A team with a common goal: to build knowledge with the potential to transform the practices of educational institutions.
Members
I arrived at USC in January 1984 from Madrid: UCM (1972), UNED (1974). Twelve years as PNN, in minutes condition “face-to-face” and “distance”. Two investigations arise from this: “The reality of the classroom seen by future teachers” and “Training needs of teachers” future theses.
The second half of the eighteites, already at USC, represents the impetus for the construction of training and professional development of teachers in a field of knowledge and research: thesis, management of thesis and theses, publications, and access to ownership, are some milestones. Consolidation, production and projection define the nineties: projects and theses; new lines of inquiry; increased publications; External projection, and creation of the Stellae Research Group.
The XXI begins with access to the Chair and continues along the path of teaching and research commitment, assumption of other challenges by the Stellae Research Group, participation in networks, etc. This short story would be left if I forgot the management: President of the Pedagogy Section (1994); Dean Commissioner of the Faculty of Education Sciences (1996) and Director of the Department of Didactics and School Organization (1997-2005). September 2015 marks a new milestone: retirement and appointment as Professor Emerita of USC
Esther Martínez Piñeiro earned her degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1990, graduating from the former Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, specializing in Pedagogy. In 1999, she successfully defended her thesis in the MIDE field, which focused on the Evaluation of Occupational Training in Galicia. This work earned her the Extraordinary Doctorate Award for that academic year.
Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the MIDE Area at the USC, where she teaches Research Methodology in Social and Educational Sciences for the degree in Social Education. She also teaches, in part, Design and Research Techniques in Education for the Master’s Degree in Training Processes. Previously, she served as the Vice Dean of Practicum Coordination and Quality Improvement Projects at the Faculty of Educational Sciences. Nowadays, she balances her teaching and research responsibilities with her role in union representation. A staunch advocate for public education, she has been involved with Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) since 2008 and has been the president of the Federation of ANPAS Compostela since 2022.
He is a teacher, a senior technician in Sociocultural Animation, a diploma in Educational Sciences in the specialty of Primary Education Teacher and a degree in Psychopedagogy, a Master’s Degree in Evaluation and Guidance of Professional Competencies and a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), where he works coordinating the Area of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education. in addition to teaching subjects related to the Analysis and Diagnosis of Socio-educational Realities, Educational Guidance and the Tutorial Function in secondary education.
His professional development, since his beginnings mostly linked to the university environment, has revolved around the theme of Educational and Professional Guidance at all educational levels, as well as the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in and for this field, continuing the line of research initiated in the development of his doctoral thesis, He has also participated in numerous national and European research projects related to these topics.
He has also been part of the Psychopedagogical Resources Service of the Faculty of Education Sciences of the USC since 2007, linking part of her academic activity to the development of the aforementioned service.
Silvia López Gómez has a PhD and a degree in Pedagogy with an «Official Master’s Degree in Training Processes» from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). She is a «Specialist in Multimedia Design and Creation: usability and interactivity» by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), in «Design, development and editing of on-line courses» by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and in «Dramatic Art» by the USC.
Before becoming a university teacher, she worked for more than 10 years as an pedagogue in companies related to technology, games and education, coordinating work teams and carrying out tasks related to the design, development and evaluation of video games, serious educational and training games, didactic materials, gamification programmes, among others. Throughout his career he was part of the development team of dozens of digital resources.
In the 2018-19 academic year, she began her stage as a part-time university lecturer at different universities and currently works as a full-time lecturer and researcher at the USC (Faculty of Education Sciences). In addition to being a member of the Stellae Research Group, she is a member of CAVILA (Nova Escola Galega), RUTE, RiDiVi, IARTEM and the editorial board of the Revista Galega de Educación.
Graduate in Educational Sciences from the National University of Cordoba (Argentina), Doctor in Pedagogy from the University of Santiago de Compostela and University Professor from the same institution.
Her lines of research and teaching are focused in the field of critical educational technology, with projects focused on the problems of technology transfer in educational institutions; social networks in education; digital competence of children and adolescents and, the relationship between gender and technology.
The development of these lines can be seen in the doctoral theses directed and in numerous articles, books, book chapters. She coordinates the research group Stellae (GI1439) since 2016, she has also been director of the Department of Didactics and School Organization between 2014-2017, member of the university faculty and vice president of RUTE (University Network of Educational Technology) in its founding period.
Teacher in Music Education in 1998 he has spent 23 years assuming tutoring, advisory functions and Abalar Coordination. At the same time, between 2001 and 2003 he completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Pedagogy at USC. Subsequently, he obtained the DEA with a research work that investigates the beliefs about technology by teachers who are in initial training. This situation lays the foundations for his doctoral thesis, defended in 2014.
He began teaching at the university between 2007 and 2009 at the Faculty of Teacher Training, resuming in 2014 and from then on uninterruptedly to the present day at the Faculty of Education Sciences in Santiago.
In 2021, he was awarded a position as a Contract Doctor, which led him, due to incompatibility, to abandon teaching in Primary Education. Member of the Stellae Research Group. He mainly researches Educational Technology in specific areas such as teacher training, its integration into school environments or in the space of beliefs and professional knowledge. He participates in different research projects, both national and international.
He has a Diploma in Teaching at EGB, a degree in Philosophy and Educational Sciences and a PhD in Pedagogy from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
My professional experience began in the teaching staff of EGB, as a specialist in Physical Education, where for ten years I carried out my teaching work in Primary and Compulsory Secondary education. Since 2000 I have been working as an advisor in the structures of teacher training in the practice of educational administration (CFR).
I collaborate in several European school projects related to the introduction of ICT, school-community relations, and in-service teacher training. I have participated in several national and international conferences related to the didactics of physical education. My interests and publications are oriented towards the professional development of teachers, especially physical education and, in general, towards the processes of improvement and innovation in the school.
Degree in Teacher of Foreign Languages, Degree in Psychopedagogy and PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) (2014). Lecturer at the Department of Research and Diagnostic Methods in Education (MIDE), USC (2009-2015).
Postdoctoral researcher (2015-2017) and teaching and research staff (2017-2022) at the University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency (HdBA), Germany. Member in research networks and associations in a national and international frame: RIPO, AEOP, AIDIPE, IAEVG, NICE, ECADOC, Euroguidance and ENIS. Reviewer of articles in research journals (REOP, RIE…).
She has participated in a wide variety of nationally and internationally competitive research projects and in numerous meetings and conferences through various contributions. Her scientific production includes publications of various kinds, being her main lines of research: career guidance and counselling; international mobility and research perspectives for lifelong learning and lifelong guidance.
Currently she works as a researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, MIDE Area, at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Teacher in Physical Education (2007) by the University of A Coruña and degree in Pedagogy (2009) by the University of Santiago de Compostela (Degree Award). Last year of college she enjoyed a Assistant Grant (2009) from the Ministry of Education. She specialized in the Master’s Degree in Training Processes (2010, USC), received a Research Grant from the Provincial Council of A Coruña (2011) and, later, obtained a predoctoral research contract (2011-2014) by Xunta de Galicia. She undertook two international research stays: the first was at the Núcleo de Pesquisa em Publicações Didáticas of the Universidade Federal do Paraná (2012 – Curitiba, Brazil) and the second stay was at the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies of Åbo Akademi University (2014 – Vaasa, Finland).
In 2019, she completed her thesis “Didactic Materials in Printed and Digital Formats Developed with Support from the Local Administration. Prospective and Descriptive Study in the Province of A Coruña” with Outstanding Cum Laude and International Mention. Between 2011 and the present, she has participated in several research projects on digital textbooks, didactic materials, and best practices in education. She is part of several research and professionalization networks: Stellae, Cavila (NEG), IARTEM, REUNI+D, and RINEF-CISOC. She has worked as a teacher, human resources, scientific communicator, training advisor, and developer of teaching aids. Since 2024, she has been a Lecturer in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the USC.
Teacher and pedagogue and currently plays his teaching role as Full Professor of the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics (University of Santiago de Compostela). He teaches in the subjects of Design and Evaluation and elaboration of Didactic Materials and Experiences and Resources in Social Education.
He is a Doctor of Education Sciences with the Thesis “The printed curriculum materials and the Educational Reform in Galicia”, with which he obtained one of the National Prizes of Educational Research in the call 2000-2002.
