children's and teacher's learning agency development, early childhood transitions, children's rights, voices and citizenship, ECE pedagogical practices, play and self-regulation

7. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate Lectures
• 2021 – Present. Principal Lecturer and Course coordinator. Undergraduate courses: Graduation Seminar I and II. School of Education. Programme: Early Childhood Education Pedagogy. Universidad de O’Higgins.
• 2018 – 2021. Principal Lecturer and Course Coordinator. Undergraduate course: Play and Learning in Early Childhood. School of Education. Programmes: Early Childhood Education Pedagogy, Primary School Pedagogy and Special Needs Pedagogy. Universidad de O’Higgins.
• 2017 – 2019, 2022. Principal Lecturer. Undergraduate course: Curriculum design and Learning Environments I. School of Education. Programme: Early Childhood Education Pedagogy. Universidad de O’Higgins.
• 2018 – Present. Principal Lecturer. Undergraduate course: Curriculum design and Learning Environments II. School of Education. Programme: Early Childhood Education Pedagogy. Universidad de O’Higgins.
• 2017 – 2019. Principal Lecturer. Undergraduate course: Pedagogical Perspectives and Curriculum in Early Childhood Education. School of Education. Programme: Early Childhood Education Pedagogy. Universidad de O’Higgins.
• 2017. Principal Lecturer. Undergraduate course: Child’s Wellbeing. School of Education. Programme: Early Childhood Education Pedagogy. Universidad de O’Higgins. (First semester 2017). ?
• 2015. Invited Lecturer. Windows to Children: Drawings, Photographs and Videos, Visual Research Methodologies. Education Department. Faculty of Social Sciences. University of Chile.
Doctoral thesis
• 2020 - Present: Co-supervisor (2) PhD thesis. Student: Lynne Rutherford. Supervisory Panel: Chair Supervisor: Christine Anne Woodrow; Co-Supervisor (1): Pathma Loshini Naidoo. Faculty of Education. Western Sydney University. Australia.
• Oct 2014 – Oct 2015: PhD Fieldwork supervisor. Student: Natalia Torres. Project title: “The concepts of quality and equity in early childhood education in Chile: Reproduction and refusal of policy by key actors”. Supervisor: Ansgar Allen. Faculty of Education, University of Sheffield.
Master's Thesis
• 2020 – 2021. Co-supervisor. Master's Thesis. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Student: Benjamin Llanos. Teacher Guide: Valeska Grau. Action-research project title: Play and Musicality in Early Childhood.
Undergraduate Seminars.
• 2023. Principal Tutor. Undergraduate dissertation to obtain the professional title of Early Childhood Educator. School of Education. Universidad de O’Higgins. (Graduation year: 2024)
o Student: María Ignacia Cornejo. Title: Promoviendo ambientes de aprendizajes que favorezcan experiencias de exploración del entorno natural mediante el juego como estrategia de aprendizaje.
o Student: Francisca Rivera. Title: Mariposas emocionales: Fomentando la Autorregulación emocional de los párvulos a través de estrategias pedagógicas durante la jornada.
o Student: Danae Cárdenas. Title: Fortaleciendo la comunidad educativa: Estrategias para promover aprendizajes significativos en los párvulos mediante la participación familiar.
o Student: Camila Nualart. Title: Construyendo autonomía a través del juego en un rincón de aprendizaje.

