Jesús Paz-Albo, Ph.D.
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. 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

2023        Click here for reprint.
  • 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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2015        Click here for reprint.

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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Papers in Conference Proceedings

2021        Click here for reprint.
  • Paz-Albo, J., & Hervás-Escobar, A. (2021). Los simuladores educativos como herramienta de mejora en la relación familia-escuela durante el estado de pandemia por la COVID-19. In L. Ortiz, J. A. Torres, J. J. Carrión, S. Fernández, M. A. Peña, & E. Pérez (Coords.), Organización educativa para todas las personas. Wolters Kluwer. https://tienda.ebiblox.com/p/509/organizacion-educativa-para-todas-las-personas
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2018
  • Alfaro, G., & Paz-Albo, J. (2018). Globalizing the curriculum in the CLIL classroom. In Libro de actas CIMIE18 de AMIE. VII Congreso Internacional Multidisciplinar de Investigación Educativa. Retrieved from http://amieedu.org/actascimie18/
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2017
  • Paz-Albo, J., & Hervás, A. (2017). The eTwinning experience: Beyond school classrooms. In L. Gómez, A. López, & I. Candel (Eds.), ICERI2017. Proceedings of the 10th international conference of education, research and innovation (pp. 8848-8851). Seville, Spain: IATED Academy. doi: 10.21125/iceri.2017.2445
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  • Paz-Albo, J., & López, I. (2017). Higher education perspectives on eTwinning: The future of Initial Teacher Training learning. In L. Gómez, A. López, & I. Candel (Eds.), INTED2017. Proceedings of the 11th international technology, education and development conference (pp. 1073-1076). Valencia, Spain: IATED Academy. doi: 10.21125/inted.2017.0403
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  • Paz-Albo, J., Herranz, C. V., & Hervás, A. (2017). The effect of portfolios on higher education students learning. In L. Gómez, A. López, & I. Candel (Eds.), INTED2017. Proceedings of the 11th international technology, education and development conference (pp. 6478-6480). Valencia, Spain: IATED Academy. doi: 10.21125/inted.2017.1491
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2016
  • Paz-Albo, J., & Hervás, A. (2016). Exit tickets’ effect on engagement in college classrooms. In L. Gómez, A. López, & I. Candel (Eds.), EDULEARN16. Proceedings of the 8th international conference on education and new learning technologies (pp. 5915-5918). Barcelona, Spain: IATED Academy. doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2016.0256
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2012
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2012). Leading edges of innovation in our schools. In E. Martín, M. Rubio, & J. Urquiza (Eds.), JITICE 2012. Actas de las III jornadas de innovación y TIC educativas (pp. 63-66). Madrid, Spain: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
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Other Conference / Seminar Contributions

