Education and the Collective Construction of Knowledge (Hardback or Cased Book)

This book compiles a superb body of research in the field of Educational Sciences. The eleven chapters that comprise it offer an overview of the main issues and debates that currently exist around the educational process. Among other aspects, it addresses education for sustainable development, the use of technology in teaching and the training of future teachers, and crucial issues for the improvement of educational quality.

Santiago Mengual Andrés is the Director of the Comparative Education and History of Education Department of the University of Valencia, Spain. He has a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology and a PhD from the University of Alicante, Spain. He was the Vice-dean of Research, Innovation and Quality of the School of Philosophy and Education, University of Valencia. His research areas are mainly focused on the role of ICT in Education with more than 95 contributions (articles, book chapters, books, proceedings, etc.). He is currently the Executive Editor of the Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research and a reviewer of several scientific journals indexed in JCR and Scopus.

Mayra Urrea Solano is a Lecturer at the Department of General Didactics and Specific Didactics of the Faculty of Education of the University of Alicante (Spain). She has graduated in Social Education and in Educational Psychology, and a PhD in Educational Research. Her lines of research focus on education for sustainable development, gender equality, and educational technology.