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Pilar Gerns is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS). It is a centre for interdisciplinary research at the University of Navarra, Spain. She holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Navarra, a BA in English Studies from the UNED, a MA with honors in Teaching Social Science and Foreign Languages in Secondary School from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a PhD CUM LAUDE from the Univ. of Navarra. Currently she is working as a research member of the group Public Discourse, investigating different topics related to language and discourse analysis. She is also collaborating in two European Plus projects: CoMMiTTeD and KiNESIS.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pilar Gerns Jiménez-Villarejo

Citation names

  • Gerns, Pilar
  • Gerns Jiménez-Villarejo, Pilar

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
981A-3688-1C02
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1754-5395

Websites

Education
Degree Classification
2014/10 - 2023/09
Ongoing
 Language, Literature and culture in English studies (Bachelor)
Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Spain
2017/09/01 - 2021/10/28
Concluded
 PhD with the Faculty of Education and Psychology (Doktor (PhD))
Universidad de Navarra, Spain
"Cognitive Discourse Functions in Content and Language Integrated Learning: An empirical study in secondary school science " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 cum laude
2016/12/09 - 2017/07/05
Concluded
 Máster Universitario en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria, Formación Profesional y Enseñanza de Idiomas (Master)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2012/09/01 - 2016/06/25
Concluded
 Degree in Philosophy (Bachelor)
Universidad de Navarra Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Spain
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/09 - Current Postdoctoral researcher Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2021/11/01 - Current Postdoctoral researcher Universidad de Navarra Instituto de Cultural y Sociedad, Spain
2017/09/01 - 2021/10/30 Doctoral lecturer and researcher Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2022/05 - Current Evaluación Nacional de la Enseñanza Bilingüe en España (ENEBE)
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Researcher
Ongoing
2022/10/06 - 2026/10/05 CLIL Network for Languages in Education: Towards bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies (CLILNetLE)
CA21114
Researcher
Ongoing
2021/05 - 2024/06 KNowledgE alliance for Social Innovation in Shrinking villages (KiNESIS)
621651-EPP-1-2020-1-ITEPPKA2-KA
Post-doc Fellow
European Commission, Belgium
 European Commission
Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2023/02/28 Committed Covid, Migrants and Minorities in Teacher Education
2020-1-DE01-KA226-HE-005742
Post-doc Fellow
European Commission, Belgium
 European Commission
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Breeze, Ruth. Developing Creativity in Content & Language Integrated Learning. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra. 2018.
    Published • Editor
Book review
  1. Sofía Brotóns; Gerns, Pilar. "Engagement in professional genres". Review of Engagement in Professional Genres 43, (2022): 266-269. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/libro?codigo=780012.
    Published
  2. Gerns, Pilar. "Science communication on the Internet. Old genres meet new genres". Review of Science communication on the Internet. Old genres meet new genres 40, (2021): 288-290. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7829127.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Gerns, Pilar. "Enabling secondary teachers to become efficient CLIL material designers". 2023.
Conference paper
  1. Gerns, Pilar. "Learning science through the CDF of “comparing”". Bilbao, 2023.
  2. Gerns, Pilar. "Empirical validation of introducing CDFs (Cognitive Discourse Functions) in students Secondary (CLIL) Science writing". Valladolid, 2019.
  3. Gerns, Pilar. "Promoting disciplinary literacy in secondary school CLIL: An experimental study". 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Gerns, Pilar. "Good practices in secondary science CLIL: Working with CDFs". 2021.
Journal article
  1. Gerns, Pilar. "Building Scientific Knowledge in English: Integrating Content, Cognition and Communication in Secondary School CLIL Biology". Journal of Language and Education 9 3 (2023): 52-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/jle.2023.17569.
    Published • 10.17323/jle.2023.17569
  2. Pilar Gerns. "Qualitative insights and a first evaluation tool for teaching with cognitive discourse function: “comparing” in the CLIL science classroom". Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras (2023): https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.vi40.26619.
    10.30827/portalin.vi40.26619
  3. Breeze, Ruth; Gerns Jiménez-Villarejo, Pilar. "Building literacies in secondary school history: The specific contribution of academic writing support". EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages 6 1 (2019): 21-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21283/2376905x.10.149.
    Published • 10.21283/2376905x.10.149
Manual
  1. CoMMiTTEd - Covid, Migrants and Minorities in Teacher Education: A Fake News Observatory to Promote Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy in Times of Crisis. E-handbook for teachers and teacher educators. 2023.
    Published
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/01/10 - 2023/07/15 Working CLIL 3rd International Colloquium: Moving CLIL forward: towards sustainable educational practices (2023/07/13 - 2023/07/14)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/07/13 - 2023/07/14 Workshop presentation entitled "Enabling secondary teachers to become efficient CLIL material designers" at the Working CLIL 3rd International Colloquium: Moving CLIL forward: towards sustainable educational practices.
Congress
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2023/05/18 - 2023/05/19 Paper presentation at the international conference on academic literacies in multilingual contexts: Bridging research evidence and classroom practice.
Conference
Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Spain
2019/03/27 - 2019/03/29 Paper presentation "Empirical validation of introducing CDFs (Cognitive Discourse Functions) in students Secondary (CLIL) Science writing" at the International Congress of AESLA37 in Valladolid.
Congress
 37th AESLA INTERNACIONAL CONFERENCE bilingualism and languages in contact
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
2018/04/25 - 2018/04/27 Paper presentation entitled "Promoting disciplinary literacy in secondary school CLIL: An experimental study" at Multilingual Language Theories and Practices (MLTP) AESLA 2018.
Congress
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current Asociación de la Enseñanza Bilingüe en España

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Innovación para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje (Master) Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2022 - Current Complementos para la formación disciplinar III (Master) Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2020 - Current Técnicas de comunicación oral y escrita (Bachelor) Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2019 - Current Aprendizaje de lenguas y atención a la diversidad lingüística Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2018 - Current Educación para la salud en la infancia (Bachelor) Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2023/06/05 - 2023/06/21 PRR course "Towards an understanding of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): Perspectives and Practices" (PRR - Para uma compreensão da CLIL: perspectivas e práticas). Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2022/05/17 - 2022/05/17 Einführung in die Fachdidaktik Spanisch Universität Hamburg Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft, Germany
2021/04/09 - 2021/04/09 Aprendizaje Integrado de Contenidos y Lengua Extranjera Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2017 Extraordinary end of master award
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Title

2021 Cum Laude PhD defence