Norwegian version
Hilde Tørnby

Hilde Tørnby

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Education   Painting, drawing, graphics   English literature   Humanities

Subject areas

Aesthetics   Critical thinking   English literature   Basic skills - readning and numeracy   Aesthetic education   Visual literacy   Children's literature

Research projects

Completed research projects

  • Critical thinking in primary education

    KriT is an interdisciplinary project aiming at developing educational models for critical thinking in primary education using children’s literature and news.

Scientific publications

Heggernes, Sissil Lea ; Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad ; Tørnby, Hilde ; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (2025). Emergent Critical Thinking Through Picturebook Dialogues. Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Bjørkvold, Tuva; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (Ed.). Enacting Critical Thinking in Primary School. Perspectives from the Classroom. p. 60-80. Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18261/978821506

Tørnby, Hilde ; Ryen, Erik (2025). ‘She is Not the King.’ Starting Point Activities to Foster Critical Thinking in Primary Classrooms. Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Bjørkvold, Tuva; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (Ed.). Enacting Critical Thinking in Primary School. Perspectives from the Classroom. p. 174-191. Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18261/978821506

Bjørkvold, Tuva ; Tørnby, Hilde ; Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad (2025). Children’s drawings of school in home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Childhood.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682251334542

Jensen, Inger Kristine ; Aksland, Charlotte ; Tørnby, Hilde (2025). The Bumblebee Project: Systems Thinking About the Environment. Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Bjørkvold, Tuva; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (Ed.). Enacting Critical Thinking in Primary School. Perspectives from the Classroom. p. 104-126. Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215069678-25-05

Tørnby, Hilde ; Heggernes, Sissil Lea ; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia ; Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad (2023). Hats off to critical thinking: Anexcursion into Jon Klassen’s hat trilogy. 8 p. Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift (BLFT). Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.18261/blft.14.1.7

Mohammad-Roe, Siri ; Tørnby, Hilde (2023). “I Wanted to Freeze the Moment”: Blackout Poetry and Student Agency During the COVID-19 Lockdown. Pinhasi-Vittorio, Limor; Ben-Yosef, Elite (Ed.). Using Innovative Literacies to Develop Leadership and Agency: Inspiring Transformation and Hope. p. 65-83. IGI Global.
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5614-9

Andersson-Bakken, Emilia ; Heggernes, Sissil Lea ; Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad ; Tørnby, Hilde (2022). “Men da blir det urettferdig for dem som ikke får!” Bildebøker som utgangspunkt for kritisk tenkning på barnetrinnet. 23 p. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO). Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.8995

Tørnby, Hilde ; Stokke, Ruth Seierstad (2022). Estetiske dimensjoner i litteraturmøter. Tønnessen, Elise Seip; Stokke, Ruth Seierstad (Ed.). Møter med barnelitteratur. Introduksjon for lærere. 2. utg.. p. 357-382. Universitetsforlaget.

Tørnby, Hilde (2020). Visual Literacy and Young Learners. Neokleous, Georgios; Krulatz, Anna; Farrelly, Raichle (Ed.). Handbook of Research on Cultivating Literacy in Diverse and Multilingual Classrooms. p. 190-208. IGI Global.

Tørnby, Hilde (2020). Picturebooks in the classroom. ISBN: 9788245022636. 156 p. Fagbokforlaget.





These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete