Atli Harðarson professor at the University of Iceland School of Education
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Atli Harðarson professor at the University of Iceland School of Education
Biographical note
I have been a faculty member at the University of Iceland School of Education since 2014.
I completed MA in philosophy from Brown University in 1984, and PhD in Education from the University of Iceland in 2013.
I was a teacher in a comprehensive secondary school in Akranes from 1986 till 2001 and, after that, first vice-principal and then principal of the same school.
Publications in Icelandic include books on philosophical topics, papers on philosophy, social issues, and literature as well as translations of poetry.
Research interests
Current research interests include curriculum theory, philosophy of education, ethics of teaching, philosophy of mind, the works of John Dewey, and cross-disciplinary studies of poetry and education.
Some recent publications in English
- Harðarson, A. (2024). Thinking with Spinoza, Locke, and Dewey about self-control, education, and democracy, ACCESS: Contemporary Issues in Education, 44(2), 23–34.
- Harðarson, A. (2023). Education for Self-Control: Some Similarities Between Dewey’s Experience and Education and Locke’s Theory of Rational Agency. Education and Culture, 38(2), 47–65.
- Harðarson, A. (2023). Can attempts to make schools more reliable render them less trustworthy? Educational Philosophy and Theory, 56(1), 42–51.
- Harðarson, A. & Magos, K. (2022). Learning through life and the ethics of teaching: a story told in fifteen voices. Journal of Education for Teaching, 8(5), 609–621.
- Harðarson, A. & Magos, K. (2022). Emotional Demands and Moral Rewards: A Story Told by Fifteen Teachers. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 66(7), 1194–1203.
CV
Curriculum vitae (updated 10 October 2024)