Its field of preferential work focuses on materials and didactic resources in different format. Its publications, courses, lectures, training activities, as well as the research projects that it directs and of which it forms part are inscribed in this field. It is part of Ribeter (Ibero-American Network of Education in Rural Territories) and of Galician Network of Education and Rural Development). Member of the organization of Rural Intergenerational days in Cabreiros (http://cabreiros.es/) He is a member of the Pedagogical Renewal Movement NEG, of RUTE and REUNID, he was Director of the Galician Magazine of Education and Member of the Cavila Group (Research Group of educational materials – NEG).
In 2015 he was appointed Collegiate of Honor by College of Educators and Social Educators of Galicia. He was president of IARTEM (www.iartem.org) (2016-2019) (International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media).
He is a teacher and graduated in Philosophy and Educational Sciences in 1991. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University School of the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics (Area of Didactics and School Organization) of the USC. He teaches, at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the USC, the subject “School, community and ICT” (in the Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education) and “Improvement Processes and uses of ICT” (in the Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education). He has also taught other subjects, such as: “Intervention with Social Media” in the Degree in Pedagogy and “Media and Didactic Resources” in the Degree in Psychopedagogy.
He is the Director of the journal Educational Innovation, edited jointly by the Area of Didactics and School Organization and the ICE, and published by the Publications and Scientific Exchange Service of the USC. Author of several articles and works on topics related to technology in education, virtual teaching and learning environments and didactic media and resources.
He actively participates in the research carried out by the Stellae Research Group in different fields, collaborating in research projects at national and international level.
Degree in Pedagogy and Doctor in Education from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). She has been a lecturer in the Area of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education at the USC and in the Area of Didactics and School Organization at the University of Vigo.
She also developed her professional work as a specialist in teaching and pedagogical methods in an employment training company. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics (Area of Didactics and School Organization), in the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the USC. Over the last few years, she has taught subjects related to the organization of educational centers (Degree in Pedagogy) and classroom organization (Degree in Early Childhood Education Teacher).
She has participated in research projects on professional guidance services, quality of educational centers, school and social times of childhood, written language competence and digital competence in compulsory education students.
Graduated in Physical Education and Early Childhood Education; Degree in Psychopedagogy; Master in Formative Processes. Doctoral thesis: “O xogo de construción con bloques en nenos e nenas de 2 a 3 años: estudo descritivo da calidade de contextos, procesos e resultados” (University of Santiago de Compostela (USC)).
His professional career began as director of the Galescola de Pantón, and subsequently, as member of the Team of Educational Care (Galician Consortium of Equality and Welfare Services), performing functions of advice, coordination, educational dynamization and training for staff of nursery schools 0-3 years in Galicia. He has worked as Interim Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics at the USC.
He is currently an PhD Assistant Professor of the department in Research and Diagnosis Methods in Education area. His main line of research focuses on Early Childhood Education, especially in the stage 0-3 years. He has participated in I+D+i projects funded in national calls related to Digital Teaching Materials.
He has published in journals, participated in national and international congresses and has been a speaker in training courses related to Early Childhood Education. He is a reviewer in several scientific journals and member of the Galicia editorial board of the journal in-fan-cia.
Teacher and pedagogue from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). He defended his Doctoral Thesis in 1998 focused on the development of creativity in students with special educational needs. Full Professor in the Area of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education (MIDE) of the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics of the USC. He teaches in subjects related to Orientation and Diagnosis.
Vice Dean of Academic Organization at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the USC (2006-2014) and Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Training Processes (2018-2022). Editor-in-chief of the Spanish Journal of Guidance and Psychopedagogy (REOP). He isa member of the Interuniversity Association of Pedagogical Research (AIDIPE), the Spanish Association of Guidance and Psychopedagogy (AEOP), as well as the Interuniversity Network of Guidance Teachers (RIPO) and the European Network NICE (Network for Innovation in Career Guidance and Counselling in Europe).
Her main lines of research focus on the field of lifelong guidance through participation in national and international projects, courses and conferences and publications on topics such as the development of career management skills, the training of guidance professionals, ICT in guidance or mentoring.
Cristina Ceinos Sanz has a Degree in Social Education and a Degree in Pedagogy from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). She completed doctoral courses in the Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education (MIDE) and completed her doctoral thesis in 2008, addressing the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by labour counsellors.
