Jorge Ortuño Molina

Jorge Ortuño Molina is a Professor in the Didactics of Mathematical and Social Sciences department at the Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, Spain. His academic career focuses on the intersection of history education, historical consciousness, and cultural heritage pedagogy.

His research interests span across several key areas in history education including historical consciousness, narrative inquiry, gender studies in history, and cultural heritage education. Ortuño Molina has developed significant expertise in understanding how students and teachers construct historical meaning, with particular attention to gender perspectives and the role of cultural icons in shaping historical understanding. His work often examines the social representations of historical significance among teacher trainees and how these influence classroom practices.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a consistent focus on how historical narratives are constructed, particularly examining gender biases in historical representations and the role of cultural heritage in education. His research demonstrates how traditional historical narratives often privilege male political figures while marginalizing women's contributions, and how these patterns persist in teacher training programs. Ortuño Molina's work consistently advocates for more multiperspective approaches to history education that emphasize contextualization and give voice to historically silenced figures.

Ortuño Molina has been actively involved in multiple research groups including the Temporary Laboratory I+D: Heritage, Historical and Civic Education, Digital Humanities: History and Video Games, and the Didactics of Social Sciences group. His collaborative work extends across Ibero-American contexts, examining how history teachers conceptualize the relationship between heritage, identity formation, and historical education across different national contexts.