ANA ISABEL EIZAGIRRE SAGARDIA

Dr. Eizagirre holds a PhD in Education and is a professor in the Department of Theory and History of Education. She is professor of theory of education in Pedagogy graduate studies, and creative learning in postgraduate studies of educational research.

Her core research interests have primarily been literacy, popular education, and the history of education in the Basque Country. She has published some works focused on the history of Basque literacy. She is currently participating in a project on the Basque historical model of vocational training.

Another of his lines of research has been related to the development of cross-curricular skills in both higher education and vocational training. Some of her studies have focused on the development of creative learning and lifelong learning.

For the last years she has led two research projects on developing cross-curricular skills at two educational levels: higher education (specially focused on education studies) and vocational training, in collaboration with Tknika (the Centre for Innovation in Vocational Training). Both research projects are included in one of the research areas of the Ikasgura research group’s work of which it is a member from its origins. She is currently Director of the Diploma of University Extension in Pedagogical and Didactic Training of Vocational Training Technical Teaching Staff.