Web page in development from August 2025
Vefur í vinnslu
Jón Torfi Jónasson
Fyrrv. prófessor við Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands
Tölvupóstfang: jtj@hi.is
Sími 8649890
Jón Torfi Jónasson
Professor emeritus, School of Education, University of Iceland
e-mail: jtj@hi.is
CV various versions (short, long)
CV ólíkar útgáfur
Personal material
Persónulegt efni
[Note, that from July 2025, I am totally revamping my homepage. It is a slow process!]
On this page I attempt to summarise my main contributions to the educational discourse, and some related fields. My aim is to give an annotated guidance to my my thoughts and the accompanying material.
The language of presentation is mixed. When my main contributions in an area are in Icelandic the Icelandic headings come first, and English comes first when I consider my important contributions are written in English. I have written a number of papers with other people and even if my contribution is sometimes substantial, I often consider it their papers, especially those written with my doctoral students.
In some cases the papers or presentations are shown here under more than one heading.
I present my current interests in education in separate sections.
I left my post at the university some years ago, but endeavour to be active either as examiner of doctoral studies or engaging in the professional or lay educational discourse.
Research fields
The university: The global and local university, its development, gender difference, credentialism, exponential growth, the case of Iceland: university in a small system. Perhaps these are my main substantive or at least interesting contributions, but I need to formally publish more.
Háskólar í Íslandi miðað við aðrar þjóðir, hlutverk þeirra og vöxtur.
Framhaldsskóli – Upper secodary education, Comparative studies
Um eðli og hlutverk íslenska framhaldsskólans
Brottfall úr framhaldsskóla – drop-out from upper secondry education
Adult education – fullorðinsfræðslamenntun fullorðinna
Starfsmenntun – vocational education
Saga menntunar – history of education
Lýðháskólar á Íslandi
Um leikskóla á Íslandi
Saga barna- og unglingafræðslu og
framhaldsskóla og
háskóla og
fullorðinsmenntunar og
hvað má læra af allri þessari sögu
Töluvmál – gervigreind – allt frá 1982
Tölvur í skólastarfi Logo forritun í skólum, tvær bækur
Computers in education Logo computing in education – two texts
Future of education – framtíð menntunar
Fjarkennsla
Lestur – læsi
Studies in word recognition
Kennsla – kennsluefni
Ólík námskeið (efni nokkurra námskeiða eða sviða) – Material for some of the important courses or areas
Doktorsleiðsögn – doctoral students
Aðferðafræði félagsvísind Methodology in the social sciences
Hugfræði – Cognitive psychology
Námssálarfræði – Educational psychology
Menntunarfræði – Education
Presentations, often with text or powerpoint slides
Erindi, iðulega með texta eða glærum
Published work
Interviews Radio, newspapers
Útvarpsefni
Skoðanagreinar
The most important issues for education to consider.
Recent keynotes
Skoðanagreinar
