Virginia Aznar Cuadrado

Virginia Aznar Cuadrado is a Lecturer in the Department of Applied Didactics at the Faculty of Teacher Training, University of Santiago de Compostela. Her work is closely associated with the RODA research group, which focuses on Reasoning, Discourse, and Argumentation in educational contexts.

Her research centers on the integration of socioscientific issues—particularly health-related topics—into science education for pre-service primary school teachers. She explores how real-world, socially relevant problems can foster scientific practices and critical thinking in initial teacher training.

Her academic background includes a PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela (2022), with a dissertation titled Socially alive health problems as a context for the development of scientific practices in the initial training of primary school teachers, supervised by Dr. Blanca Puig Mauriz.

She is actively involved in science education research, contributing to pedagogical innovation in experimental sciences. Her work emphasizes argumentation, inquiry-based learning, and the development of scientific competencies among future educators.

Virginia Aznar Cuadrado is a member of the RODA research group, which promotes interdisciplinary research on reasoning and discourse in science and education. This group supports collaborative projects focused on improving science teaching through dialogic and critical approaches.