CURRICULUM VITAE

(abreviated)

Samuel GENTO PALACIOS

UNED, Faculty of Education.
Madrid
03/02/2011

CURRENT DESTINATION:

Professor in the Department of Teaching, School Organization and Special Didactics,

Faculty of Education, UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a
Distancia)
Responsible for teaching the subject "Special Education"on Psicopedgogía degree.
Jointly responsible (along with Professor Antonio Medina Rivilla) of the subject of
educational supervision in the degree of pedagogy

Director of the European Joint Master "Educational Treatment of Diversity " (with the
Universities of UNED, Latvia and Ludwigsburg,Germany)

Professor of several modules in that European Joint Master.

He teaches and promotes research in the cycle of PhD in Education, with Spanish and other
participating countries (particularly Spanish-speaking).
Head of PhD courses:
Quality Profile of an Educational Institution
Improving the Quality of Educational Institutions
Discipline Problems in Children's Education and Learning
Attention to Diversity
Curriculum Design for Adult Education
Coordinator of Inter-University Doctoral Program on Education of Children "
Coordinator of Inter-University Doctoral Program on "Treatment Education Diversity
in the European Union Framework

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Curriculum Coordinator of the National University of Distance Education. He has played from
1995 to 1999, when his resignation was accepted. In this position he performs the tasks of
assessment, reporting and evaluation of curricula that produce the different units that
constitute the National University of Distance Education.

Psychology and Vice Dean of Academic Planning (1 st Vice-Dean), Faculty of

Education, National University of Distance Education. Appointed on
December 15, 2003. This position involves responsibility for the operation of
the degree of Psychology, as well as aspects of academic management of
the Faculty of Education at the University.
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PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL TRAJECTORY

Techer of Primary Education, having served as such in various schools located in rural areas,
medium-sized towns and large cities (particularly in Barcelona and Madrid). He has served as
such a teacher for 13 years.

High school teacher, a position he has played in some schools, particularly, but not limited to
Madrid and Barcelona.

Inspector (Supervisor) of Education, a profession that has served in several Spanish

provinces, especially in Madrid. In performing this role has visited many schools, particularly
in Spain but also in other countries, particularly European, Australian and some American
and even African (in Spanish cities on this continent). This hobby to visit schools in many
countries continues to grow it on numerous occasions, particularly at present in Latin
American and European countries. He has practiced Inspector (Supervisor) of Education for
17 years.

ACADÉMIC TITTLES:

Primary Teacher

Bachelor of Philosophy from the Complutense University

PH.D IN Philosophy (specializing in Pedagogy) from the Complutense University (cum laude)

RESEARCH: some events

Secretary of the Working Group "in junior high school English teachers. " I.C.E. Complutense
University. C / 1993-4.

Member of the research project "Evaluation of Educational Institutions. " C.I.D.E, 1989.

Director of the research project "Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA in Spain). 1985-1991.

Member of Project Group 5 "Open University Educational Network, European Association of

Distance Education Universities, sponsored by the European Commission.

Principal Investigator of research project on "Improving the Quality of Educational

Institutions" selected by the Ministry of Education in 1998 through the CIDE, with two
years'duration.

Member of Research Group "Open Distance Learning" project funded by the European
Community and involving various European universities.

Director of the Research Project on "Improving the Quality of Schools", funded by the
Spanish Ministry of Education, through the CIDE (Center for Research and Documentation).

Promoter of the Joint Master of Diversity Education and Care

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Coordinator of the European network on "Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance",

in European Educational Research Association (EERA)

Member of scientific committee of the Magazine "Bordon, the organ of the Spanish Society of
Pedagogy.

Member of scientific committee of the Magazine "Education XX1", the College of Education
at UNED

NOTABLE BOOKS

GENTO, S. (1994). Participación en la Gestión Educativa. Madrid: Santillana.

GENTO, S. (1995). Instituciones Educativas para la Calidad Total. Madrid: La

Muralla

GENTO, S. (Coord.). (1995). Liderazgo y Clima en las Instituciones Educativas.

Madrid: UNED

GENTO, S. (Coord) (1997). Organización Pedagógica del Nuevo Centro Educativo.

Madrid: UNED.

GENTO, S. (Coord.) (1998). Gestión y Supervisión de Centros Educativos. Buenos

Aires: Hernandarias.

GENTO, S. (1998). Implantación de la Calidad Total en Instituciones Educativas.

Madrid: UNED

GENTO, S. (Coord.) (2001). La Institución Educativa. I Identificadores de Calidad

Buenos Aires: Docencia.

GENTO, S. (Coord.) (2001). La Institución Educativa. II Predictores de Calidad

Buenos Aires: Docencia.

GENTO, S. (2003). Guía Didáctica de Educación Especial. Madrid: UNED

GENTO, S. (Coordinador) (2003). Educación Especial, tomo I y tomo II. Madrid:

Sanz y Torres.

GENTO, S. (Coordinador) (2003). Problemas de Disciplina y Aprendizaje en el

Sistema Educativo. Madrid: Sanz y Torres

GENTO, S. (2004). Guía Práctica para la Investigación en Educación. Madrid: Sanz

y Torres.

