Tenured Scholars
Marfan, Javiera
Assistant Professor
Assistant professor in the School of Education and associate researcher at CEPPE UC. She researches school leadership and educational policies, contributing to a deeper understanding of their role in comprehensive school improvement. She currently directs the Leadership of Management Teams program at the Center for Leadership for the Transformation of Educational Territories (CELITED).
Main areas of study: Educational leadership, educational policies, school change.
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of 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 |
Teaching and training of researchers
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Educational Theory | EDU0311 |
| Education and Society | EDU0165 |
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Management and Change in Educational Organizations | EDU3896 |
| Final Graduation Projects | EDU3898 |
Research projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - present | Fondecyt Project 11250671 | School leadership for teacher professional development in socio-educationally challenging contexts: A window toward educational justice. | Principal Investigator |
| 2024-2025 | Project Start, Vice-Rectorate of Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | Educational leadership for teacher professional development: Analysis of its implementation and connection with pedagogical change | Principal Investigator |
| 2017 - 2022 | Doctoral thesis | Schools deciding the purpose of Education: Policy enactment in a context of goal-expanding, high-stakes accountability reform | doctoral researcher |
Publications
| Author | Year | Title | Magazine | Volume | Pages | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marfan, J., & Tiong, N.D. | 2025 | Broadening the purpose of education within performance-based accountability: policy (in)coherence and professional learning opportunities | Professional Development in Education | 51 (1) | 102–118 | Go to article launch |
| Marfan, J. | 2024 | Comparing the Role of Attitudes on the Enactment of Academic and Non-Academic Education Performance Indicators | Educational Policy | 39 (6) | 1139 - 1170 | Go to article launch |
| Martini, M., Moscovitz, H., Fernández Ugalde, R., Hansen, M., Hughson, T., Marfán, J., & Tozan, O. | 2024 | In search of a global community: a multivocal critique of UNESCO's educational commons discourse | Journal of Education Policy | - | 1 - 17 | Go to article launch |
| 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 | 22 (4) | 857–872 | Go to article launch |
| 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. | Go to article launch | |
| 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 | 51 (5) | 1105 - 1122 | Go to article launch |
| 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 | Go to article launch |
| 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 | Go to article launch |
| Author | Year | chapter title | Editors | book title | Pages | Editorial | 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 | go to chapterlaunch |
| 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 | go to chapterlaunch |
| Author | Year | Title | Editorial | 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 | Go to the policy brieflaunch |
| Author | Year | Title | Editorial | DOI/Url |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marfán, J. & Muñoz, G. | 2023 | Leadership for equity and social justice - Coleção Public Policies in Education - Nº5 | go to reportlaunch | |
| Marfán, J. & Muñoz, G. | 2023 | School leadership in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic: learnings, challenges and policy proposals - Coleção Políticas Públicas em Educação - Nº4 | Unibanco Institute | go to reportlaunch |
Our Commitment
Managerial Accounting
- Representative of the Educational Leadership and Management mention, Master's in Education UC
- Member of the Curriculum Committee of the Physical Education and Health Program, Faculty of Education UC
- Head of Management Teams: Center for Leadership for the Transformation of Educational Territories (CELITED)
