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3rd INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES and DEVELOPMENT   
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                                              PALACIO DE MIRAMAR                                                      SAN SEBASTIAN, JUNE 24-26, 2015

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José Carlos Núñez
Full Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Oviedo. Spain
José Carlos Núñez Pérez is Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Oviedo (Spain). He is responsible for the Doctoral Program of this Department. He teaches both at the undergraduate and graduate level in several universities in Spain and Portugal. His research focuses on the scientific study of motivational-cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions among students with learning difficulties, as well as the analysis of self-regulated learning strategies. He has participated in several local, national and international research projects. He has directed many doctoral theses and other research works. He has published both in national and international journals and publishers. He is currently Director of the Department of Psychology, member of the Governmental Council of the University of Oviedo, and Board Member of Official Psychological Association of Asturias. He is also member of the National Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD) and the International Institute of School Psychology, and Associate Director of several scientific journals.

ABSTRACT
Annually, lectures have the opportunity to apply for a research activity complement, commonly called `research stretch´or `six-year term´. Although the announcement published in the BOE (Boletín Oficial del Estado in Spain) is developed according to the normative that will regulate their different aspects, there are questions related to the criteria to be used for the assessment of the contributions selected by the candidate that are not developed enough. As a consequence, the candidate has great doubts when must choose the five contributions requested, among all of the contributions that appear in his/her curriculum corresponding to the six-year term that he/she wants to apply for.  In this workshop, useful information for the lectures belonged to the Social Sciences area (for example, Psychology and Education), to make decissions when they apply for the six-year term, will be provided.