Carolina Bonastre Vallés

Carolina Bonastre Vallés is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Madrid (UCM). She holds a PhD in Didactics and Educational Theory from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) with a thesis on musical expressiveness and emotion. Her research focuses on music didactics, innovative educational tools, and pedagogical innovation in digital environments. She has led multiple teaching innovation projects, including the Service-Learning initiative 'Moving Music with Service-Learning for Children' (2022) and collaborated on the R&D project PLECTRUM (2020-2023), which developed software for real-time assessment of musical intonation.

Education:

• PhD in Didactics and Educational Theory (UAM)
• Senior Lecturer's degree in Piano
• Predoctoral fellowship at University of Sheffield

Research Interests:

• Musical expressiveness and emotion in performance
• Innovative digital tools for music education
• Service-Learning methodologies in music pedagogy
• Gender equality in educational technology

Key Projects and Grants:

• R&D Project PLECTRUM (Ministry of Science & Innovation, 2020-2023)
• UCM Diversity & Inclusion grants for Service-Learning projects (2019-2022)
• Innova-Docencia projects on gender equality and digital competencies

Labs/Teams: Member of the research group 'The didactics of the Social Sciences and pedagogical innovation in the digital society', collaborating with institutions like the University of Oviedo and University of Sheffield.