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Publications
Vijayavarathan - R, K., Óskarsdóttir, E., Beaton, M. C., Turunen, T., Kagan, O., Flotskaya, N. & Bulanova, S. (2022). Development of teacher self-efficacy for teaching in the circumpolar north: Lessons for teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education and Educators . 11, 3, p. 293-308.
Vijayavarathan, R. (2022). Teacher challenges in Faroese Compulsory Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Support from School Leaders. Faroese Scientific Journal
Vijayavarathan-K, R. (2022). The core-peripheral belief dynamic and its impact on teaching speaking in English as a foreign language (EFL) in grade 8 in the Faroe Islands. Faroese Scientific Journal
Vijayavarathan-R, K. (2023). Policy equity contexts in inclusive education for immigrant children in The Faroe Islands in Beaton, M.C., Hirshberg, D. and Turunen, T. Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North. Springer, Netherlands.
Vijayavarathan-R, K. and Óskarsdóttir, E. (2023). Analysis of policies supporting teachers to tackle linguistic and cultural diversity and facilitate inclusion from the perspectives of Iceland and The Faroe Islands in Beaton, M.C., Hirshberg, D. and Turunen, T. Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North. Springer, Netherlands.
Vijayavarathan-R, K. (2021). Equity in Education for the Circumpolar North. The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis, Spring 2021, 47(1), 104. https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/mwatch/article/view/2263/1797
Vijayavarathan-R, K. (2021). Professional Inclusion of a Native Foreigner: a quasi-personal uphill journey, Fjolnir, pp. 70. https://www.mfs.fo/professinal-inclusion-of-a-native-foreigner.
Vijayavarathan-R, K. (2021). School Leadership Challenges in Faroese Compulsory Schools During the COVID-19 Crisis. Faroese Scientific Journal, [S.l.], pp. 5-35. Doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.18602/fsj.v0i0.126
Vijayavarathan-R, K. (2016). An investigation of teacher cognition of Faroese grade 8 EFL teachers about teaching speaking and its impact on their praxis. Roots, 2 (2), 8-12.
Research interests
Teacher Cognition
English Language Teaching (ELT) and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Acquisition
Assessment and Feedback
Classroom Management
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Teacher self-efficacy and Motivation
Inclusive education
Teachers and teaching
Equity & social justice in education
Teaching
Course instructor for M.Sc. Leadership and Management 2021-2025 at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Course instructor for Postgraduate Diploma in Faroese as an Additional Language 2021-2022.
Course Leader for "University Learning & Teaching" (Setursnámsfrøði) Co-designed and conducting the pedagogy course for colleagues – Nov 2019-20.
Taught the gymnasium teachers at the General Pedagogy Course “Classroom Management” and “Assessment & Feedback”. Sept 24 & 25, 2019.
Designed and taught the elective course, "Teaching of English as a Foreign Language" in NÁD: 2011-2012, 2013-2014 & 2017-2018 to present.
Designed and conducted a course for teachers “Teaching of Spoken English in English as a Foreign Language Teaching”. Nám, Jan 9 & 10, 2018.
Designed and conducted a course for ‘Lærugreinadagur í enskum’ for teachers on “Teaching materials: teacher, learner and materials.” Nám, Jan 19, 2017.
Designed and taught an ELT course for Higher Secondary Teachers (gymnasium) through ‘Nám’. February 2014.
Designed and taught courses in English for the banking staff, nurses and medical secretaries. 2000.
Taught the Cambridge English Courses FCE, CAE & CPE at the University from 1994-97.
Taught English at the Torshavnar Evening School from 1993-1996
Assistant Professor in English in Women’s Christian College, affiliated to the University of Madras, in the period 1986-89.
Creative Works
- Whisper of Butterfly Wings- Anthology of poems (2020)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Teacher cognition of grade 8 teachers on teaching speaking in English as a foreign language in The Faroe Islands and its impact on teachers’ pedagogical praxis: seven case studies.
