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  POZO RICO, TERESA

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Pozo Rico, Teresa

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  • DOCTORADO EN INVESTIGACIÓN EDUCATIVA
    Escuela de Doctorado (20/12/2017)
  • MÁSTER EN INVESTIGACIÓN EDUCATIVA
    UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE (01/06/2014)
  • MÁSTER EN INVESTIGACIÓN EDUCATIVA
    UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE (01/06/2014)
  • LICENCIADA EN PSICOLOGÍA
    UNIVERSIDAD MIGHEL HERNÁNDEZ (01/06/2004)

PhD in Educational Research and senior lecturer at the University of Alicante Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics. She boasts notable recognitions, including a six-year period acknowledged by CNEAI and another by AVAP, as well as a standardized scientific productivity indicator of 4.5 points, with an h-index of 13.

Her outstanding cross-cultural research work in Spain, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Argentina, and Finland, following a one-year doctoral research stay, resulted in a dissertation defended in December 2016 with cum laude and international distinction, earning an extraordinary award in 2019 for the relevance of her publications. She currently has ongoing research collaborations with universities in Cuba, Moldova, Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Thailand, Finland, Colombia, Portugal, Canada, the Czech Republic, China, and Nepal. She has presented papers at international conferences and published articles in JCR-indexed journals, as well as book chapters in prestigious publishers such as Octaedro and Dykinson.

She is the Principal Investigator of the research group Advances in Transcultural Education for Adaptive Transformation (REACT) (VIGROB-372) and three research projects: one funded by the Department of Innovation, Universities, Science, and Digital Society within the framework of the Scientific Research Promotion Program in the Valencian Community (Ref. GV/2021/153); another by the Vice-Rectorate for Research at the University of Alicante for the promotion of research, innovation, and development (Ref. GRE20-22-A); and a third recently granted by the European Commission (Erasmus+, KA2) (Ref. 2023-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000156880). Additionally, she is part of the research team of national projects (PID2021-125279OB-I00 and EDU2015-64562-R) and international projects (INSHIP 19, 19-KA203-060579). Moreover, she belongs to a well-established and competitive research group with a significant scientific output over the last fifteen years (SOCEDU, VIGROB-140).

As a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, she teaches in the Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education and Early Childhood Education, Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, Social Work, and Psychology, as well as in Teacher Training and Educational Research programs. She has co-supervised six doctoral dissertations, as well as undergraduate and master's theses, and has overseen student internships in educational centers. In the same vein, she was contracted under Project 110378 INEDITA of the United Nations Development Program to improve the academic performance of students in situations of vulnerability and social exclusion.

In addition to her academic work, she collaborates with the Teacher Training, Innovation, and Educational Resources Service to implement projects and training initiatives for teachers at all educational levels. She has three triennia and two quinquennia. Since 11/18/2021, she has served as Deputy Director of the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Alicante.

Her research focuses on teacher training, teaching and learning strategies, attention to special educational needs, educational intervention for students at risk of social exclusion, emotional intelligence, academic performance, new technologies, and e-learning educational environments.