1. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND CURRICULAR INNOVATION WITH EMPHASIS ON METACOGNITIVE PROCESSES. 2. TEACHING SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN RURAL AND POOR CONTEXTS. 3. VALIDATION OF MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS APPLICABLE TO EDUCATIONAL FIELD.

PROYECTOS
FONDECYT 1100378. Investigador Responsable. (2010-2013)Hacia un aprendizaje de calidad en la educación científica. Estrategias didácticas para el desarrollo de capacidades y valores.

FONDECYT 1101031. Co-investigadora. (2010-2014). Impacto de la formación permanente de profesores sobre el aprendizaje escolar: Un análisis desde los actores involucrados.

Proyecto Internacional. Co-Investigadora. (2013-2015). La asesoría de tesis en los programas de postgrado en educación de países de América Latina. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Proyecto Anillo, Co-Investigadora. (2015). Inmigrantes en el sistema educacional de Chile. Representaciones de género, lengua, territorialidad y exclusión social. CONICYT.

THESIS MASTER OF EDUCATION THESIS WITH SPECIALIZATION

ANA MARIA JEREZ, MASTER IN EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH SPECIALIZATION "THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN THE ACQUISITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN STUDENTS FROM THE GROUP OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT AT SUBSIDIZED LICEO CAMILO HENRIQUEZ TEMUCO." (2013)

CLAUDIO DIAZ BECERRA. MASTER IN EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH SPECIALIZATION "ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES OF HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS FROM TEMUCO, ARAUCANÍA REGION . VALIDATION OF A LIKERT SCALE". (2012)

JULIO PEREZ CID, MASTER IN EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH SPECIALIZATIONS "TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF SECONDARY STUDENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT". (2012)
GABRIELA GONZALEZ ADASME, MASTER IN EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH SPECIALIZATION "ATTITUDE TOWARDS URBAN WASTE IN HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS FROM TALCA COUNTY. VALIDATION Likert scale "(2012)

ROLANDO DIAZ FUENTES (2010). "VALIDATION OF PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE SCALE (EAPA) AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF NON FORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE BIOSPHERE RESERVE LA CAMPANA - PEÑUELAS.

NELLY SEPULVEDA ZAPATA (2010) "ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THROUGH RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TO DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC SKILLS AND FAVORABLE ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS".

PATRICIO VERGARA SOTO (2011) "INSERTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION IN THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM OF THE SECOND CYCLE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION.
WILLIAM BRAVO CHÁVEZ (2010) STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHERS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

DORIS VENEGAS GARRIDO (2010) ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS IN FIRST GRADE
IN THE TRAIGUEN COUNTY TOWARDS CROSS- CURRICULAR LEARNING STRATEGY.

OLGA ANGELICA VASQUEZ PALMA (2008) SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON METACOGNITION IN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS. AN ACTOR’S PERSPECTIVE.

SANDRA JARAMILLO MORA (2008). METACOGNITIVE DIMENSION IN LEARNING MODULES IN BIOLOGY. A VALIDATION PROCESS APPROACH .

PATRICIA ALEJANDRA MEJIAS LAGOS (2006) PRIOR KNOWLEDGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. NATURE, ORIGIN AND INFLUENCE ON CAREER CHOICE IN A REGIONAL UNIVERSITY.

JESSICA ANDREA BORQUEZ MELLA (2006) EDUCATIONAL PROPOSAL ORIENTED TO DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AS CROSS CURRICULAR THEME AND AUTONOMY OF STUDENTS IN THE BIOLOGY LEARNING PROCESS ". JESSICA ANDREA BORQUEZ MELLA.

SANDRA DEL PILAR OSSES GARRIDO (2006) INCLUSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION IN THE SUB-AREA STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOCIOCONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGICAL CYCLE. THE CASE OF A RURAL MULTI-GRADE SCHOOL. SANDRA DEL PILAR GARRIDO OSSES. UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA.

