Publications of Education and learning
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El impacto de JUNTOS en las habilidades cognitivas fundamentales: ¿importa la edad de incorporación del niño o niña al programa?
Utilizando datos longitudinales de pares de hermanos de Niños del Milenio (NdM), se explora la importancia de la edad de exposición inicial al programa JUNTOS en el desarrollo de un conjunto de habilidades cognitivas fundamentales. Los hermanos menores beneficiados por JUNTOS desde una edad temprana alcanzan mejoras significativas en la habilidad de control inhibitorio –es […]
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Reforming education in the context of weak states: the political economy of education reforms in Peru 1995-2020
In this paper, we explore the political economy of education reforms in Peru through an analysis of the recent history of education policies in the country. Starting in 1995, arguably the inception point for quality-oriented reforms, we follow policy developments in three selected areas – curriculum, teachers and assessment – up to 2020, the year […]
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‘Marketization’ of higher education in Peru: Who attends private institutions and what are the perceived advantages (disadvantages)?
Debate continues on the effects of the global proliferation of private higher-educational institutions, especially for-profit institutions. The authors examine two related questions for Peru using mixed methods: Who attends private institutions and what are their perceived advantages/disadvantages? Longitudinal quantitative data suggest higher-educational segmentation starting early in life, whereby young people from wealthier households attended private […]
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Teacher evaluation in Peru: prospects and challenges
Since 2000, with the recognition that teaching in Peru—which was greatly devalued at the time—needed to be professionalized, teacher evaluation policies have been initiated within a broader context of concern for teacher development. However, it was not until the implementation of the Ley de Reforma Magisterial (LRM, Teacher Reform Law) of 2012 that teacher evaluation […]
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School environments and obesity: a systematic review of interventions and policies among school-age students in Latin America and the Caribbean
The rapid rise in obesity rates among school children in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) could have a direct impact on the region’s physical and mental health, disability, and mortality. This review presents the available interventions likely to reduce, mitigate and/or prevent obesity among school children in LAC by modifying the food and built […]
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The impact of the JUNTOS conditional cash transfer programme on foundational cognitive skills: Does age of enrollment matter?
This paper studies the relationship between the age of enrolment in Peru’s conditional cash transfer programme, JUNTOS, and the foundational cognitive skills of a sample of children aged between 5 and 12 years old. Using a difference-in-differences approach and exploiting within- household variation, the authors show that younger siblings in recipient households display significantly higher […]
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The relationship between maternal sensitivity and play during early childhood with the development of cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies: Longitudinal evidence from Peru
Maternal sensitivity and opportunities for play and exploration are key elements of early childhood development. There is limited evidence of its association with skills development during late childhood and adolescence in developing countries. This study uses longitudinal data from the Young Lives study, which has tracked the livelihoods of approximately 2000 Peruvian children since 2002. […]
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Concepciones sobre materiales educativos en escuelas rurales multigrado monolingües
Este documento tiene como objetivo describir y analizar las concepciones sobre los materiales educativos de docentes de escuelas rurales multigrado y de funcionarios vinculados con la educación, así como el acceso, el uso y el aprovechamiento que se ha hecho de ellos en el contexto de la educación remota, como consecuencia de la pandemia de […]
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Reforma universitaria y aseguramiento de la calidad de la educación superior en el Perú
The author presents the process of “university reform” in the Peruvian experience and delves into the creation of the National Superintendence of University Higher Education (SUNEDU). In particular, she discusses the institutional impact that this intervention had on the university system and on educational policy. The processes of institutional evaluation and supervision led to the […]
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Concepciones y prácticas evaluativas de docentes rurales multigrado en contextos de prepandemia y pandemia
En el año 2019 el Proyecto CREER llevó a cabo un estudio para comprender las dinámicas pedagógicas y de género que tienen lugar en las escuelas rurales multigrado de primaria de las tres regiones del Perú: costa, sierra y selva. Una de las dimensiones que se analizó fueron las prácticas de evaluación formativa de los […]
