Publications
Dr. Paz-Albo is the coordinator of the Innovation and Educational Improvement Research Group (Grupo de Investigación en Innovación y Mejora Educativa) at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos since 2020. He served as the director of the Master's Degree in Leadership and Management of Educational Centers at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos from 2013 to 2018. Formerly he chaired the World Language Department at John Hope College Preparatory High School (Chicago, USA). His research interests focus on child development, educational technologies, teacher education and bilingual education.

Journal Articles

2024
  • Gómez-Gómez, M., & Paz-Albo, J. (2024). Teachers' perceptions of technologies and other educational challenges prior to the pandemic. The International Journal of Technologies in Learning, 31(2), 39-57. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0144/CGP/v31i02/39-57
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  • Rentzou, K., Slutsky, R., Gol-Guven, M., Kragh-Müller, G., Tuul. M., & Paz-Albo, J. (2023). A cross-cultural study on factors affecting children's agentic action in their play. International Journal of Early Childhood, 55(1), 89-112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-022-00335-w
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2022
  • Fernández, M., Paz-Albo, J., Hervás-Escobar, A., & Montes, A. (2022). Bilingual education teachers’ perceptions of the educational climate and policies in the United States and Spain. Revista Complutense de Educación, 33(1), 13-25. https://doi.org/10.5209/rced.70926
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  • Paz-Albo, J., Ruiz, J. M., Bernárdez-Vilaboa, R., Huerta-Zavala, P., & Hervás-Escobar, A. (2022). The impact of Socrative exit tickets on initial teacher training. College Teaching, 70(4), 413-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2021.1971602
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2021
  • Alfaro, G. & Paz-Albo, J. (2021). Bilingual and study abroad college students’ attitudes on global and intercultural competence. ENSAYOS, Revista de la Facultad de Educación de Albacete, 36(2), 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.18239/ensayos.v36i2.2880
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  • Slutsky, R., Kragh-Müller, G., Rentzou, K., Tuul, M., Gol, M., Foerch, D., & Paz-Albo, J. (2021). A cross-cultural study on technology use in preschool classrooms: Early childhood teacher's preferences, time-use-impact and association with children's play. Early Child Development and Care, 191(5), 713-725. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2019.1645135
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  • Visnjic-Jevtic, A., Varga, A., Ozturk, G., Şahin-Sak, İ. T., I. Paz-Albo, J., Toran, M., & Sánchez-Pérez, N. (2021). Policies and practices of early childhood education and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from five countries. Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 2(2), 200-216. https://doi.org/10.37291/2717638X.202122114
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2020        Click here for reprint.
  • Cvencek, D., Paz-Albo, J., Master, A., Herranz, C. V., Hervás, A., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2020). Math is for me: A field intervention to strengthen math self-concepts in Spanish-speaking 3rd grade children. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 593995. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.593995
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2019
  • Rentzou, K., Slutsky, R., Tuul, M., Gol-Guven, M., Kragh-Müller, G., Foerch, D. F., & Paz-Albo, J. (2019). Preschool teachers' conceptualizations and uses of play across eight countries. Early Childhood Education Journal, 47(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-018-0910-1
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2018
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2018). Enhancing the quality of early childhood education and care: ECEC tutors’ perspectives of family engagement in Spain. Early Child Development and Care, 188(5), 613-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2017.1417272
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  • Paz-Albo, J., Herranz, C. V., & Gómez, M. (2018). Percepciones del alumnado de los Grados de Educación en habla inglesa: el caso de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos [Students' perceptions of English-taught degrees in education: the case of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos]. ENSAYOS. Revista de la Facultad de Educación de Albacete, 33(2), 123-134. https://doi.org/10.18239/ensayos.v33i2.1686
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2017        Click here for reprint.
  • Paz-Albo, J., Cvencek, D., Herranz, C. V., Hervás, A., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2017). Preschoolers’ mathematical play and colour preferences: a new window into the development of gendered beliefs about math. Early Child Development and Care, 187(8), 1273-1283. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2017.1295234
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2016
  • González-Aller, M. M., & Paz-Albo, J. (2016). English teaching methodologies for early childhood education. Revista Internacional de Didáctica y Organización Escolar, 2(1), 4-23. REIDOE
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2015
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2015). Early learning in Spain. Childhood Explorer, 2(1), 22.
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2014
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2014). The impact of using smartphones as student response systems on prospective teacher education training: A case study. El Guiniguada. Revista de investigaciones y experiencias en Ciencias de la Educación, 23, 125-133. https://doi.org/10.20420/ElGuiniguada.2014.0066
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Technical Reports

2017
  • Blinklearning (Colaborators: Gómez, M., Martínez, L. M., Paz-Albo, J., Bailén, E., Cordero, C., Largo, J., García-Velasco, I., & Calvo, J.) (2017). III Estudio sobre el uso de la tecnología en el aula - Informe de resultados: España y América Latina. Retrieved from BlinkLearning.       
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  • Blinklearning (Colaborators: Gómez, M., Martínez, L. M., Paz-Albo, J., Bailén, E., Cordero, C., Largo, J., García-Velasco, I., & Calvo, J.) (2017). III Estudio sobre el uso de la tecnología en el aula - Informe de resultados: España. Retrieved from BlinkLearning.
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Books

2014
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2014). Cuaderno de Prácticum y TFM. Máster en Dirección de Centros Educativos.  Madrid: BibliotecaOnline.

Chapter in Edited Books

2019
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2019). Enhancing the quality of early childhood education and care: ECEC tutors' perspectives of family engagement in Spain. In K. Rentzou & R. Slutsky (Eds.), Early childhood education and care quality in Europe and the USA (pp. 123-133). Routledge. [Originally published in the journal Early Child Development and Care, volume 188, issue 5 (May 2018)]

Book Reviews

2014
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2014). [Review of the book The education nation: Six leading edges of innovation in our schools, by M. Chen]. ENSAYOS, Revista de la Facultad de Educación de Albacete, 29(2), 183-184. https://doi.org/10.18239/ensayos.v29i2.596
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Newspaper Articles

2012
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2012, November). La competencia digital del siglo veintiuno. Textivos, 1(2), 3.
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  • Paz-Albo, J. (2012, October). Violencia en las escuelas. Textivos, 1(1), 3.
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Media

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