She has specialized training, specifically, a Master focused on Professional Guidance and another on Evaluation and Guidance of Professional Competences. Since 2016 she is a Professor in the Pedagogy and Didactics Department (USC) and responsible for teaching in subjects in Social Education and Pedagogy Degrees and in the Master focused on Teachers from Secondary Compulsory Education, Post-compulsory Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching.
She highlights, in addition by her experience in the students’ groups coordination when she exercised the coordination of Social Education Degree (2016-2020) and as an academic coordinator of the Exchange Program by Bilateral Agreement (2012-2020) and Erasmus Program (course 2009-2010 to present) in the Faculty of Educational Sciences. She has experience in national and international research projects and networks focused on Guidance, ICT and counsellors’ training, with articles, book chapters and multiple contributions to National and International Congresses focused on mentioned topics.
Degree in Pedagogy (2011) at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Degree Award from the Xunta de Galicia). She completed her training with Psychopedagogy (2013) and with the Master’s Degree in Training Processes (2013). After a year as a research assistant (2012), she obtained a University Teacher Training Contract (FPU 2013). In 2019 she presented the thesis “Teaching with social networks and self-regulated learning. A case study at the university”, with which she obtained the Doctorate award from the University of Santiago de Compostela and the 1st RUTE award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Educational Technology.
She carried out research stays at the University of Oulu (Finland), at the Institute of Technology and Didactics of Genoa (Italy) and at the Department of Educational Research (CINVESTAV, Mexico).
She participates in national and European projects that mainly have technology and/or didactics as their axis. Since 2020 working as an assistant professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, in the area of Didactics and School Organization at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of Campus Vida, Santiago de Compostela.
She graduated from the University of Santiago (USC) with a diploma in Educational Sciences in the specialty of Primary Education Teacher and a degree in Psychopedagogy. She completed doctoral courses at the Department of Research and Diagnostic Methods in Education (MIDE) of the same university and completed the Master’s Degree in: Organization of Guidance Services and Evaluation and Guidance of Professional Competencies.
She is currently an associate professor at the University of Santiago, combining this professional activity with the activity carried out in a private state-subsidised centre, which offers levels in the educational stages of infant, primary, secondary and baccalaureate, as a guidance counselor and teacher.
Her main lines of research focus on tutorial action and academic and professional guidance in the different educational stages, as well as guidance throughout life, and attention to diversity. She has experience as a researcher in various national and European projects and publications and contributions to conferences.
External collaborators
Degree in Pedagogy at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Final Degree Awards of the Ministry of Education and the Xunta de Galicia). She completed her training with a Diploma in Social Education and a Master in Social Gerontology. He began his teaching and research career at USC, with a University Teacher Training Contract (FPU) from the Ministry of Education.
PhD in Pedagogy from USC (2012), obtaining the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. In 2009 she joined the area of Theory and History of Education at the University of A Coruña (UDC). She served for several years as Vice Dean of Academic Organization for the Faculty of Education Sciences. Nowadays she is permanent lecturer at the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics of the UDC. Her research and publications revolve around areas such as: design and evaluation of teaching materials; intergenerational relationships; educational innovation processes based on ICT and education for development and global citizenship.
She has participated in multiple national and international research projects, as well as in countless courses, conferences and scientific events. She has carried out different predoctoral research stays, as well as two postdoctoral stays at the Åbo Akademi University (Finland) and the Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy).
Antía has a bachelor´s degree in Primary Education (2016), having specialized in Music Education by the University of Santiago de Compostela. She completed her studies with a Master’s degree in Training Processes, ending this period in her professional development with a final project about the evaluation of the linguistic and cultural normalisation in music resources published in Galicia.
She had been granted with a collaboration scholarship by the Ministry of Education at the Musical and Artistic Expression and Body Language Didactics Department in the USC during the year 2015-2016, organising service-learning experiences related to Musical Education. In the period between 2017 and 2020 she was contracted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports through the University Teacher Training program. In 2023 she defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Didactic music material in Primary Education. A study on the perception of specialist teachers of Music Education in Galicia”, qualified with cum laude.
