About
Sissil Lea Heggernes is currently an associate professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, where she teaches children's and young adult literature, culture and English language subject pedagogy. She has published work on intercultural learning through picturebooks and the role of intercultural communicative competence in the Norwegian English language curriculum. Sissil has worked many years in primary and secondary schools. Her research interests include the role of literature and culture in language learning, reading, dialogic learning, critical thinking and language teachers’ professional development.
Research groups
Research projects
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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.
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Strengthening teacher education in lesser taught languages (STELT)
The main aim of the project is to strengthen foreign language teacher education for French, German and Spanish in Norway.