Uppeldi og menntun - 01.06.2015, Page 34

Uppeldi og menntUn/icelandic JoUrnal of edUcation 24(1) 201534
AðdrAgAndi þemAnáms í KennArAhásKólA íslAnds
Keywords: Teacher education, student opposition, integration, thematic approach,
curricular change
aBOUt tHE aUtHOr
Loftur Guttormsson (loftur@hi.is) is professor emeritus at the School of Education, Uni-
versity of Iceland. In 1964 he completed licence-ès-lettres in history and sociology at
the University of Paris (la Sorbonne) and Dr.phil. degree in history at the University of
Iceland in 1990. Loftur has taught history and sociology at different school levels, most
of the time at the University College of Education, later called Iceland University of
Education. His main research fields are social history, cultural history and the history
of education.