Tenured Scholars
Marfan, Javiera
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education and member of the Department of Educational Theory and Policies. She is a sociologist, with a master's degree in Management and Public Policy and a PhD in Education. Her research topics are school leadership, educational policy and changing practices in school.
Main areas of study: Educational leadership, educational policies, school change.
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in Education | University of Cambridge | 2022 |
| Master in Management and Public Policies | Universidad de Chile | 2007 |
| Sociologist | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 2004 |
| BA in Sociology | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 2004 |
Research projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-2022 | Doctoral thesis | Schools deciding the purpose of education: The implementation of school goal expansion policies in a context of accountability with high consequences. | doctoral researcher |
Publications
| Author | Year | Title | Magazine | Volume | Pages | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marfán, J., Muñoz, G., Weinstein, J. & Sembler, M. | 2021 | School Leadership Policy and Change in Principals' Practices. Evidence after a Decade of Reforms in Chile (2009-2019) | Leadership and Policy in Schools | 10.1080/15700763.2021.2010767 | ||
| Hofmann, R., Arenge, G., Dickens, S., Marfan, J., Ryan, M., Tiong, ND, Radia, B. & Blaskova, LJ | 2021 | The Covid-19 Learning Crisis as a Challenge and an Opportunity for Schools: An Evidence Review and Conceptual Synthesis of Research-Based Tools for Sustainable Change. | Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal | Vol 11, Sp. Issue: Education in the Covid-19 Era. | 0.26529/cepsj.1133 | |
| Weinstein, J., Sembler, M., Weinstein, M., Marfán, J., Valenzuela, P. & Muñoz, G. | 2021 | A female advantage? Gender and educational leadership practices in urban primary schools in Chile. | Educational Management Administration & Leadership | 10.1177/17411432211019407 | ||
| Weinstein, J., Muñoz, G., Sembler, M., & Marfán, J. | 2019 | A decade of empirical research on educational leadership in Chile. A systematic review of articles published in indexed journals (2008-2019) | Quality in Education | 51 | 15-52 | 10.31619/caledu.n51.671 |
| Marfan, J. & Pascual, J. | 2018 | Comparative study of school principals' leadership practices: Lessons for Chile from a cross-country analysis | Educational Management Administration & Leadership | 46 (2) | 279-300 | 10.1177/1741143217732792 |
| Author | Year | chapter title | Editors | book title | Pages | Publishing | DOI/Url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weinstein, J., Peña, J., Marfán, J. and Raczynski, D. | 2019 | Building Teachers' Trust in Principals and Colleagues: A Study of Critical Incidents in Chilean Schools | Oplatka, I. and Arar, K. | Emotion Management and Feelings in Teaching and Educational Leadership (Studies in Educational Administration) | 235-254 | Emerald Publishing Limited | 10.1108/978-1-78756-010-920191018 |
| Weinstein, J., Marfán, J. and Horn, A. Chile | 2016 | School leadership challenged by double accountability towards schools. | Easley, J. & Tulowitzki, P. | Educational Accountability: international perspectives on challenges and possibilities for school leadership | 54-72 | Routledge | 10.4324/9781315772356 |
| Author | Year | Title | Publishing | DOI/Url |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox, C., De Padua, E., Meckes, L., Weinstein, J., Muñoz, G., and Marfán, J. | 2013 | Learning Standards, Teaching Standards and Standards for School Principals. A comparative study. | OECD | 10.1787/5k3tsjqtp90v-en |
