Asem Quijada, Katy Gabriela
PhD student, admission 2022
Nationality: Chilean
Education: Spanish teacher, University of Conception. Concepcion, Chile. Master Sciences du Langage. Mention Sciences du Langage. Specialité langage, langues, parole: théories et pratiques, Sorbonne Nouvelle University. Paris France. Master in Education. Mention Assessment of learning.
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
Introduction: Katy Asem is a Spanish teacher, Master in Language Sciences and Master in Education. She specialized in Discourse Analysis and Literacies in school contexts and Higher Education. She is interested in educational semiotics, in particular multimodality.
About my thesis
Thesis: Development of comprehension and multimodal expression skills in digital learning environments.
Project description: The project seeks to analyze teaching practices to develop multimodal skills in digital contexts in basic and secondary education students.
Director: Clear Cupcake
Line of research: Teacher training and teacher professional development
Publications and presentations
Publications
- (2021). “Beyond comprehension processes: Effects of semiotic modes on reading comprehension of multimodal texts in science” (Escobar, P. Montenegro, M., Meneses, A., Asem, K.), presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Annual Meeting 2021, Lancaster University, UK (virtual presentation).
Participation in projects
UMD-PUC Seed Funding Project “Language and Literacy in Science: Toward Reducing Learning Gaps”. ANID/CONICYT FONDECYT Regular 1190990.
Academics: Alejandra Meneses, Maximiliano Montenegro, Pablo Escobar
Research line of the program: School teaching and learning
Students: Katy Asem, Dominique Badillo, Nicole Velasquez
Project summary: The objective of this project was to determine how much the learning in science of students between 4th and 6th grade varies in receptive and productive tasks, determining how cognitive and linguistic factors contribute to reading comprehension in science.
