
Nancy Palacios Mena
Nancy is an Associate Professor at Universidad de los Andes.
Nancy has taught social sciences at primary and secondary level and has participated in initial and in-service teacher training. She is currently director of the undergraduate programme and professor at the Faculty of Education of the University of the Andes in Bogotá. Her areas of interest are: curriculum, teaching and learning of social sciences in primary and secondary education, and ethno-education. She is also part of an interdisciplinary research group on historical ecology and social memory from which she has worked to bring scientific knowledge closer to school knowledge in rural areas and to promote children’s learning based on knowledge of the dynamics of their daily contexts.
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