• 2022. Principal Tutor. Undergraduate dissertation to obtain the professional title of Early Childhood Educator. School of Education. Universidad de O’Higgins. (Graduation year: 2023)
o Student: Mayer Soto S. Title: Emotional education through learning experiences based on the curriculum nucleus of artistic languages.
o Student: Fernanda López D. Title: Boys and girls as agents of their learning: Exploring the project method as an educational strategy.
o Student: Gabriela Silva M. Title: Rules games as a pedagogical strategy to enhance mathematical skills and interactions between children at transition level 2.
o Student: María Antonia Castillo C. Title: Playful strategies to diversify learning in the core of mathematical thinking at the NT2 level.
o Student: María Acevedo B. Title: Promotion of Autonomy through Playful Strategies in the transition level II.
o Student: Mayerling Lobos C. Title: How to promote good relationships between peers through the implementation of learning experiences based on the curriculum nucleus of coexistence and citizenship, with NT1 girls from an urban school in the Sixth Region??
• 2022: Academic Advisor. Undergraduate dissertation to obtain the professional title of Early Childhood Educator. School of Education. Universidad de O’Higgins. (Graduation year: 2023)
o Student: Danae Pinto A. Title: Boys and girls, autonomous beings and capable of making decisions.
o Student: Rocío Veas O. Title: Autonomy promotion through pedagogical practices with boys and girls from 5 to 6 years of age in an educational centre.
o Student: Belén González L. Title: Active learning of young children in the construction of their learning through playful activities.
o Student: Rocío Álvarez. Title: The sense of belonging and children's appropriation of the play areas: A strategy to promote the leadership of boys and girls in their learning.
• 2021. Principal Tutor. Undergraduate dissertation to obtain the professional title of Early Childhood Educator. School of Education. Universidad de O’Higgins. (Graduation year: 2022)
o Student: Belén Ortega P. Title: ‘Cuento eje’: Playful strategy and promoter of diversity within the hybrid context of a NT2 of an urban school in Rancagua.
o Student: Daniela Torres L. Title: Strengthening the nucleus of artistic languages of the Curricular Bases of Early Childhood Education (Mineduc, 2018) through guided play in a NT2 of an urban municipal school in the sixth region.
o Student: Camila Campos Y. Title: Promote interactions between peers within the virtual classroom at a NT2 level.
o Student: Constanza Basaure P. Title: The project method to promote the participation of children in NT1 in a rural school in the sixth region.
o Student: Antonia Bernard G. Title: How to generate significant learning experiences for children of a heterogeneous transition level in the Commune of Mostazal, by employing concrete materials to explore in the nucleus of mathematical thought?
• 2016 – 2020. Co-supervisor. Undergraduate dissertation to obtain the professional title of Sociology. University of Chile. Student: Marlene Rivas M. Supervisor: Andrea Greibe. Action-research project title: Relational agency in contexts of educational transition: from Early Childhood Education to Basic Education in Chile.
• 2010 – 2011: R&I Supervision. Student: Jennie Hale. Project Title: “Literacy development in bi-lingual children between the ages of 4 and 7 in the UK”. Faculty of Education. University of Cambridge.

Membership and participation in international scientific societies
• 2014-2015 and 2021 – 2023. European Association of Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Full Membership, including Member of EARLI SIG 05 (Learning and Development in Early Childhood). Founding member of EARLI SIG 28 (Play, Learning and Development).
• 2018- Apr 2022: Co-Convenor Young Children’s perspectives SIG. para EECERA. Convenor: Jane Murray, University of Northampton, United Kingdom.
• 2015- Apr 2022: Country Coordinator for EECERA (European Early Childhood Research Association). (http://www.eecera.org/countrycoordinators/)
• 2009- 2011: JURE (EARLI) Assistant Coordinator (founding member). Special Interest Group of Learning and Development in Early Childhood (SIG 5). (http://www.earli.org/special_interest_groups/learning_and_development_in_early_childhood).?

