The key researchers from UMU involved in this project will be:
Dr. Cosme J. Gómez. Coordinator of the project. (Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences Teaching, University of Murcia).
Dr. Pedro Miralles (Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences Teaching, University of Murcia).
Dr. Raimundo A. Rodríguez (Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences Teaching, University of Murcia).
Dr. Juan R. Moreno (Associate Professor of Social Sciences Teaching, Universitu of Murcia).
Dr. José Monteagudo (Associate Professor of Social Sciences Teaching, University of Murcia).
Dra. Raquel Sánchez (Associate Professor of Social Sciences Teaching, University of Murcia).
Dra. Ainoa Escribano Miralles (Lecturer of Social Sciences Teaching, National University of Distance Learning).
Dr. Juan Hernández Franco (Full Professor of Early Modern History, University of Murcia).
Dr. Antonio Irigoyen López (Senior Lecturer of Early Modern History, University of Murcia).
Dr. Francisco Precioso (Associate Professor of Early Modern History, University of Murcia).
Dra. Catalina Guerrero Romera (Senior Lecturer of Theory and History of Education, University of Murcia).
Dr. Javier J. Maquilón Sánchez (Senior Lecturer of Research Methods and Diagnostic of Education Sciences, University of Murcia).
These 6 researchers are from the DICSO research group (Didactics of Social Sciences: https://www.um.es/dicso/es/), directed by Pedro Miralles and Cosme J. Gómez. This research group on social sciences education is the largest (44 members, including researchers and collaborators) and most scientifically productive group of the Faculty of Education of the University of Murcia, according to official data of the University via the supplementary research grant “Ayuda Complementaria de Investigación” (ACI). Over the last eight years, this group has coordinated three projects of the National Plan R+D+I and four projects funded by the Seneca Foundation (Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia). This group has 7 predoctoral workers (4 FPU and 3 FPI) and is supervising 30 doctoral theses.
The DICSO research group has very much experience in educational research about History Education (papers published on journals from Q1-Q2 of JCR as Comunicar, Psychodidactic journal, Educación XX1, Plos One, Applied Sciences, Frontiers in Psychology, etc.). Also this group has experience contrasted in evaluation of Educational Programs though educational research projects and in contact with History Teachers in initial training and with educational entities.
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