Gabriela Guerrero Barnechea
Senior Researcher
PhD in Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
gguerrero@grade.org.pe
Gabriela Guerrero has a PhD in Educational Sciences from the KU Leuven in Belgium and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies with a major in Public Policy from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
She is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE in the areas of Education and learning, Poverty and equality and Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes. Her research interests are early childhood development, educational transitions, intercultural bilingual education and school effectiveness.
Publications
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¿Qué diferencia hacen las escuelas? Un estudio de métodos mixtos en colegios secundarios del Perú
2021 Juan Leon, Gabriela Guerrero, Santiago Cueto, Paul Glewwe
The study on which this policy document is based analyzes which factors are associated with good results of students in public secondary educational institutions (IE), despite their adverse socioeconomic condition. For this purpose, a mixed methods design is used that follows a sequential explanatory model, which allows us to explore the effect of different types […]
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What difference do schools make? A mixed methods study in secondary schools in Peru
2021 Juan Leon, Gabriela Guerrero, Santiago Cueto, Paul Glewwe
This study contributes to the scarce literature on school effectiveness in secondary education in Peru by addressing the following questions: i) which educational processes within schools are most influential in math and reading comprehension? and in the case of the most effective schools, ii) what is the importance that principals, teachers, and students place on […]
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Measuring the impact of covid-19 on children under the age of six in Latin America
2021 Gabriela Guerrero
Although in medical terms children are not considered a high-risk group for Covid-19, the impact of the pandemic on them is significant, especially among those who were already vulnerable before the crisis. Because of this, in different regions of the world – including Latin America and the Caribbean – the need was identified to implement […]
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JournalGender and Education
Young women and higher education in Peru: how does gender shape their educational trajectories?
2020 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
In the last 20 years, a reversal of the gender gap in higher education (HE) has been observed both in developed and developing countries. Nowadays, more women than men are studying HE. Nevertheless, averages tend to high disparities and gender gaps are still observed when indicators take poverty and ethnicity into account. This paper uses […]
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Perú: Informe de progreso de políticas de primera infancia
2019 Gabriela Guerrero
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El género y las trayectorias hacia la adultez en el Perú: educación, trabajo y maternidad/paternidad
2017 Vanessa Rojas, Gabriela Guerrero, Jimena Vargas
In this paper we examine how gender affects the educational, employment and parenting trajectories of a sample of young people growing up in poverty in Peru. We report the outcomes and trajectories of 26 members of the older cohort who participated in the qualitative research of the longitudinal study Niños del Milenio between 2007 and […]
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Supporting the early childhood workforce at scale: The Cuna Más home visiting program in Peru
2017 Kimberly Josephson, Gabriela Guerrero, Catherine Coddington
Early childhood development (ECD) policies and programs targeting young children and families, such as home visiting interventions, can positively impact a child’s development and lead to long-term health, education, and social benefits. These programs employ numerous professionals, paraprofessionals, and volunteers. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that it is essential for this early childhood workforce […]
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Medición del desarrollo infantil en América Latina: construyendo una agenda regional
2016 Ariel Fiszbein, Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
Este documento fue escrito en base a las discusiones que tuvieron lugar en el Seminario sobre Medición del Desarrollo Infantil en Lima del 20 al 22 de septiembre de 2016, organizado por el Diálogo Interamericano, GRADE y el Banco Mundial, con el apoyo de CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, la Fundación Baltazar […]
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Understanding children’s experiences of violence in Peru: evidence from Young Lives
2016 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas
This paper describes children’s experiences of violence at home in Peru, using a lifecourse approach. Violence against children at home tended to increase with age, as children took on more chores (especially in rural areas), and spent more time away from home (in some cases, in urban areas). The chances of being hit by parents […]
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Gendered trajectories through education, work and parenthood in Peru
2016 Gabriela Guerrero, Vanessa Rojas, Jimena Vargas
This paper explores young people’s inter-related transitions and pathways through schooling, work and parenthood, with a special focus on the way gender affects trajectories into adulthood among a sample of young people growing up in poverty. The authors report on the outcomes and trajectories of those members of the Older Cohort who participated in Young […]
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JournalInternational Journal of Educational Development
Sense of belonging and transition to high schools in Peru
2009 Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Claudia Sugimaru, Álvaro Zevallos
Sense of belonging is the degree to which students feel integrated with their peers and teachers at school. This study describes sense of belonging among Peruvian students entering high school. Socioeconomic status had no direct effect on sense of belonging but had an indirect effect through achievement. Rural students had a higher sense of belonging […]
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JournalRevista Electrónica Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación
Oportunidades de aprendizaje y rendimiento escolar en Matemática y Lenguaje: resumen de tres estudios en Perú
2008 Cecilia Ramírez, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Santiago Cueto
This study synthesises three studies on the relationship between opportunities to learn (ODA for its acronym in Spanish) and school performance in public schools in Peru. Learning opportunities in these studies were operationally defined on the basis of curricular coverage, cognitive demand, student feedback and correct exercises. These were estimated from the exercises solved in […]
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Projects
- Progress report on early childhood policies in PeruSeptember 2018
- Review of the school resources in ColombiaJanuary 2018
- Impact evaluation of Cuna Mas Day Care ServiceFebruary 2017
- Supporting Young Lives Peru 2017 School SurveyJanuary 2017
- Early Childhood Workforce Initiative – Estudio de caso sobre Cuna MásJuly 2016
- Young Lives PeruApril 2016
- Analyzing the results of the National Evaluation in Early Childhood EducationJanuary 2015
- Design of the follow-up and evaluation component of the Early Childhood Development (ECD/DIT) policyMay 2014
- Design of cognitive tests for the impact evaluation of Qali WarmaApril 2013 - June 2013
- Young Lives Study (continuation)April 2013 - March 2014
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