Mauricio Saavedra Sánchez
Investigador Asistente
Degree in Sociology - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
msaavedra@grade.org.pe
Mauricio holds a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and studies the master in Political Science and Goverment from the same university. He returns to GRADE as an Assistant Researcher for the E-Tech Initiative project: where are we and how research can help learning in the developing world?
Publications
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Ed-tech in the Global South: research gaps and opportunities
2023 Santiago Cueto, Maria Balarin, Mauricio Saavedra, Claudia Sugimaru
This study explores the evolving landscape of educational technology (ed-tech) in the context of increased global and national attention about the topic, with the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the drive to incorporate technology in education to mitigate issues with access, quality and systems management. Focused on challenges and opportunities in primary and secondary schools in low- […]
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Reforming education in the context of weak states: the political economy of education reforms in Peru 1995-2020
2023 Maria Balarin, Mauricio Saavedra
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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Chapter in BookLa educación peruana más allá del Bicentenario: nuevos rumbos
Los caminos encontrados del financiamiento y la descentralización educativa en el Perú
2021 Maria Balarin, Mauricio Saavedra
About the book: This volume brings together 23 essays that address from different perspectives and in different textual registers (from the free essay to a format close to the academic article) central problems of contemporary Peruvian education with a common purpose: to suggest ways to introduce substantive modifications that allow, for on the one hand, […]
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Moviéndose de una decepción a otra: los jóvenes que cambian de escuelas en contextos urbano-vulnerables de Lima Metropolitana
2020 María Fernanda Rodríguez, Mauricio Saavedra
The study analyses the phenomenon of student mobility in relation to the characteristics of the social and educational context of the city of Lima, Peru. The article recounts the educational trajectories of 18 young men and women from Carabayllo who experienced between 2 to 9 transfers during school. In this article, we focus on three […]
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Ed-tech in the Global South: research gaps and opportunities
2023 Santiago Cueto, Maria Balarin, Mauricio Saavedra, Claudia Sugimaru
This study explores the evolving landscape of educational technology (ed-tech) in the context of increased global and national attention about the topic, with the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating the drive to incorporate technology in education to mitigate issues with access, quality and systems management. Focused on challenges and opportunities in primary and secondary schools in low- […]
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Reforming education in the context of weak states: the political economy of education reforms in Peru 1995-2020
2023 Maria Balarin, Mauricio Saavedra
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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Moviéndose de una decepción a otra: los jóvenes que cambian de escuelas en contextos urbano-vulnerables de Lima Metropolitana
2020 María Fernanda Rodríguez, Mauricio Saavedra
The study analyses the phenomenon of student mobility in relation to the characteristics of the social and educational context of the city of Lima, Peru. The article recounts the educational trajectories of 18 young men and women from Carabayllo who experienced between 2 to 9 transfers during school. In this article, we focus on three […]
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Los caminos encontrados del financiamiento y la descentralización educativa en el Perú
La educación peruana más allá del Bicentenario: nuevos rumbos2021 Maria Balarin, Mauricio Saavedra
About the book: This volume brings together 23 essays that address from different perspectives and in different textual registers (from the free essay to a format close to the academic article) central problems of contemporary Peruvian education with a common purpose: to suggest ways to introduce substantive modifications that allow, for on the one hand, […]
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