Research group on Curriculum, Resources and Educational Institutions (CRIE) already has a long history. It was established in 1991 within the Department of Education and School Management of the Universitat de València, with a group of lecturers from several universities. Over the years its objective remained unchanged: explore the policies and practices articulated in education systems, schools and classrooms.
As members of the group, with specific academic interests, we share the motivation to advance in the knowledge of how new ways of becoming active subjects of citizenship, capable of actively moving through a plural world, apparently without borders, are being developed in the classroom. Along the way, we have been dealing with such complex objects of analysis as: reforms, teaching innovation, curriculum planning, evaluation, teaching aids, comprehensiveness, school leadership, organisation, participation, citizenship, diversity, technologies, etc. However, back then and now, the production of knowledge by participating in research projects does not meet the expectations of those of us who are part of CRIE. We want to socialise our achievements by training students interested in our lines of work; in fact, some of them are already active members of the group as interns, doctoral students or even PhDs. The presence of the research group in society is reflected in the publication of our work, our participation in forums and all kinds of events, as well as in institutions that invite us. We assume these aims with our enthusiasm, the energy of new members and renewing the website as a gathering place for those who share our interests and motivations.
We are a multidisciplinary study and research group in the field of education at the Universitat de València. Although we carry out research on different topics, we have in common a critical and post-critical epistemological view of education. Taking these elements as a starting point, we have been moving towards a commitment to a different way of understanding research, clearly linked to social transformation. Cooperation, the exchange of scripts and proposals and the dialogic circle are the strategies that accompany us.
Our lines of research are directed towards the initial and ongoing training of educators in various socio-educational contexts. Narrative research, experience and the educational relationship are our tools for advancing research in the fields of education, knowledge and emancipation.
Academic production should free itself from an unhealthy individualistic tradition, therefore, we are committed to the creation of spaces in which to enable curating, reflection and collective creation. In this sense, the group reflects a diversity of situations and stages in research. Some of the members of the group have already defended their theses and others are in the process of writing them.
The coordination of the group is based, in particular, on defining the problems and difficulties in educational research.
