University Asociate Professor in the Department of Didactics and Theory of Education. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. Autonomous University of Madrid. PhD in Education from the Autonomous University of Madrid.
In 2006 she began her professional activity as Secondary Education Teacher focusing on Educational Guidance in EOEP, IES and Adult Center. Currently she works as a Technical Teaching Advisor specialized in Attention to Diversity in the Educational Administration (DAT Madrid-Norte).
She has experience in teacher training. During 2012 -13 and 2013-14 she worked as an Associate Professor of the Camilo José Cela University of Madrid teaching in the Access to Teachers Degree Course. In the 2010-11 academic year, she collaborated with the Autonomous Community teaching Guidance Models and Psychopedagogical Intervention within the Psychopedagogy Bachelor Degree. At the same time, since 2004, she has taught several continuing education courses for teachers in educational centers and exam preparation centers for both primary and secondary public officials.
Lines of investigation
Since July 2009 she is part of the Research Group on School Change for Social Justice of the Autonomous University of Madrid. GICE- UAM. Her experience and interests in educational research are focused on school guidance, educational inclusion, service-learning, education for social justice, and school improvement and effectiveness.
Publications
- García López, M.L., Aramburuzabala, P. & Cerrillo R. (2016). The role of the guidance counselor in service-learning. The International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 4 (1), 355-366.https://journals.sfu.ca/iarslce/iarslce/index.php/journal/issue/view/6
- García López, M.L., Aramburuzabala, P. & Cerrillo, R.(2016) . El desarrollo de la orientación educativa en el aprendizaje-servicio. Aproximación conceptual y roles del orientador educativo. En M. Anxo Santos Regos, A. Sotelino Losada y M. Lorenzo Moledo (Eds.), VII Congreso Nacional y II Internacional de Aprendizaje-Servicio Universitario. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 13-15 de octubre 2016.
- Monarca, H., García López, M. L. & Martínez, A. M. (2013). El orientador como promotor de competencias para el cambio y la mejorar escolar. En E. Nieto, A. I. Callejas y O. Jerez (Eds.), Las competencias básicas. Competencias profesionales del docente (pp. 59-68). Ciudad Real: Universidad de Castilla la Mancha. http://bit.ly/1VR3L9g
- Colaboración en el Cuaderno de Orientación & Guía de Padres 2017. Dirección General de Becas y Ayudas al Estudio de la Consejería de Educación e Investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid. https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/cuadernoorientacion
- Colaboración en el artículo: Murillo, F.J., García, R. & Ortega, P. (2010). Marco Normativo de la Evaluación del Desempeño de la Función Directiva en España. Avances en Supervisión Educativa, 12.
Email: marialourdes.garcia@uam.es
