on preschools