Department: DIDÁCTICA, ORGANIZACIÓN Y MÉTODOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

PhD school: FORMACIÓN EN LA SOCIEDAD DEL CONOCIMIENTO

Institute: INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA DE SALAMANCA

Institute: INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN

Area: Didactics and School Organisation

Research group: INDIE GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN INTERDISCIPLINAR SOBRE INTELIGENCIA DIGITAL EN PROCESOS EDUCATIVOS (INDIE)

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Email: juanjo_mena@usal.es

Doctor by the Universidad de Salamanca with the thesis "La investigación-reflexión-acción 25 años después. Una comparación entre lo que ""se sabe"", ""se divulga"" y ""se hace"" a partir del análisis de documentos" 2007. Supervised by Dr. Emilio Sánchez Miguel.

Associate professor and head of the Department of Pedagogy at the University of Salamanca (USAL, Spain). I lead the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Digital Intelligence in Educational Processes (INDIE). I finished my master's and PhD (with honours and European mention) in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology. I have been an executive member (treasurer) and now the National Representative of the International Association of Teachers and Teaching (ISATT). My research focuses on teaching practice, teacher training, evaluation, mentoring, ICT and digital skills. I have worked as an educational advisor for companies, acted as a reviewer of educational materials for publishers, companies and other institutions, and collaborated in the design of commercial products. I have taught more than one hundred courses for Primary and Secondary teachers on active methodologies, programming, competencies and evaluation. I have also been invited to provide training at the university level in India, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Chile. I have been an affiliated professor at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and a visiting professor at several universities in the Netherlands, Australia, the United States, Canada, Finland, Russia and Mexico. I also spent five years as a school teacher and worked in two other Spanish universities and a commercial radio station.