GENTO, S. (Coord.) (2004). Supervisión Educativa. Madrid: Sanz y Torres.

MEDINA, A., GENTO, S. y otros (1991). Formación de Educadores de Adultos.

Madrid: UNED (PFP).
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MEDINA, A. y GENTO, S. (1996). Formación de Educadores de Personas Adultas.

Madrid: UNED

MEDINA, A. y GENTO, S. (Coords.) (1996). Organización Pedagógica del Nuevo

Centro Educativo. UNED, Madrid.

SOME CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS OF

CONGRESS

CASTILLO, S. y GENTO, S. (1995). "Modelos de evaluación de programas

educativos". MEDINA, A. y VILLAR, L.M. (Coord). Evaluación de Programas,
Centros y Profesores. Madrid: Universitas.

GENTO, S. (1994). "Técnicas, procedimientos e instrumentos para la aplicación de la

Escala de Evaluación de Centros Educativos". CARDONA, J. (Coord).
Metodología Innovadora de Evaluación de Centros Educativos. Madrid. Sanz y
Torres.

GENTO, S. (1996) “Liderazgo pedagógico del director del centro educativo”, en

MEDINA, A. y GENTO, S. (Coords.). Organización Pedagógica del Nuevo
Centro Educativo. UNED, Madrid: 77 - 116

GENTO, S (1996) “Perfil organizativo de un centro o institución formadora de

personas adultas”, en DOMÍNGUEZ, GENTO, S., MEDINA, A., y PÉREZ,
E. Desarrollo Integral de una Comarca. UNED, Madrid:251-262.

GENTO, S. (1996) “El maestro ante la tecnología”, en Revista Vela Mayor, III, nº 9.
Madrid: 73 - 79.

GENTO, S. (1996) “Principios rectores de la reforma del microsistema educativo:

bases legislativas”. Revista A Distancia, Primavera, Madrid: 127 - 132.

GENTO, S. (1997) “Iniciación de procesos de mejora de la calidad de un centro

educativo”, en Revista Innovación Educativa, 4, Santiago de Compostela: 7-22

GENTO, S. (1997) “La participación”, en LORENZO, M (Coord.). La Organización

y gestión del centro educativo”. Universitas, 1997: 353 - 391.

GENTO, S. (1998). “El modelo europeo de calidad en una Universidad a Distancia”.

Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia, 1 (1): 39 – 62.

GENTO, S. (1998). “Marco referencial para la evaluación de un proyecto educativo”.

Revista Educación XXI (Facultad de Educación de la UNED), 1: 93 –128.

GENTO, A. (1999). “¿Evaluación para la certificación o para la mejora?.

Organización y Gestión Educativa, 6, pp. 9-13.
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GENTO, S. (2000). “La escuela ante el reto del empleo”. CARDONA, J. (Dir.)
Formación y Empresa, Ejes del Desarrollo Integral de las Comarcas. Talavera
de la Reina: Centro Asociado de la UNED, pp. 129-145.

GENTO, S. (2004). “Integración e inclusión educativa en el paradigma de la calidad

total”. CUEVAS, M., DÍAZ, F., FUENTES, A.M. & PAREJA, J.A. (Coords.)
Atención a la diversidad y Calidad Educativa. Granada: Grupo Editorial
Universitario, pp. 255-301.

GENTO, S. (2010). “Bases for a curriculum design in

educational institutions of quality”. XIV World
Congress of Comparative Education Societies
(Istambul, 14-18 June). Istambul: Print Solutions (CD).

GENTO, S. y HOPES, Cl (1996) “Servicio de Inspección para un nuevo centro

educativo”, en MEDINA, A. y GENTO, S. (Coords.). Organización
Pedagógica del Nuevo Centro Educativo. UNED, Madrid: 39-77.

GÜNTER, G., GENTO, S., GONZÁLEZ, R., DOMÍNGUEZ, M.C. &

MEDINA, A. (2010).- “Qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of an
inclusive educational treatment of diversity: GENTO, S. (Ed.) (2010).
How to Progresss on Educational Quality Assurance. Madrid: Author.
ISBN-13: 978-84-6142567-9

MEDINA, A. Y GENTO, S. (1996). “Teoría curricular: diseño, desarrollo y

evaluación del currículo para la formación de personas adultas en educación
secundaria”, en MEDINA, A. y GENTO, S. (Coords.) : Formación de
Educadores de Personas Adultas. UNED, Madrid: 54 - 145.

MEDINA, A., DOMÍNGUEZ, C. y GENTO, S. (1996) “Curriculum design for adult

people ´s education in urban societies”, en NOTTEN, T. Cities Yough Policy
Vocational Education and Training the Professionals.Hogeschool van
Amsterdam, Amsterdam: 40-50.

SOME UNITS AND PAPERS IN CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, COURSES,

CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS, ETC.

GENTO, S. (1995). "Evaluation for a new approach of total quality in Educational

Institutions" International Evaluation Conference, Vancouver (British Columbia,
Canadá), Noviembre 1-5.