2023
  • Gol-Guven, M., Rentzou, K., Slustky, R., Paz-Albo, J., Tuul, M., & Kragh-Müller, G. (2023, June 7). Teachers’ approaches to play to guide children’s social interactions [Presentation]. XXII International Play Association Triennial World Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
2022
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2022, November 16). Laboratorios STEM para el mundo digital [Presentation]. II Congreso Internacional Educare+Educere. Formación Inicial del Profesorado, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain.
  • Paz-Albo, J., Hervás, A., & Martín, M. (2022, March 15). eTwinning en la formación del profesorado [Invited Presentation]. II Jornadas eTwinning y la Formación Inicial del Profesorado, Madrid, Spain.
2021
  • Hervás, A., & Paz-Albo, J. (2021, March 10). La aplicación de eTwinning en la formación del profesorado y su desarrollo a través de los TFG y los TFM [Invited Presentation]. I Jornadas eTwinning y la Formación Inicial del Profesorado, Madrid, Spain.
  • Hervás-Escobar, A. & Paz-Albo, J. (2021, December 16). La asociación de padres «Las Jaras» residencia y centro ocupacional: Un caso de éxito [Paper presentation]. XVI Congreso Internacional de Organización de Instituciones Educativas (CIOIE) “Organización educativa para todas las personas”, Almería, Spain.
  • Paz-Albo, J., & Hervás, A. (2021, November 18). Actitudes hacia las matemáticas en Educación Primaria [Poster Presentation].  Congreso EDUCARE+EDUCERE. Formación del Profesorado 2021, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Fuenlabrada, Spain.
  • Paz-Albo, J. & Hervás-Escobar, A. (2021, December 16). Los simuladores educativos como herramienta de mejora en la relación familia-escuela durante el estado de pandemia por la COVID-19 [Paper presentation]. XVI Congreso Internacional de Organización de Instituciones Educativas (CIOIE) “Organización educativa para todas las personas”, Almería, Spain.
2020
  • Alfaro, G., & Paz-Albo, J. (2020, October 10). The impact of study abroad on college students’ intercultural attitudes and global competence [Presentation]. 9th International Conference on Education and Learning, GKA EDU 2020 VIRTUAL. Click here for reprint.
  • Hervás, A., & Paz-Albo, J. (2020, October 10). La autopercepción de la inclusión social como parte del constructo calidad de vida en un grupo de mujeres con discapacidad intelectual [Presentation]. 9th International Conference on Education and Learning, GKA EDU 2020 VIRTUAL. Click here for reprint.
  • Paz-Albo, J., & Hervás, A. (2020, October 10). A study of brain dominance of prospective early, primary and secondary education teachers [Presentation]. 9th International Conference on Education and Learning, GKA EDU 2020 VIRTUAL. Click here for reprint.
  • Cvencek, D., Paz-Albo, J., Master, A., Herranz, C. V., Hervás, A., & Meltzoff, A. (2020, April 17 - 21). Designed Interventions to Enhance Children's Math Self-Concepts [Symposium]. AERA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. http://tinyurl.com/sft7rhr (Conference Canceled)
2019
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2019, May 31). Socrative as an engagement tool in the bilingual higher education classroom [Invited Presentation]. III Congreso Internacional para Profesionales de la Educación Bilingüe, Madrid, Spain. Retrieved from https://educacionbilingue.eu/en/dr-jesus-paz-albo
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2019, May 27). Preparing teachers for the modern day schooling [Invited Keynote Speech]. Teacher Training Institutions Initiative Workshop, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Paz-Albo, J., Ruiz, J. M., Bernárdez, R., Huerta, P., & Hervás, A. (2019, May 3). El efecto del uso de Socrative como herramienta de aprendizaje universitaria [Presentation]. 3rd International Congress on Technologies in Education, Université Paris Diderot, France. Click here for reprint.
  • Hervás, A., Lozano, D., & Paz-Albo, J. (2019, May 2). La robótica educativa y la actitud hacia las matemáticas [Presentation]. 3rd International Congress on Technologies in Education, Université Paris Diderot, France. Click here for reprint.
2018
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2018, December 3). Evaluation and documentation in eTwinning projects [Invited Presentation]. eTwinning Online Seminar for Teacher Training Institutes, EUN Partnership AISBL. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25743.02724
  • Paz-Albo, J., & Hervás, A. (2018, October 18). Socrative como herramienta de innovación en la educación superior [Presentation]. XV Congreso Internacional de Organización de Instituciones Educativas “Tendencias nacionales e internacionales en organización educativa: entre la estabilidad y el cambio”, Universidad de Lleida, Spain.
  • Alfaro, G., & Paz-Albo, J. (2018, July 5-6). Globalizing the curriculum in the CLIL classroom [Paper Presentation]. VII Congreso Internacional Multidisciplinar de Investigación Educativa, Zaragoza, Spain. Click here for reprint.
  • Paz-Albo, J., & Hervás, A. (2018, May 23). Four years in the making of eTwinning at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. [Presentation]. eTwinning-Teacher Training Institutions Pilot Workshop, Brussels, Belgium. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30147.45606
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2018, April 25). Recursos educativos & retos de futuro [Invited Rountable Presentation]. II Congreso ASPROGRADES Paso a Paso "Retos de futuro para la atención de las personas con discapacidad intelectual con grandes necesidades de apoyo", Universidad de Granada, Spain. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19084.97927
  • Paz-Albo, J., Jor'dan, J. R. & Hervás, A. (2018, April). The impact of simulations on prospective teachers training [Paper Presentation]. 4th International Conference on Education, Bangkok, Thailand. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21070.15686
2017
  • Cvencek, D., Paz-Albo, J., Herranz, C. V., Hervás, A., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2017, April 8). Experimental Interventions to Enhance Children’s Explicit and Implicit Math Self-Concepts [Symposium]. In L. Bian (Chair), Gender stereotypes about intellectual abilities: Developmental trajectory, mechanisms of influence, and effective interventions. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX, USA.
2016
  • Paz-Albo, J., Herranz, C. V., Hervás, A., Meltzoff, A. N., & Cvencek, D. (2016, July 6). Improving Math Achievement of Madrid Students, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.29701.40166
  • Rentzou, K., Fenu, D., Paz-Albo, J., Slutsky, R., & Zapico, E. (2016, April 1). EU and USA Early Childhood Education Systems: Working Toward Unified Systems [Poster Session]. Global Summit on Childhood. Creating a Better World for Children and Youth Through Sustainability, Social Innovation, and Synergy, San José, Costa Rica. Click here for reprint.
2015
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2015, July 30). Innovation and communication technologies in the classroom [Invited Seminar]. Triton College, River Grove, IL, USA.
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2015, May 27). eTwinning teacher training pilot 2014-2015 [Presentation]. Meeting for Initial Teacher Training Institutes. eTwinning Pilot, European Schoolnet, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2015, March 25). eTwinning [Inaugural Address]. I Seminario eTwinning, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Fuenlabrada, Spain.
  • Paz-Albo, J., Gómez, M., & Herranz, C. V. (2015, January 16). La experiencia de una implantación de grados bilingües: el caso de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos y los Grados de Educación [Presentation]. Jornadas sobre la Implantación de los Grados Bilingües de Educación Infantil y Primaria: Revisión de Planes y Acciones Bilingües, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.
2013
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2013, April 26). Liderazgo 2.0: Innovación en el management, talento digital y formación competencial del profesorado [Invited Presentation]. Jornada School 2.0 – Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación de Innovación, iiREspaña, Madrid, Spain.
2012
  • Paz-Albo, J. (2012, March 21). Leading edges of innovation in our schools [Paper Presentation]. III Jornadas de Innovación y TIC Educativas, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Spain.