Dr Juan C Castro Alonso

Dr Juan C Castro Alonso

School of Education
Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology

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j.castroalonso@bham.ac.uk
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School of Education
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Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso (Dr Cris Castro) is a Biochemist, Master’s in Communication and Education, and PhD in Education. He is principal investigator and collaborator in research projects about educational psychology, cognitive science, STEM education, and multimedia learning. He has a proven record in quantitative experimental design, data processing, and statistical analyses. Dr Cris Castro is editor in the prestigious international journals Educational Psychology Review, PLOS ONE, Frontiers in Psychology, and Educational and Developmental Psychologist. He has edited and coauthored the book “Visuospatial processing for education in health and natural sciences” (2019, Springer), and has published more than 30 journal articles and book chapters.

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Qualifications

  • PhD in Education, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, 2013
  • Master’s in Communication and Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, 2006
  • Graduate Diploma in Audiovisual Documentary Writing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, 2003
  • Bachelor of Biochemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, 2002

Biography

Dr Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso (Cris Castro) is a Biochemist, Master鈥檚 in Communication and Education, and PhD in Education. He is principal investigator and collaborator in research projects about educational psychology, cognitive science, STEM education, and multimedia learning. He has a proven record in quantitative experimental design, data processing, and statistical analyses. Dr Cris Castro is editor in the prestigious international journals Educational Psychology Review, PLOS ONE, Frontiers in Psychology, and Educational and Developmental Psychologist. He has edited and coauthored the book 鈥淰isuospatial processing for education in health and natural sciences鈥� (2019, Springer), and has published more than 30 journal articles and book chapters.

Teaching

  • Undergraduate courses “Introduction to Cognitive Psychology” and “Social Psychology and Learning”, 2022 
  • Undergraduate courses “Cognitive Psychology” and “Contemporary Issues in Education”, 2023

Postgraduate supervision

Cognitive load theory
Multimedia learning
Science education
Working memory and visuospatial processing
Embodied cognition
Gender differences

Other activities

  • Research consultant for the Explora Program of School Research and Innovation. Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation (Chile), 2020-2021
  • Educational and science consultant for the project CORFO 17ITE2.88850 granted to the international multimedia company Lab4U, 2018-2019
  • Educational and science consultant for the project CORFO 16PES-66152 granted to the international multimedia company Lab4U, 2017
  • International Professional Memberships in International Cognitive Load Theory Association (ICLTA), European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Endres, T, Bender, L, Sepp, S, Zhang, S, David, L, Trypke, M, Lieck, D, D茅siron, JC, Bohm, J, Weissgerber, S, Castro Alonso, C & Paas, F 2025, '', Educational Psychology Review, vol. 37, no. 1, 5.

Castro-Alonso, JC, Hidalgo, AA & Sweller, J 2024, '', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 14, 1330345.

Hanham, J, Castro Alonso, C & Chen, O 2023, '', British Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 93, no. Suppl. 2, pp. 239-250.

Chen, O, Retnowati, E, Castro-Alonso, JC, Paas, F & Sweller, J 2023, '', Education Sciences, vol. 13, no. 11, 1138.

Carre帽o, MJ, Castro-Alonso, JC & Gallardo, MJ 2022, '', International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1841-1857.

Sepp, S, Wong, M, Hoogerheide, V & Castro-Alonso, JC 2022, '', Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 1304-1320.

Castro-Alonso, JC, Wong, RM, Adesope, OO & Paas, F 2021, '', Educational Psychology Review, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 989-1015.

Castro-Alonso, JC, de Koning, BB, Fiorella, L & Paas, F 2021, '', Educational Psychology Review, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 1379-1407.

Castro-Alonso, JC & de Koning, BB 2020, '', Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 112, 106458.

Chapter

Castro-Alonso, JC & Sweller, J 2021, . in RE Mayer & L Fiorella (eds), The Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning. 3rd edn, Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 261-267.

Ayres, P, Castro-Alonso, JC, Wong, M, Marcus, N & Paas, F 2020, . in S Tindall-Ford, S Agostinho & J Sweller (eds), Advances in cognitive load theory: Rethinking teaching. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 180-193.

Wong, M, Castro-Alonso, JC, Ayres, P & Paas, F 2020, . in S Tindall-Ford, S Agostinho & J Sweller (eds), Advances in cognitive load theory: Rethinking teaching. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 80-88.

Castro-Alonso, JC & Sweller, J 2020, . in W Karwowski, T Ahram & S Nazir (eds), Advances in human factors in training, education, and learning sciences: Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 75-84.

Review article

Castro-Alonso, JC, Ayres, P, Zhang, S, de Koning, BB & Paas, F 2024, '', Educational Psychology Review, vol. 36, no. 1, 10.

Goycolea, R, Castro-Alonso, JC & D枚rr, A 2021, '', Educational Psychology Review, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 619-635.