All this educational background is being complemented by the attendance and participation in conferences, courses, seminars, activities and projects which aim is the study of the teaching materials at different educational levels.
Since September 2020 she is teacher of Primary Education and Music Education for the Xunta de Galicia.
Dr. Virginia Rodés, with over two decades of academic experience, currently works at the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. She earned her PhD in Equity and Innovation in Education from the University of Santiago de Compostela, focusing on the decolonization of Open Digital Education frameworks.
Formerly a UNESCO Chair on Open Education and coordinator of both the Virtual Learning Environments Program and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Open and Accessible Educational Resources at Universidad de la República, Uruguay, she has made significant contributions to open and inclusive education in Latin America.
Dr. Rodés founded the Creative Commons Uruguayan chapter and is member of the LATAM Regional Node of Open Education Global, the Latin American Community of Learning Objects and Technologies (LACLO) and the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN). Her involvement in these outstanding networks highlights her role in advancing global open digital education, emphasizing equitable access to lifelong learning for all
Diploma in Teaching with a specialization in Early Childhood Education (Degree Award) from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). She has a degree in Educational Psychology from the same university, where she obtained a collaboration grant to start in research (2009).
From there, he completed a Master’s Degree in Training Processes that gave her access to the doctorate and where she obtained an FPU Predoctoral Contract (2012-2015) and two grants for international stays. In 2016 he completed the PhD “Design and Innovation in Training” with Cum Laude and International Mention, as well as achieving with his work the First RUTE Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Educational Technology and the Extraordinary Doctorate Award of the branch of Social Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
She is currently a PhD Associate Professor at the Universidade de Vigo in subjects related to Educational Technology, both in Bachelor’s and Master’s subjects. She is part of the following networks: REUNI+D (University Network for Educational Research and Innovation); RINEF-CISOC (Research Network on Education and Training for Citizenship and the Knowledge Society) and TelGalicia (e-learning Galicia).
Teacher specialized in Early Childhood Education from the University School of Teaching San Pablo CEU in Vigo (2010). Bachelor’s degree in Educational Psychology (2012), Master’s degree in Training Processes; Doctoral Thesis “The digital textbook under analysis. A descriptive and interpretative study of its characteristics” (Interuniversity USC, UVIGO, UDC, UC and University of Oviedo).
Currently working as a teacher of Early Childhood Education in a public school in Vigo (Galicia). Participates as a trainer in online courses of the Permanent Teacher Training Plan of Galicia. Throughout her research career, she has participated in R&D&I projects financed in national calls related to Digital Didactic Materials, as well as in conferences, seminars, and congresses on topics related to school materials and educational technology. She is a reviewer for several scientific journals.
Among her merits, it is worth mentioning the award for Best Pre-doctoral Oral Communication at the XVI National Congress and VII Ibero-American Congress of Pedagogy (Madrid, 2016), and the first place in the V Prize for the Best Spanish Doctoral Thesis in the field of Educational Technology awarded by RUTE.”
Graduated in Information Technology with a Qualification in Information Systems from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás (IFG) – Brazil (2004/2008). Master’s Degree in Science and Mathematics Education from the IFG (2012/2015), with an emphasis on research in Educational Technologies and Social Networks.
PhD in Education at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) – A Coruña / Spain, with a research focus on the use of social networks in teaching and learning processes within Brazilian Professional and Technological Education.
He has been working since 2010 as a Professor of Basic, Technical and Technological Education at IFG and since 2018 he has been accredited as an Ad-hoc evaluator of Undergraduate Courses in Brazil at the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira – INEP. He is interested in research and projects in the field of Educational Technologies, especially on social networks and innovations in education.
Teacher of Primary Education (2014) by the University of Santiago de Compostela, he continues his training with the Master in Training Processes (2015) and the Master in Teaching Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate (2017), both by the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Doctor in Education by the University of Murcia, he has developed his activity as a predoctoral researcher from 2018 to 2022 in the Dept. of Didactics and School Organization of the same university.
In 2022 he obtains a Postdoctoral researcher contract linked to GI Stellae and returns to the University of Santiago de Compostela. Since 2023 he develops his activity as Assistant Professor at the Department of Didactics, School Organization and Research Methods of the Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences of the University of Vigo. His main research topics focus on Socio-educational Exclusion, School Dropout, study of the Educational Trajectories of students and Teaching Professional Development, among others.
