3. Iceland - The national
curriculum
Fundamental Pillars
Literacy
Sustainability
Health and Welfare
Democracy and Human Rights
Equality
Creativity
Cross-cutting objectives
Citizen education
Diversity
Democracy
Creativity/Innovation
Critical Thinking
7. Educational spaces
Teacher role: to facilitate the learning process
Using their interests to introduce new knowledge
Let them discover by themselves what do they want to
learn
Being an active part of your society - democracy - being a
part of the space
8. Critical Thinking
Looking into the world- willing to improve it and to
create your own opinion.
Amount of accesible information nowadays Vs.
“Icelandic guest”
For small children: motivate questioning + create
challenges
9. what do they want to learn?
not too easy, not to difficult… just CHALLENGING!