Publications of Education and learning
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From supply- to demand-led: labour training in Latin America
Over the past two decades, most Latin American countries began to see the need to reform their labour training systems. Up until this time, traditional training in Latin America had been supply-driven, with large-sized public sector institutions providing training based on what they perceived was needed within a state-led industrial development framework. Graduates of these […]
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What to do next: an exploratory study of the post-secondary decisions of American students
Research on college choices is the new tool used by Higher Educational Institutions to help them identify the influences and factors affecting potential student populations. To measure the growing rate of working students in higher education, we propose to examine the
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Las políticas TIC en los sistemas educativos de América Latina: el caso Perú
Este Mimeo presenta un estudio de caso sobre las políticas TIC en la educación peruana. Se trata de un ámbito relativamente nuevo de la política educativa que se inicia durante la década de 1990.
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Entre el estudio y el trabajo: Las decisiones de los jóvenes peruanos después de concluir la educación básica regular
El estudio da un alcance sobre los factores que determinan que los adolescentes continúen estudios superiores al finalizar sus estudios básicos y las decisiones de los jóvenes sobre su futuro al finalizar la etapa escolar.
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Resultados de Revisión y Recomendaciones de Acción en Política Curricular
Este informe corresponde al entregable final de una consultoría de dos días en el ámbito de políticas curriculares. Los términos de referencia de esta consultoría requieren las siguientes acciones por parte de este consultor: 1. efectuar una rápida revisión de un conjunto de herramientas curriculares, preparadas a lo largo de los dos últimos años por […]
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Does the cradle set the opportunities and educative achievement? A look to the Peruvian case
Educational research shows a strong correlation between the performance of Peruvian students and their socio-economic status (NSE for its acronym in Spanish). This paper uses data from the longitudinal study Niños del Milenio to analyse whether students’ mathematics learning opportunities (ODA for its acronym in Spanish) are associated with NSE and achievement. ODA were estimated from […]
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Young Lives school survey in Peru: design and initial findings
This paper presents the methodology and initial findings from the Young Lives School Survey in Peru, which looked at inequality in educational opportunities and outcomes of children from the Young Lives study. Information was collected in 132 schools in nine regions of Peru, covering school quality (inputs available at school such as its infrastructure, and […]
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Características psicosométricas de desarrollo cognitivo e instrumentos de rendimiento en la tercera ronda de Niños del Milenio / Young Lives
Esta nota técnica brinda detalles sobre la confiabilidad y validez de las pruebas aplicadas en la tercera ronda de Niños del Milenio / Young Lives.
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Demanda social por programas de atención y educación de la primera infancia (AEPI) en el Perú
In order to provide relevant information for planning the scale-up of early childhood care and education (AEPI for its acronym in Spanish) services for children under three years of age, a study of the social demand for this type of intervention was carried out in two districts of the Puno Region (Acora and Yunguyo) and […]
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What Difference Can Fathers Make?: Early Paternal Absence Compromises Peruvian Children’s Growth
Impacto de la presencia del padre durante la infancia y la niñez en la talla para la edad (puntaje Z o HAZ por sus siglas en inglés) de niños a los 5 años de edad. Los datos provienen de una cohorte de Niños del Milenio de Perú.