Graduate in Pedagogy from the University of Santiago de Compostela (2014/2018). She completed her studies with the Master’s Degree in Training Processes during the 2018/2019 academic year. PhD in Pedagogy in 2024.
After a year as a research assistant at the TELGalicia Network, focused on research on educational innovation with information and communication technologies (ICT); her doctoral thesis, developed in the framework of the de Equity and Educational Innovation Program, at the Univerity de Santiago de Compostela, is focused on technological appropriation and the construction of the identity of adolescents in digital environments, from a gender perspective.
Boris Vázquez Calvo holds a PhD in Language Sciences (language learning) from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Since 2017, he has been involved with Stellae in various postdoctoral and research projects.
He has an extensive international career with stays in Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Portugal. He is the principal investigator of the DEFINERS project: Digital language learning of junior language teachers, in which, along with a solid group of international researchers, he explores the impact of digital technologies on the identities of language teachers in training and their teaching and learning practices mediated by technologies.
He participates in and publishes at international conferences and journals. His profile is accessible on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.
Research Staff in Training
Graduada en Pedagogía (2019) por la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2021/2022) obteniendo los reconocimientos: Premio Fin de Carrera por la Xunta de Galicia y Premio Fin de Grao por la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y el Premio de Excelencia académica de Grado en el curso 2017/2018 por la Xunta de Galicia. Completó su formación con el Máster Universitario en Procesos de Formación (2019/2020) obteniendo el Premio Fin de Máster de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación.
Su trayectoria en la investigación comenzó con una beca de colaboración (2018/2019) en el Departamento de Pedagogía y Didáctica, en el marco del proyecto CDEPI «Competencia digital en estudiantes de educación obligatoria. Entornos sociofamiliares, procesos de apropiación y propuestas de e-inclusión«.
En la actualidad, es contratada por el Ministerio Universidades a través del programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario (FPU19), por lo que está desarrollando su actividad investigadora en el grupo y realizando su tesis doctoral sobre la subjetividad adolescente en prácticas de exposición en Instagram y TikTok.
Graduated as a teacher in Early Childhood Education at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2022.
He completed his training at the University of A Coruña doing a master´s degree in Psychopedagogy (2023), stage in which he enjoyed a collaboration grant in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics of the University of A Coruña.
She currently enjoys a predoctoral grant awarded by the Xunta de Galicia, which develops her research activity within the group, and continues her training in the Interuniversity Doctoral Programme in Equity and Innovation in Education through the completion of his doctoral thesis on the perception of teachers of Secondary Education in relation to the Didactic Materials used with students diagnosed with ASD.
Graduated in Primary Education with a mention in Special Education (2016) at the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of A Coruña and graduated in Professional Music specializing in Classical Singing from the Professional Conservatory of A Coruña (2018).
She completed a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), combining it with teaching as a teacher of Hearing and Language and with her musical career. She currently enjoys a grant for the predoctoral stage granted by the Xunta de Galicia, with which she develops her research activity within the group and is doing her thesis on music and attention to diversity.
Carolina Rodríguez González has a degree in Social Education from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
She completed the Official Master’s Degree in Prevention of Drug Dependencies and other Addictive Behaviours from the International University of Valencia and is currently a student of the PhD programme in Equity and Innovation in Education.
She has been a volunteer for several years at the “Asociación Érguete Baixo Miño”, an organisation dedicated to the prevention of addictive behaviours, education and health promotion. In addition, she has participated in the design and implementation of prevention projects aimed at the young adult population, which dealt with gambling addiction and risk reduction.
Graduated as a Master in Early Childhood Education from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2020. She completed her studies at the University of Vigo (Ourense Campus) where she completed her master’s degree in Learning Difficulties and Cognitive Processes (2021).
During this same year, he enjoyed a collaboration grant in the Department of Didactics, School Organization and Research Methods of the University of Vigo.
Subsequently, she began her doctoral studies after obtaining a University Teacher Training (FPU20) grant, in the Equity and Innovation in Education program at USC.
She is currently continuing her research training with her doctoral thesis on the use of Didactic Materials used with ASD students enrolled in Early Childhood Education classrooms.
