Docencia e investigación en la Educación Superiorrevisión crítica con Gimeno Sacristán

Resumo

José Gimeno Sacristán, knowledgeable educationalist, critical thinker, is advanced to his time. Proof of it is his contribution to the processes of renewal and resignification of educational understanding and policy in Spain. He has recently been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in the Universities of San Luis (Argentina) and Málaga (Spain). He was formerly lecturer in the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Professor in the Universidad de Salamanca and, since 1981, he has been Professor in the Universitat de València. In this interview he shares his critical views and looks back at his own professional biography. Several dimensions appear along the interview that allow us to know his studies and early professional years, his reflections about those who have been key academic references as well as the principles upon which he has developed his professional practice, his thinking and his analysis of university policies and practices in both teaching and research domains. He also invites us to review the development of curriculum studies in education degrees in contemporary Spanish Universities. This interview portrays his ideas and beliefs about higher education upon the background of his own life history.