Outreach
• 2024 Curso: Estrategias de Transición Educativa ¿Cómo acompañar a niños y niñas en sus trayectorias desde la sala cuna?
Autoría en el diseño del contenido del curso.
• 2024 Webinar: Desarrollo Profesional para la innovación y estrategias de transición educativa
Durante el webinar, abordaremos la relevancia y pertinencia de los contenidos de los nuevos cursos de autoaprendizaje: “Innovación en Educación Parvularia: una oportunidad para transformar(nos)” y “Estrategias de Transición Educativa: ¿Cómo acompañar a niños y niñas en sus trayectorias desde la sala cuna?”. Asimismo, entregaremos orientaciones sobre los pasos a seguir para obtener el diploma de participación, aclarando todas las dudas que surjan al respecto.
• 2023. Technical Committee on Articulation and Transition between Kindergarten and Basic Education [Mesa Técnica de Articulación y Transición entre la Educación Parvularia y Básica]. Ministry of Education. https://www.instagram.com/p/CuXu6MLx40q/
• 2022. Advisory board member “Más y Mejor Kínder”. Lead by the Subsecretary of Early Childhood Education. Ministry of Education. https://parvularia.mineduc.cl/tag/daniela-jadue/
• 2022 New spaces at @la_uoh! Presentation reel of the Playful Interactions Laboratory of the Institute of Education Sciences of the UOH. Institutional RRSS (Tik Tok and Instagram).
• 2015. Guest panellist. Radio Cooperativa Podcast I Play, Then I Learn: The transition to first grade. In this episode of ‘Juego, Luego Aprendo’ we talk about how to face the transition from early childhood education to primary school education and about the announcements made by President Bachelet in her public account. URL: https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/infancia/politicas-publicas/juego-luego-aprendo-la-transicion-a-primero-basico/2016-05-22/103845.html

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS
• 2022 - present. Member committee organizer. SIG 28 Webinars - Play, Learning & Development. European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI).
• 12 June 2018. Organiser Keynote. Christine Woodrow, Wester Sydney University, Australia: “Positioning children as active agents in their own learning through play-based pedagogies”. Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de O´Higgins.
• 27 March 2018. Organiser Keynote. Lasse Lipponen, University of Helsinki, Finlandia: “Transformations in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care policy and practice”. Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de O´Higgins.
• 29th March 2018. Early childhood education research seminar organization: Cultures and pedagogical practices in Finland and Chile. Speakers: Lasse Lipponen, University of Helsinki “Constituting Cultures of Compassion in Early Childhood Education (CoCuCo)”; Pablo Torres, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK: “The role of social interactions in predicting motivation towards learning, cognitive development and social development in school children”. Place: Centre for Advanced Research in Education (CIAE), University of Chile.
• March 2016. Leader Organizing Committee international seminar & workshop. “Educational transitions: Play, Agency and self-regulation”. Funding Projects: REDES 140104 CONICYT, FONIDE 911436 MINEDUC & BASAL BF0003, CONICYT. Santiago, Chile.
• April 2015. Leading organization first EECERA Seminar in Chile. “Teacher preparation, inclusion, and pedagogical practice in early childhood education: Contributions of evidence-based research to the public policy”. Centre for Advanced Research in Education. University of Chile.
• June 2012. Leader Organizing Committee Student-Led Conference. “Researching Agency in Educational Contexts: Theories & Methods”. Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/events/conferences/agency2012/).
• August 2010. Member of the Organising Committee First Bi-annual EARLI SIG5 meeting, EARLI (European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction). University of Teacher Education Central Switzerland (http://www.earli.phz.ch/). ?

REFERENCES AND PROCEEDINGS
Referees in indexed journals.
• 2023. Article: "Exploring children's participation from Froebelian practitioners' perspectives in Scottish context". European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Routledge
• 2021. Article: Exploring Taiwanese preschool children's perspectives on the value of caring. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Routledge.
• 2020. Article: How educators in high-quality preschool services understand and support early self-regulation: A qualitative study of knowledge and practice. Australian Educational Researcher. Springer Journals .
• 2019. Article: Question, Answer and Follow-up Sequences in Game and Story Situations at the Beginning Level. Revista Psykhe. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 2019.
• 2019. Article: How preschoolers perceive their relationships with their teachers: A comparative study between US and Turkish schools. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Routledge.