Award Date: 17 Nov 2017
External positions
Nordic Migrant Expert Forum - Nordic Council of Ministers
15 Mar 2022 → …
Member of working group on the Faroese government's growth strategy for education and labour appointed by the Prime Minister's office
12 Nov 2021 → 14 Jun 2021
Member of the working for foreign languages in the Faroese school system appointed by the Ministry of Education, Culture & Foreign Affairs
15 Jan 2021 → 28 Oct 2021
Member of the committee forNew curriculum for English Language Teaching (ELT) from grade 4 in the compulsory school to the ‘A’ level in the Higher Secondary schools, Ministry of Education and Culture
2007 → 2008
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ConnectED: Creating Connections in the Arctic Educational Science Community (ConnectED)
Vijayavarathan - R, K. & Háberg Eysturstein, K.
1/09/21 → 30/08/24
Project: Research
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DistArctic: “Distance Teaching and Learning in the Arctic Communities"
7/10/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Analysis of policies supporting teachers to tackle linguistic and cultural diversity and facilitate inclusion from the perspectives of Iceland and The Faroe Islands
Vijayavarathan - R, K. & Óskarsdóttir, E., 1 Jan 2023, Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North. Hirshberg, D. B., Beaton, M. C., Maxwell, G., Turunen, T. & Peltokorpi, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer Netherlands, p. 79-96Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Policy equity contexts in inclusive education for immigrant children in The Faroe Islands
Vijayavarathan - R, K., 1 Jan 2023, Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North. Beaton, M. C., Hirshberg, D. & Turunen, T. (eds.). Springer Netherlands, p. 79-96 18 p. 1Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Development of Teacher Self-Efficacy for Teaching in Rural Schools in The Circumpolar North: Lessons for Teacher Education
Vijayavarathan - R, K., Óskarsdóttir, E., Beaton, M. C., Turunen, T., Kagan, O., Flotskaya, N. & Bulanova, S., 31 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Teacher Education and Educators . 11, 3, p. 293-308 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Teacher challenges in Faroese Compulsory Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Support from School Leaders
Vijayavarathan - R, K., 7 Nov 2022, In: Fróðskaparrit - Faroese Scientific Journal. 68. bók, p. 57 - 80 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The core-peripheral belief dynamic and its impact on teaching speaking in English as a foreign language (EFL) in grade 8 in the Faroe Islands
Vijayavarathan - R, K., 7 Nov 2022, In: Fróðskaparrit - Faroese Scientific Journal. 68. bók, p. 35-55 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile15 Downloads (Pure)
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Role of Powerpoint in teaching - pedagogical tool or distraction?
Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Speaker)
27 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Significant Factors in Teaching of Faroese as a Second Language (FSA): Lærugreinadagin
Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Speaker)
20 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Faroese authors in translation (Tvímálsligt tiltak í Reinsarínum)
Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Invited speaker)
19 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Faroese as a minoritized language and challenges to teaching in Faroese as a second language. My experience as an immigrant learning Faroese and its impact on my identity.
Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Speaker)
15 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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University of Lapland
Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Visiting lecturer) & Knút Háberg Eysturstein (Visiting researcher)
8 May 2023 → 17 May 2023Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Press/Media
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Interview ín the Compulsory School Union magazine - 'Skúlablaðið'
9/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
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Blog: The land of a 1000 lakes nourishes the mind…
Knút Háberg Eysturstein & Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R
22/05/23
1 Media contribution
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Professional Inclusion of a Native Foreigner: a quasi-personal uphill journey
1/12/21
1 Media contribution
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Thesis
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Teacher cognition of grade 8 teachers on teaching speaking in English as a foreign language in The Faroe Islands and its impact on teachers’ pedagogical praxis: seven case studies
Author: Vijayavarathan - R, K., 17 Nov 2017Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis