Field of study
Education Literature Literacy Writing Reading
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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Beyond access: improving quality of early years reading instructions in Ethiopia
The objective of the project is to improve the quality of education for primary grades in Ethiopian schools.
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Classroom activities for the six-year-olds – 20 years on (Klassprax_20)
The project investigates and evaluates the classroom activities of six year old children.
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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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Heggernes, Sissil Lea
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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/10.18261/9788215069678-25-03
Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
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Andersson-Bakken, Emilia
;
Bjørkvold, Tuva
;
Sandvik, Margareth
(2025).
Children’s Agency for Critical Thinking in Early Literacy Education.
Jegstad, Kirsti Marie; Bjørkvold, Tuva; Andersson-Bakken, Emilia (Ed.).
Enacting Critical Thinking in Primary School. Perspectives from the Classroom.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215069678-25-02
Jegstad, Kirsti Marie
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Heggernes, Sissil Lea
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Jøsok, Evy
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Ryen, Erik
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Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
;
Tørnby, Hilde
(2025).
Approaches to critical thinking in primary education classrooms: A systematic review.
Educational Research Review.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2025.100711
Bjørkvold, Tuva
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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
Demissie, Samrawit Bekele; Ambaye, Abraha Asfaw;
Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
(2024).
The influence of orthographic depth on early grade students’ reading of words and non-words in Sidaama and English.
Bahir Dar Journal of Education.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.4314/10.4314/bdje.v24i2.2
Tørnby, Hilde
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Heggernes, Sissil Lea
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Andersson-Bakken, Emilia
;
Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
(2023).
Hats off to critical thinking: Anexcursion into Jon Klassen’s hat trilogy.
Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift (BLFT).
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.18261/blft.14.1.7
Sandvik, Margareth
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Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
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Stavem, Gro Marie
(2023).
Når det regnar i Afrika–ei bok for kritisk tenking og aktørskap?.
Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift (BLFT).
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.18261/blft.14.1.5
Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
; Eriksen, Harald;
Bjørkvold, Tuva
(2023).
Feedback practices at school in home confinement at primary level during the Covid 19-pandemic.
International Journal of Educational Research.
Vol. 121.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102235
Bjørkvold, Tuva
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Øgreid, Anne Kristine
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Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
(2022).
Hvordan skriver barnetrinnselever om og fra hjemmeskolen sin?.
Nordic Journal of Literacy Research.
Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.23865/njlr.v8.3108
Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad
;
Andersson-Bakken, Emilia
;
Bjørkvold, Tuva
(2022).
Hjemmeskole på barnetrinnet under covid-19- pandemien. Norske elevers og læreres beskrivelser av et endret praksisfellesskap.
Nordisk tidsskrift for utdanning og praksis.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.23865/up.v16.3260