Research Projects.
• 2023. Ad hoc evaluator for FONDECYT Initiation 2023 (GE Education).
• 2021. Ad hoc evaluator for FONDECYT Regular 2021 (GE Education).
• 2020. Ad hoc evaluator for FONDECYT Regular 2020 (GE Education).
• 2020. Ad hoc evaluator for FONDECYT Initiation 2020 (GE Education).
• 2019. Ad hoc evaluator for FONDECYT Regular 2019 (GE Education).
• 2016. Ad hoc evaluator for FONDECYT Regular 2016 (GE Education).

Conference Proceedings
• Proceedings Editor. Student-Led Conference. Researching Agency in Educational Contexts: Theories & Methods. Organizing committee leader. University of Cambridge. United Kingdom. 2012.
• Member committee organizer. First Bi-annual EARLI SIG5 meeting, EARLI (European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction). University of teacher Education Central Switzerland. Swiss. 2010.

PRESENTATIONS

Keynotes
• 2024 Visual Participatory Research Methods: Enhancing children's agency in transition to school. TeEACH Academic Seminar. Western Sydney University. Australia.
Seminario Académico Comunidad académica (investigadores, docentes, estudiantes de postgrado) de Western Sydney University
• 28th November 2018. Speaker at National Seminar. 1st National Seminar about “Educational Transitions” [“Transiciones Educativas”], Ministry of Education. Presentations "Transition and articulation between Early Childhood Education and Primary School Education in Chile: Characteristics and evaluation" and "Experience of Initial Teacher Training in Early Transitions: Playful Methodologies". Santiago. Chile.
• 22nd September 2016. Speaker at Seminar: "Multiple Voices of Play in Childhood. Advances and challenges of research in the family and school" Presentation "Learning trajectories and play in contexts of transition to first grade: Contributions of visual research methodologies and children's perspectives". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (FACSO), Universidad de Chile.
• October 2015. Speaker at IV Seminar of Early Childhood Education. "Kindergarten Education Today: What do the children of the 21st century challenge us to do? Presentation "Children's accounts of their learning trajectories as they transition to first grade: Reflections from a case study". Campus Villarrica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Selected Conference Presentations
• 22 Aug – 26 Aug 2023. Symposium Discussant. Symposium title: Symposium: Discussant Symposium: Creating spaces for children to meet uncertainty through play and playful learning. Grau, V., Zachariou, A., Jensen, H., Baker, S. EARLI 2023 Biennial Conference ‘Education as a hope in uncertain times’. Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 14 Jul – 17 Jul 2022. Symposium Discussant. Symposium title: Symposium: Play arenas and child development - the role of actors, mediation and affordances. Grau, V., Torres, P., Zachariou, A., Jensen, H. EARLI SIG5 Conference ‘Changing times in ECEC: New opportunities for fostering development and improving sustainability’. Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• 20 Aug – 23 Aug 2019: Paper: Children's agency in transition experiences: Understanding possibilities and challenges. Jadue-Roa, D.S., EECERA 29th Annual Conference, European Early Childhood Education Research Association. Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 28th Nov 2018: 1° National Seminario of “Educational Transitions”. Organizer: MINEDUC. Presentation titles: “Transition and articulation between early childhood and primary school education in Chile: Characteristics and assessment” and “Experience of initial teacher training about early transitions: classroom methodologies (zones)”.
• 28 Aug- 31 Aug 2018: Paper: Playful activities in Pre-K: Educators’ perspectives about their role in promoting play. Grau, V., Jadue-Roa, D.S, Strasser, K., Preiss, D., Whitebread, D. EECERA 28th Annual Conference, European Early Childhood Education Research Association. Budapest, Hungary.
• 29 Aug- 1 Sep 2017: Paper: Teacher's relational agency development and its relationship to children's experiences of transition to school. Jadue-Roa, D.S, Rivas, M. EECERA 27th Annual Conference, European Early Childhood Education Research Association. Bologna, Italy.
• 31 Aug – 3 Sep 2016: Paper: Children's and teacher's perspectives during transitioning to school in Chile: Evidence of relational agency. Jadue-Roa, D.S, Díaz Costa, E., Baez Bargellini, G., Rivas Muena, M., Gareca Guzmán, B. EECERA 26th Conference 2016: Happiness, relationships, emotions & Deep level learning. Dublin, Irlanda.
• 7 – 10 Sep 2015: Paper: Theorising the development of a sense of learning agency in young children and its relationship with learning processes. Jadue-Roa, D.S. EECERA 25th Conference 2015: Innovation, Experimentation and Adventure in Early Childhood. Barcelona, España.
• 25 - 29 Aug 2015: Paper: School transition and changes in pedagogical practices: Impact on children’s development of agency. Jadue-Roa, D.S. 16th Biennial Conference EARLI 2015: Towards a reflective society: Synergies between learning, teaching and research. Limassol, Chipre.
• 28 Jul 2014: Symposium Paper: Pedagogical practices and learning agency development during early school transitions. Jadue-Roa, D.S. Conference: Implementing Science. Faculty of Education. University of Cambridge. United Kingdom
• 11 Jun 2012: Workshop: “Children as Agents in Research: Contributions of Visual Data & Participatory Research”. Co-Authored with Jaakko Hilppö (University of Helsinki). Student-Led Conference “Researching Agency in Educational Contexts: Theories & Methods”. Faculty of Education. University of Cambridge. United Kingdom.
• 29 Aug – 3 Sep 2011: Paper: “Young Children’s Experiences through Transition between Preschool & Primary School in Chile and its Relation with Agency Development”. EARLI Conference - ‘Education for a Global Networked Society’ – Exeter. United Kingdom.
• 24 -25 Jan 2011: Paper: “Young Children’s Voices in Research: The Contribution of Visual and Participatory Methods”. Doctoral Symposium “Exploring the Everyday Lives of Young Children”, Stirling University. Scotland.
• 23 - 25 Aug 2010: Roundtable: “Self-regulation and transition in Early Childhood (between preschool and primary school in Chile)” First Bi-annual SIG5 – EARLI. University of Teacher Education. Switzerland.
• 23 - 29 Aug 2009: Poster: “Researching young children’s development of self-regulation in their transition experiences between preschool and primary school”. JURE Conference - EARLI. Amsterdam. Netherlands.

