Juan León Jara-Almonte
Senior Researcher
PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education - Pennsylvania State University
jleon@grade.org.pe
Juan has a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences with mention in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE.
His research interests are inequality in education, intercultural bilingual education, early childhood, testing policies and school effectiveness.
Publications
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Transmisión intergeneracional de la educación. Los efectos directos e indirectos de la educación materna en el desarrollo infantil en una región de la selva peruana
2020 Juan Leon, Martín Benavides, Fernando Alarcón, María Grazia Erausquín., Ana Salas
The fact that more educational opportunities have been opened in developing countries has led to a reduction in gender-related educational disparities. Increased levels of schooling for women have potentially important social consequences for boys and girls, in terms of health and well-being. This study explores both the direct and indirect effects of maternal education on […]
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Equating Cognitive Scores across Rounds and Cohorts for Young Lives in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
2020 Juan Leon
For longitudinal studies such as Young Lives, getting comparable measures of children ́s cognitive abilities over time is essential for identifying individual, family, school or contextual variables that affect children ́s development. Few longitudinal studies that follow birth/age cohorts have comparable cognitive measures over time; of those that are available, most are from developed countries […]
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Venciendo la adversidad: Trayectorias educativas de los estudiantes pobres en zonas rurales del Perú
2019 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Claudia Felipe
The study on which this policy brief is based analyzes which factors are associated with the fact that girls and boys born in contexts of relative poverty in rural areas not only remain in school, but also register high educational performance in tests of mathematical and verbal knowledge at 15 years of age. For this, […]
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Venciendo la adversidad: trayectorias educativas de estudiantes pobres en zonas rurales del Perú
2019 Santiago Cueto, Claudia Felipe, Juan Leon
The Peruvian education system is characterized by high levels of access, low levels of learning and high inequality. There are several reasons why some students access a high level of education and learning, while others do not. In general, it can be affirmed that there is a connection between socioeconomic characteristics and student performance, and […]
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El conocimiento del contenido por parte de los docentes y su relación con el rendimiento de los estudiantes de sexto de primaria: una mirada a las tres regiones naturales del Perú
2019 Juan Leon, Claudia Sugimaru, Ana Salas
Literature has shown the importance of both the figure of the teacher and the variables associated with the educational context, since they directly affect learning and can be influenced by short-term policies. This study determines the knowledge of the content —level of knowledge regarding the disciplinary area taught— of the teachers of Mathematics of the […]
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Psychometric characteristics of cognitive development and achievement instruments in round 2 of Young Lives
2009 Ismael G. Muñoz, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Santiago Cueto
Young Lives (YL) is a long-term international research project about childhood poverty based at the University of Oxford that integrates cutting edge research with local, national and international policy analysis engagement. The project seeks to a) improve understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty and to examine how policies affect children’s well-being and […]
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Asistencia docente y rendimiento escolar: el caso del Programa META
2008 Santiago Cueto, Maximo Torero, Juan Leon, José Deustua
Impacto y efecto del programa de incentivos META implementado por el Ministerio de Educación para incrementar la asistencia diaria y la permanencia en clase de los docentes en algunas zonas rurales del Perú.
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Social capital and education outcomes in urban and rural Peru
2005 Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Sharon Huttly, Mary Penny
Although enrolment in primary schools in Peru is very high, more than half of primary school children are one or more grades below the norm for their age. Furthermore, evaluations have shown that, when tested, Peruvian school children score well below the norms expected for their age. Their scores are also below the average levels […]
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Las actitudes de los estudiantes peruanos hacia la lectura, la escritura, la matemática y las lenguas indígenas
2003 Santiago Cueto, Fernando Andrade, Juan Leon
Resultados de la administración de diversas escalas de actitudes a estudiantes de cuarto y sexto de primaria y cuarto de secundaria durante la evaluación nacional del rendimiento estudiantil a fines del 2001.
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Oportunidades de aprendizaje y rendimiento en matemáticas en una muestra de estudiantes del sexto grado de primaria de Lima
2003 Santiago Cueto, Cecilia Ramírez, Juan Leon, Oscar Pain
Las oportunidades de aprendizaje (ODA) de matemática en estudiantes de sexto de primaria de escuelas públicas así como la relación entre ODA y el rendimiento de los estudiantes basado en el currículo peruano.
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Journal International Journal of Educational Research
Does pre-school improve cognitive abilities among children with early-life stunting?: a longitudinal study for Peru
2016 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Alejandra Miranda, Kirk Dearden, Benjamin T. Crookston, Jere R. Behrman
Several studies in developing countries have found that children who experience growth faltering in the first years of life show lower cognitive abilities than their peers. In this study, we use the Young Lives longitudinal dataset in Peru to analyze if attending pre-school affects cognitive abilities at age five years, and if there is an […]
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JournalSilex: Revista Interdisciplinaria
El éxito educativo de la región Moquegua, un análisis de la gestión pedagógica e institucional en tres niveles: regional, local y de institución educativo
2015 Claudia Sugimaru, Juan Leon
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JournalRevista Peruana de Investigación Educativa
Ausentismo docente en Perú: factores asociados y su efecto en el rendimiento
2015 Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon
The objective of this study is twofold. First, to describe how teachers’ and schools’ characteristics are associated with teacher absenteeism. Second, to explore the relationship between teacher absenteeism and student achievement (mathematics and language), after holding constant student, school and contextual variables. The study uses the Young Lives’ School Survey database which has information for […]
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JournalCurrent HIV Research
The role of objective numeracy and fluid intelligence in sex-related protective behaviors
2015 Nathan Dieckmann, Ellen Peters, Juan Leon, Martín Benavides, David Baker, Alison Norris
A wealth of studies has indicated that greater cognitive ability is related to healthier behaviors and outcomes throughout the lifespan. In the present paper, we focus on objective numeracy (ability with numbers) and present findings from a study conducted in the Peruvian Highlands that examines the relations among formal education, numeracy, other more general cognitive […]
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JournalJournal of Family Violence
The Co-Occurrence of Domestic and Child Violence in Urban Peru: Evidence from Three Regions
2015 Martín Benavides, Juan Leon, Marcela Ponce de León
Using a unique dataset collected from three regions in Peru (Huancavelica, Lima and Loreto), this study explores the co-occurrence of domestic and child violence within households; that is, the situation where a victim of domestic violence (mother) becomes a perpetrator towards other family members (children) in the same household. Secondly, the study seeks to analyze […]
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Projects
- Baseline of the Project “Parenting guidelines that promote good treatment to children 3 to 5 years old”November 2012 - January 2013
- Evaluation of the implementation of the Coverage Expansion Program for Early Years Education – Alternative 4October 2012
- Equality and equity in learning in PeruSeptember 2012 - December 2012
- Indicators on violence against children in PeruMay 2012 - January 2013
- Teacher absenteeism: Associated factors and effect on performanceFebruary 2012 - February 2013
- Individual and family characteristics, educational opportunities and school performance: a longitudinal study in PeruDecember 2011 - December 2012
- Young Lives – quantitative component 2009 – 2010July 2009
- Impact evaluation on the AprenDes project (2008)September 2008
- Young Lives – QuantitativeApril 2008 - June 2009
- Instruments for the measure of educational qualityJanuary 2006
Media
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Selected Publications
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Is education a risk factor or social vaccine against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The effect of schooling across public health periods
2017 Juan Leon, David Baker, Daniel Salinas, Adrienne Henck
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The population education transition curve: education gradients across population exposure to new health risks
2017 David Baker, William C. Smith, Ismael G. Muñoz, Haram Jeon, Tian Fu, Juan Leon, Daniel Salinas, Renata Horvatek
