This is Jorge Lizandra Mora, PhD in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences from the University of Valencia.

At present I am Senior Lecturer in the Department of Teaching of Physical Education, Artistic and Music of the University of Valencia. I am also part of the Research Group Physical Activity, Education & Society (AFES).

My career has been mainly focused on the field of education, both as teaching and research staff at the University, as a teacher in secondary and vocational training, as well as in the private sector. In addition, I have taught both face-to-face, semi-face-to-face or online training, keeping a great interest in the pedagogical and methodological aspects of face-to-face and virtual teaching.

My main research fields are focused on the study of physical activity and health promotion, the interest in the improvement of teaching-learning processes and the study of the effects of new technologies both in the subject of physical education and its didactic.

Associate Professor, PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and PhD in Human Rights, Democracy and International Justice (Universitat de València). He is a research group coordinator (COS Research Group - Body, Movement, Music y Curricular Practices Curriculares https://www.grupocos.org/) and co-director of the Consolidated Group of Educational Innovation COSMUSIC, with the Faculty of Teaching at the University of Valencia. His research lines are focused on producing knowledge in the field of Early Childhood Education, with special attention to the teaching of structured and unstructured physical activity opportunities and children's rights education. He has participated in local, regional, national and European research projects. He currently co-directs the research MOVIMUSI research project, within the framework of the "Generation of Knowledge" program of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. In the last 15 years he has been the recipient of postdoctoral research fellowships in the United Kingdom, France, Portugal and the United States. He maintains a strong relationship with Latin America through his participation in development cooperation projects and as a visiting professor. He is currently co-coordinating the creation of the International Research, Innovation and Teaching Network for the Promotion of Movement and Music in Early Childhood.

Degree in Physical Education in 1992 from the University of Valencia. Teacher of Compulsory Secondary Education (1992-1994). Full Time Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching of Body Expression (1994-2000). Doctor in Physical Education (1997) from the doctoral program of the Department of Morphological Sciences (Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia).
University School Professor (2000-2008), University Professor (2008-) in the Department of Didactics of Body Expression, Physical Education Teaching Unit.
Vice-president of the Ausiàs March University School of Teaching of the University of Valencia (1998-2004 / 2006-2008)
Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training at the University of Valencia (2012-2018)
Dr. Monfort has participated in research projects since 2000 as CI in several national projects related to health and technology (SIS-2001-0070-01; FIS2001-0070-01) and in the VLC / CAMPUS project ( Campus of international excellence). IP of the precompetitive project UV-AE-07-457, financed by the Vice-Rectorate of Research of the University of València, and IP of the project TEC-2007-68119-C02-02, of the national plan financed by CICYT.
Director of three doctoral theses (Bosch-Bivia, 2022, Miñana-Signes, 2017 and Díaz-Barahona, 2016) on topics related to education for health, development and validation of measuring instruments on knowledge, habits and attitudes, and on digital competence in the educational context .
Author of more than 40 research articles, more of them published in journals indexed in JCR (5Q1 + 5Q2 + 5Q3) in the areas of REHABILITATION (Science Ed.), ORTHOPEDICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, HEALTH CARE SCIENCE AND SERVICES and in SJR. The topics have been related to functional assessment through the use of electromyographic techniques, evaluation of levels of physical activity practice and health education and development and validation of measurement instruments to assess knowledge and habits of students.

Director of the Research Group on Spine Health Education (https://www.uv.es/spineducation)

Collaborator of the Pedagogical Content Knowledge research group (https://www.uv.es/uvweb/universitat/ca/directori/grups-investigacio/educacio/grup-1285956904519.html?p2=GIUV2016-280)

Advisor to the Director General of Universities (2019-2020) for the study and modification of specific access tests for access to education and health degrees.

Advisor to the Commissioner of the Presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana for the development of the Valencian Mental Health Plan 2021-2023.

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Alexandra Valencia Peris, graduated in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (2008), Primary School Education (2009) by University of Valencia and PhD in Physical Education and Sports by University of Valencia (2013). She currently works as a Senior Lecturer, attached to the Department of Physical Education, Arts and Music of the Universitat de València. She is a member of the research group Physical Activity, Education and Society since 2007. Her research focuses on the areas of Physical Education, the promotion of active lifestyles in the school environment and Physical Education Teacher Education. In these areas she has participated in local, national and internattional research projects, where she has collaborated in different functions: project management, field work, statistical analysis and dissemination of results. She is also a member of the Network of Formative and Shared Assesmment in Education since 2011 and the International Research Network on Physical Education and Healthy Lifestyle Promotion since 2019. She has carried out different research stays in John Moores University of Liverpool, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha i Universitat Jaume I de Castelló.