Publications of Education and learning
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Propuesta de fortalecimiento del Proyecto Educativo Regional de Ayacucho y Huánuco
This document is a road map to facilitate understanding and implementation of the Regional Education Project (PER) in the regions of Ayacucho and Huánuco. In this sense, the document seeks first to point out some problems or inadequacies detected in the PER. Secondly, the document proposes a new order or structure for the PER which, […]
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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program
This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of implementation in 319 primary schools in rural Peru.
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¿Está el piso parejo para los niños en el Perú? Medición y comprensión de la evolución de las oportunidades
Se aplica al caso peruano el marco conceptual de igualdad de oportunidades y otros indicadores para medir de manera directa cómo se distribuyen las oportunidades de acceso a bienes y servicios clave entre los niños.
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¿Quién se queda atrás? Resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Tercera ronda de encuestas en el Perú.
Este documento presenta los resultados iniciales de la tercera ronda de encuestas en el Perú del estudio de largo plazo Niños del Milenio realizadas entre fines del 2009 y principios
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Educación para la transformación
¿Es posible mejorar la calidad de la educación en América Latina y el Caribe? Según los expertos autores de estas páginas, hay soluciones pero no atajos: se trata de comenzar de cero y de apuntalar los aprendizajes sobre todo en los niveles preescolar y primario. Este volumen ofrece una secuencia que sigue el proceso natural […]
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Explaining an overcoming marginalization in education: ethnic/language minorities in Peru
In the past few decades, education in Peru has shown increased enrolment, especially in primary schools, but low achievement as measured by national and international standard tests in reading comprehension and mathematics. However, averages hide wide disparities in educational outcomes, which are often influenced by individual and family characteristics. Among these, coming from a family […]
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Impacto del programa Juntos sobre nutrición temprana
An extensive literature suggests that investments in early stages of the life cycle have long-term implications on accumulated human capital, which in turn has effects on the performance of individuals in the labour market. This paper explores the impact of the conditional cash transfer programme Juntos on the nutritional status of children under 5 years […]
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‘I’d rather be hit with a stick… Grades are sacred’: students’ perceptions of discipline and authority in a public high school in Peru
This working paper discusses views and experiences of discipline and punishment in everyday schooling among a group of boys and girls aged between 14 and 16 years old, who are attending a public high school in an urban Andean city in Peru. It draws on data collected using a range of a qualitative methods, including […]
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“Podemos aprender mejor”. Percepciones de los niños, niñas y adolescentes peruanos sobre su educación: un estudio en Lima, Piura, Ucayali y Ayacucho
This book presents the results of the study “Perceptions of children and adolescents from public schools about their education”, carried out between June and December 2010 in rural and urban schools in four regions of the country. The purpose of this study was to gather the point of view of children and adolescents on various […]
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