Patricia Carballal Miñán is a Lecturer in the area of Methods of Language and Literature Teaching at the Faculty of Education of the University of A Coruña (Galicia, Spain) since 2011. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Studies. Her research focuses on the history of Spanish and Galician literatures, traditional oral literature, literary education and children’s and young people’s literature. She has participated in several research projects in the field of Development Education and is interested in active and collaborative teaching methodologies.