Dr. Guðrún Helgadóttir

Dr. Guðrún Helgadóttir
Hólar University College,
551 Sauðárkrókur
tel.: + (354) 455 6300
fax: + (354) 455 6301
email: gudr@holar.is

Education:

Higher Education:
1997 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Kanada; Ph.D. curriculum and instruction.
1989 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Kanada; M.A. art education.
1987 University of Victoria, Victoria, Kanada; coursework art education.
1983 The Iceland Institute of Education, Reykjavík; Diploma in craft education. Teaching certificate for secondary schools.
1982 The Iceland Institute of Education, Reykjavík; B.Ed. wood and metalwork as subject area. Teaching certificate for elementary schools.

Work experience:

Academic (past 3 years):

2006- Event management and supervision of BA theses, Hólar University College.
2005-2006 Thesis advisor, The University of Iceland.
2004- Ph.D. committee, The University of Iceland, Reykjavík.
2004- M.A. advisor, The University in Akureyri, Akureyri.
1997- Introduction to research methods and Cultural Tourism, Hólar University College (formerly Hólar College) Department of Rural Tourism, Skagafjörður.
2000- Thesis asvisor, The University in Akureyri, Akureyri.
2000- M.A. advisor, The University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

Research (past 3 years):

2004- Cultural tourism in North Iceland – 1st phase: Eyjafjörður. The Icelandic Tourism Research Centre.
2004- Textiles of the North, Images of the North research network.
2004- Research supervisor for KnowHow, a study of studio based learning. Funded by the Leonardo da Vinci programme.
2001-2004 Project leader Quality in horse-based tourism, Hólar University College, Department of Rural Tourism.

Administration:

2002-2003 Acting department head, Rural Tourism Hólar University College, Skagafjörður.
2001-2003 Chair of teacher education board, The Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavík.
2003 Advisor Evaluation commitee for academic promotions, The University in Akureyri, Akureyri.
2003 Evaluation commitee for academic promotions, The Iceland Institute of Education, Reykjavík.
1998-1999 Director, The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavík.
1997-1998 Director of studies, Hólar College, Skagafjörður.
1996-1997 Assistant director, The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavík.
1995-1996 Head of continuing education, The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavík.
1995-1998 Department head teacher education, The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavík.

Development projects (past 3 years):

2004-2005 Supervisor of Gengið til móts við Galdra-Loft, an outdoor play based on local folk-lore in Hólar.
2001-2003 Authoring curriculum and teaching materials for the E.U. funded Leondardo da Vinci Project Learning Community, chaired by Continuing Education North West Region, Skagafjörður.
2001-2003 Supervisor of Quality in horse based tourism, a research and development project.

Publications:

Monograph:
1990 cooauthered with Skúlína H. Kjartansdóttir: Leather: Handbook for home and school. Reykjavík: Námsgagnastofnun.

Theses:
1997 Icelandic craft teachers´ curriculum identity as reflected in life histories. Unpublished doctoral thesis. University of British Columbia.
1989 A survey of the attitudes of Icelandic Art and Craft teachers toward curriculum and practice in their subject area. Unpublished masters thesis, University of British Columbia.

Refereed publications:

In press. The culture of horsemanship and horse based tourism. Current Issues in Tourism.
In press. Quality in horse based tourism. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. Coauthored with Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir
In press. Upplifun og þjónusta; íslenskir gestir í hestaleigum. Landbréfið. Coauthored with Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir
2003 Námsmat í myndlist, mat á myndlistarkennslu og aðferðir listgagnrýni (Evaluation and assessment in art, art education and art criticism). In Netla, webjournal on education, The Iceland Institute of Education. http://netla.khi.is/greinar/2003/006/index.htm
2001 Art, sloyd and the good life. In Visioner om slöjd och slöjdpedagogik, Techne Serien B:10/2001, pp. 140-149. NordFo Nordisk Forum för Forskning och utvicklingsarbete inom utbildning I slöjd, Vasa.
2001 The historian framed in her picture of the past. In Visioner om slöjd och slöjdpedagogik, Techne Serien B:10/2001, pp. 150-158. NordFo Nordisk Forum för Forskning och utvicklingsarbete inom utbildning I slöjd, Vasa.
2001 Urban – Rural interaction in the cultural sector. In Bright summer nights and long distances. Rural and Regional development in the Nordic-Scottish Context, pp. 192-203. Editor Ingi Rúnar Eðvaldsson, The University in Akureyri.

In conference proceedings, since 2001:

2006 The image of a northern destination; the Eyjafjörður region. Images of the north. Histories, identities, ideas. Alþjóðleg ráðstefna í Reykjavík, 24.-26.febrúar.
September 2005 How do managers of cultural institutions relate to cultural tourism? The 14th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research, Akureyri Iceland. CD
2003 Instruction: Or throwing a good party, ARLIS/NordenINFO 2, 7-9.
2001 Stefnumótun í menningarmálum, Ráðstefna sveitarfélagins Árborgar, Eyrarbakka. (Policy making in culture, The municipality of Árborg)
2001 Fræðasetur á landsbyggð – fiskur í vatni eða þorskur á þurru landi ? Menningarlandið, ráðstefna Byggðastofnunar, Menntamálaráðuneytis, Sambands Íslenskra sveitarfélaga, Seyðisfirði. (Research institutions in rural areas – fish in the water or cod on dry land ? The ministry of Education, The Regional Development Agency and the Federation of Municipalities, Seyðisfjörður 14.-15. May.

Illustrations:

2004 Logo for the heritage warden certificate, Hólar University College.
1990 Illustrations for Leather: Handbook for home and school
1989 Cover illustrations for Icelandic women at sea, by historian Þórunn Magnúsdóttir.

Presentations (past 2 years):

March 2005, Here or nowhere: Rural festivals in Iceland. Journeys of Expression IV: Tourism, Carnival and Folklore, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
September 2005 How do managers of cultural institutions relate to cultural tourism? The 14th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research, Akureyri Iceland.
February 2004, Rural Tourism in Iceland, Countryside tourism in various European countries, Mustiala, Finnland.