María Steingrímsdóttir is associate professor at the Faculty of Education in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Akureyri. She has a long teaching career in elementary schools. María completed M.Ed. degree, specialising in management, from the Faculty of Education at the University of Akureyri in 2005. Her main research interests are mentoring of new teachers, teacher education, and teachers’ professional development.
