MENA Araya Aaron Eli
- Affiliation
- Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Official title
- Specially Appointed Professor
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-2577-2221
- Office
- Department of Educational Promotion
- Phone
- 029-853-5078
- Research keywords
Educational Media Storytelling Critical thinking Competency-based learning - Career history
2026-02 -- (current) University of Tsukuba Educational Promotion Department Specially Appointed Professor 2022-07 -- 2026-01 University of Costa RicaICT-Based Learning Support Department Director 2022-06 -- 2026-01 University of Costa RicaMass Communication Sciences School Professor 2021-04 -- 2022-06 University of Costa RicaMass Communication Sciences School Associate Professor 2013-03 -- 2017-03 University of Costa Rica Mass Communication Sciences School Associate Professor 2011-04 -- 2013-03 University of Costa Rica ICT-Based Learning Support Department Lecturer 2011-04 -- 2013-03 University of Costa Rica School of Mass Communication Sciences Lecturer - Academic background
2018-04 -- 2021-08 University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences Doctoral Program in School Education 2009-04 -- 2011-03 Ibaraki University Graduate School of Humanities 2001-03 -- 2007-06 University of Costa Rica Social Sciences Faculty Mass Communication Sciences School - Degree
2021-08 Doctor of Philosophy in Education University of Tsukuba 2011-04 Master of Cultural Sciences Ibaraki University 2007-06 Bachelor of Mass Communication University of Costa Rica - Academic societies
2018-04 -- (current) Japan Association for Educational Media Study - Honors & Awards
2008/02 Grand Prize, International Student Literary Award - Articles
- On the Use of Storytelling in a Databases Course: Developing Transversal Competencies
MENA Araya Aaron Eli
Smart Technologies for an All-Electric Society Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE2025)/1, 2026/01 - Un curso de competencias digitales para apoyar la reflexión curricular en la Universidad de Costa Rica 【コスタリカ大学におけるカリキュラム開発を支援するためのデジタルコンピテンシー学習プログラム】
MENA ARAYA AARON ELI
Memoria de Ponencias Presentadas en I Encuentro para el Intercambio de Buenas Prácticas en Diseño, Gestión y Mejoramiento Curricular para la Innovación en Educación/pp.171-176, 2023-10 - Evaluación integrada de pensamiento crítico y conciencia ciudadana como competencias ATC21s en Costa Rica y en Japón 【21世紀型スキルとしての批判的思考と市民意識の総合評価】
MENA Araya Aaron Eli
Actualidades Investigativas En Educación/22(01)/pp.1-39, 2022-01 - Una taxonomía de medios educativos para el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico: Dominios de acción y tipologías textuales 【批判的思考力の育成を目的にした教育メディアのタクソノミー：行動領域とテキスト様式】
MENA Araya Aaron Eli
Estudios Pedagógicos/46(1)/pp.203-222, 2020-10 - Citizen self-awareness assessment in elementary schools of Japan and Costa Rica through story-based media
MENA ARAYA AARON ELI
International Journal of Educational Media and Technology/14(1)/pp.55-64, 2020-06
- On the Use of Storytelling in a Databases Course: Developing Transversal Competencies
- Teaching
2021-08 -- 2022-12 Educational Media University of Costa Rica 2015-08 -- 2016-12 Integrated Module I University of Costa Rica 2012-03 -- 2016-07 Verbal Expression University of Costa Rica 2012-03 -- 2016-07 Introduction to Audiovisual and Multimedia Communication University of Costa Rica 2012-08 -- 2014-12 Research Seminar II University of Costa Rica 2012-03 -- 2014-07 Research Seminar I University of Costa Rica 2011-08 -- 2012-12 Radio and Television Genre University of Costa Rica 2011-08 -- 2011-12 Audiovisual Production University of Costa Rica - Other educational activities
2023-10 -- 2025-11 Didactic Design for the development of critical thinking （Short-term course） University of Costa Rica, ICT-based Learning Support Department 2023-05 -- 2024-10 Storytelling for the development of Transversal Competencies (Short-term course) University of Costa Rica, ICT-based Learning Support Department 2014-08 -- 2016-07 Voicing Board: Collaborative learning through comics (workshop) University of Costa Rica, ICT-based Learning Support Department 2011-08 -- 2012-12 Multimedia Presentations Design (workshop) University of Costa Rica, ICT-based Learning Support Department
(Last updated: 2026-03-19)