Graduada en Pedagogía por la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2021/2022) obteniendo el reconocimiento: Premio Extraordinario de Fin de Grado de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación (USC) en el curso 2021/2022.
Completó su formación con el Máster Universitario en Procesos de Formación (2022/2023) obteniendo el segundo premio en los III Premios a Traballos Fin de Máster en Educación 2022/2023. Su trayectoria en la investigación comenzó con una beca de colaboración (2021/2022) en el Departamento de Pedagogía y Didáctica, en el marco del proyecto EDIGA (Entornos Digitales e Identidades de Género en Adolescencia).
En la actualidad, está contratada por el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades a través del programa de Formación del Profesorado Universitario (FPU22/03255), por lo que está desarrollando su actividad investigadora en diversos proyectos dentro del grupo y realizando su tesis doctoral: “Análisis del proceso de construcción de prácticas de género de jóvenes influencers en entornos “Onlife”. Un estudio cualitativo en España”.
Collaboration grant holders
Isabel Fernández
María Gómez Rodríguez
Fernando González Bao
Iria Vilar San José
Ainhoa Castelo Vieites
Uxía Fernández Regueira
Inés Ramos Trasar
Alba González Álvarez
Visiting research staff
Joel Armando
(Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Argentina)
Cerapio Quintanilla Cóndor
(National University of Huancavelica, Peru).
Francisco Antonio Velasco Hernández
(Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas. México)
Teresa Vélez
(Universidad de Aguascalientes. México)
Alberto Picón
(Administración Nacional de Educación Pública de Uruguay)
Shirley Gamboa
(Universidad Autónoma Juan Misael Saracho. Bolivia)
Regina Motz
(Universidad de la República)
Donatella Persico
(Institute for Educational Technology of the Italian National Research Council, CNR-ITD)
Genutė Gedvilienė
(Vytautas Magnus University)
Diana Suelves
(Universidad de Valencia)
Tania María Braga García
(Universidade Federal do Paraná)
Clara Isabel Fernández Rodicio
(Universidade de Vigo)
Mayra Álvarez León
Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo (México)
Osvaldo Rodríguez Junior
(Universidade Fedeal de Mato Grosso (Brasil)
Pre-doctoral research stays
Nicolás Cendrero Ramos
(Universidad de Extremadura)
Manuel Larrosa
(Universidad de la República- Uruguay)
Ada Czerwonogora
(Universidad de la República- Uruguay)
Carmen Mejía Solano
(Escuela de Postgrado UTP- Ministerio de Medio Ambiente-Perú)
Visiting lecturers
Luis Tójar
(Universidad de Málaga)
Julián López Yáñez
(Universidad de Sevilla)
Daniel Saur Moyano
(Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Argentina)
Miguel Vicente Mariño
(Universidad de Valladolid)
Stephen Downes
(National Research council of Canada)
Jordi Adell Segura
(Universitat de Valencia)
Grainne Conole
(University of Leicester)
Carlos Delgado Kloos
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Martín Llamas Mistal
(Universidad de Vigo)
Mercedes Rey Fandiño
(Universidad de Vigo)
David Álvarez Jiménez
(Universidad de Granada)
Elisenda Adervol
(Universidad Oberta de Cataluña)
Andrea Torrano
(Universidad Nacional de Córdoba-Argentina)
Óscar Luís Grazier
(Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Universidad Nacional de Luján y Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Argentina)
Aquilina Fueyo
(Universidad de Oviedo)
Isaac Marrero Guillamón
(Universidad de Barcelona)
Paula Sibilia
(Universidad Federal Fluminense – UFF-Brasil)
Nicolás Martínez Valcárcel
(Universidad de Murcia)
Guest lecturers
Tony Bates
Universidad de la Columbia Británica (Vancouver-Canadá)
Year 2006
Roland Bamet
Institute of education (London)
Year 2009
Imanol Ordorika
Universidad autónoma de México.
Year 2009
Xurxo Torres
Universidade da Coruña.
Year 2009
Helen Barret
Profesora emérita de la Universidad de Alaska
Year 2009
Ivor Goodson
University of Brighton
Year 2010
Alicia de Alba
Universidad Autónoma de México
Year 2010
Inés Dussel
Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas del CINVESTAV-IPN, México