GENTO, S. (1996) “Implantación de la calidad en un centro educativo”. IV Congreso

Interuniversitario de Organización Escolar, Tarragona, 12 - 15 Noviembre

GENTO, S. (1996) “Liderazgo pedagógico del director de una institución educativa

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de calidad”. II Congreso Internacional sobre Dirección de Centros Docentes,

Bilbao, 16 - 20 Septiembre

GENTO, S. (1997) “Research on pondering components of quality in educational

institutions”. European Conference on Educational Reesearch, Frankfurt
(Alemania), 24-27 Septiembre

GENTO, S. (1997) “Dirección y liderazgo en los centros educativos”. Primeras

Jornadas sobre Enseñanza Pública y Gestión de Calidad. Madrid, Abril.

GENTO, S. (1998). “Perfil referencial de la calidad de una institución educadora en el

umbral del siglo XXI”. Congreso Internacional de Educación, Guanajuato
(México), Marzo

GENTO, S. (1998) “El liderazgo en el paradigma de calidad total y su aplicación a

una institución universitaria a distancia”. V Congreso Interuniversitario de
Organización de Instituciones Educativas. Madrid, 10-13 de Noviembre.
GENTO, S. (1999). “Autonomía de centros educativos y participación”. Seminario
sobre Autonomía de centros, Consejo Escolar del Estado. Madrid, Marzo.

GENTO, S. (2000). “Nuevas perspectivas de gestión de instituciones educativas”. I

Congreso Iberoamericano, X Nacional de Pedagogía. Madrid, 22-17 de
septiembre.

GENTO, S. (2004). “El perfil del psicopedagogo”. I Jornadas Universitarias sobre

Competencias Socio-Pofesionales de las Titulaciones de Educación (Madrid,
29-30 de octubre).

GENTO, S. (2004). “Problems of integration (Madrid situation)”. International

Conference on Youth in Europe. Problems of Integration and Chances of
Participation (Frreudenstadt, Alemania, 26-29 de marzo).

DOMÍNGUEZ, GENTO, S. y MEDINA, A. (1997) “Education of youth at risk in

urban societies”, European Conference on Educational Reesearch, Frankfurt
(Alemania), 24-27 Septiembre.

DOMÍNGUEZ, GENTO, S. y MEDINA, A. (1997) “Self professional development:

in service training for teachers of secondary education”, European Conference
on Educational Research, Frankfurt (Alemania), 24-27 Septiembre.

GENTO, LARA, E. y MARTÍN, C. (1999). “Who and why will be satisfied when an
educational institution reaches quality”. European Conference on Educational
Research, Lahty (Finland), 22 -25 Septiembre.

GENTO, MEDINA, A. y DOMÍNGUEZ, C. (1999). “Pedagogical dimension of

school head ´s leadership”. European Conference on Educational Research,
Lahty (Finland), 22 -25 Septiembre.
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GENTO, MEDINA, A. y DOMÍNGUEZ, C. (2000). “At the watershed of the

assessment of educational institucions quality”. European Conference on
Educational Research, Edinburgh (Escocia), 15 -20 Septiembre.

GENTO, LARA, E. y MARTÍN, C. (1999). “Axiological approach for a new

curriculum design”. European Conference on Educational Research,
Edinburgh (Escocia), 15 -20 Septiembre.

GENTO, S. (2010). “The values in qualitative research”. 11th

Workshop Qualitative Research in Psychology
(Sassari, Italy, 12-14 march).

GENTO, S. (2010). “Derecho a la educación en el

tratamiento educativo de la diversidad”. VII
Jornadas Internacionales sobre Tratamiento
Educativo de la Diversidad. (Madrid, 23-24 de abril)

GENTO, S. (2010). “Bases for a curriculum design in

educational institutions of quality”. WCCES XIV
World Congress of Comparative Education Societies
(Istambul, 14-18 june)

OTHER WORKS

Several chapters in various publications of an educational nature.

Several entries in E. Publications Santillana, such as:

-Dictionary of Education Sciences
-Psychology (Lexicon)
-Technology Education (lexicon)

Several articles in specialized journals on educational topics.

Several articles in national newspapers (among them, El Pais, ABC) and other provincial
(Diario de Burgos).

Several translations of books on educational issues (including "Creative Teaching Institutions

Organization, CERI, etc.).

Several papers and presentations at various conferences, Meetings and Spanish, foreign and
international Seminars.

OTHER ACTIONS
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Chairman of the Organizing Committee by 1 European Symposium on Educational

Inspection. Madrid, 5-8 June 1985.

Expert partner in National Radio of Spain in the "Tiempo Joven" (under "Cultural Mail" and
"Gathering") of the "Radio Exterior. "

Commissioned by the Spanish Government to act as representative in various international

fora (including UNESCO, where among other activities, was part of the Spanish Delegation to
the Intergovernmental Conference on Education for International Understanding in 1984).

Principal investigator of the project "Improving the quality of schools, approved and
supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.

Organizer and director of I-VII "International Conferences on Educational Treatment of

Diversity. "