INGRID MILENA TAPIA SANCHEZ (2006) EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. AN EDUCATIONAL PROPOSAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF FOURTH GRADE HIGH IN THE COUNTY OF CARAHUE, IX Region of Chile.

ALEJANDRO ESTEBAN ROA (2005) ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSIS. THE CASE OF THE STUDENTS FROM LICEO PADRE NICOLÁS, VILCÚN COUNTY. BACKGROUND FOR A CROSS-CURRICULAR INCLUSION PROPOSAL.

JOSE FRANCISCO GAETE (2005) DIAGNOSIS OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THAT STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE WHEN ENTERING FIRST GRADE HIGH IN THE EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX FATHER OSCAR MOSER, PADRE LAS CASAS, CHILE.

BERTA LUCIA CARRILLO (2005) KNOWLEDGE ON THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND THEIR PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. THE CASE OF PATIENTS FROM CONSULTORIO MIRAFLORES.

MARIA CECILIA MANOSALVA (2004) INCLUSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION IN THE CURRICULUM OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

MERCEDES MANRIQUEZ. (2004) ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION, CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH AND MODULAR STRATEGY. A WAY TOWARDS STUDENTS AUTONOMY THROUGH THE LEARNING PROCESS OF BIOLOGY.

SILVIA LINFATI (2004) FREE CHOICE CURRICULAR ALTERNATIVES (ACLE). AN ACADEMIC PLACE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT LICEO JORGE ALESSANDRI JORGE RODRIGUEZ, VICTORIA. SILVIA LINFATI. UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA.

ANA MARIA ACUÑA (2004) TOWARDS CREATING POSITIVE ATTITUDES REGARDING WATER RESOURCES IN STUDENTS OF THIRD GRADE AT LICEO JORGE ALESSANDRI JORGE RODRIGUEZ, VICTORIA.

Ph.D. thesis directed in the last 10 years
BURGOS, CARMEN. DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES AT UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. (2016) HACIA UNA PEDAGOGIA DEL CURRICULUM VÍVIDO EN ACCIÓN CREATIVA. TRES EXPERIENCIAS LATINOAMERICANAS: CHILE, MÉXICO Y COSTA RICA.

ARNOUIL, MONICA. DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES AT UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. (2016) CONCEPCIONES ÉTICO-VALORICAS EN LA FORMACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA DEL DERECHO AMBIENTAL.

ROLANDO DIAZ FUENTES. DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES AT UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. (2014) .. "TOWARDS A TEACHING MODEL - LEARNING FOR INDIGENOUS CHILDREN OF RURAL SCHOOLS AT REGION DE LA ARAUCANÍA. FACILITATOR ROLE OF NATURAL , SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT". THESIS CO-GUIDE PROFESSOR.

MARIA DE LA LUZ MARQUES ROSA. PhD IN EDUCATION SCIENCES, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. (2013). "DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION IN PRE-SCHOOL LEVEL. TOWARDS A SYSTEMATIC REFLECTION MODEL ON THE PRACTICE OF TEACHING ". THESIS GUIDE PROFESSOR.

MARLENE ARÉVALO CALDERON, PhD IN EDUCATION SCIENCES UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. (2013). "METACOGNITION DEVELOPMENT USING ICT (TIC'S)".

JACQUELINE VIVEROS LOPOMO. PhD IN EDUCATION SCIENCES UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA (2011). "LEARNING COMMUNITIES: A WAY TO BREAK THE EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY AND OVERCOME SCHOOL FAILURE" THESIS GUIDE PROFESSOR.

SANDRA JARAMILLO MORA, PHD IN EDUCATION SCIENCES, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA. (2011). "METACOGNITIVE DIMENSION MODULES OF NATURAL SCIENCE IN SECOND CYCLE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL". THESIS GUIDE PROFESSOR.

" DISCIPLINARY AND EDUCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ARTICULATION. THE CASE OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION PEDAGOGY AT UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA, TEMUCO CHILE. "ORIETTA GEEREGAT. UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA. (2006). CO-SPONSOR PROFESSOR.