Participation in Talks, Seminars and Webinars
• 2024 Expositora. Invitada como académica experta a comentar el lanzamiento del documento: Orientaciones para Transiciones Educativas en Educación Parvularia, elaborado por la Subsecretaria de Educación Parvularia. En el Webinar se presentó además una investigación de la Subsecretaría y la experienciadel SLEP Chinchorro en torno a la misma temática. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO7JzCir7ys&t=35s Subsecretaría de Educación Parvularia, Chile.
2023. Panelist. Seminario Comunal Santiago. Panel: Transiciones Educativas. Modera: Rodrigo Roco. Corporación para la Infancia de Santiago.
• 2021. Exhibitor. Webinar: Educational Transition Strategies in Early Childhood Education. Local Public Education Service Llanquihue. Chile.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/SLEPLlanquihue/videos/283655953582749/ .
• 2021. Exhibitor. 2nd day cycle of talks: New Perspectives and Challenges in Initial Education. Presentation title: Perspectives of gender and diversity in the designs of learning environments in Early Childhood Education. Educar Chile, Fundación Chile and Western Sydney University. Australia and Chile.
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvxcrYuI0o
• 2020. Conversation guest. Closing Seminar: Tabú Project (on-line). Theme: Family accompaniment in sexual development in childhood as a preventive strategy for sexual violence. A community perspective with an interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach. Institute of Health Sciences. O'Higgins University. Rancagua. Chili. Project URL: https://www.uoh.cl/tabu/
• 7th August 2018. Speaker at Educational Conversations (EdConvs). “Children’s Agency in participatory research: methodologies and ethics”. Kingswood Campus, Western Sydney University.
13. International cooperation
• 2024. Visiting Research Fellowship (1 month). Transforming early Education and Child Health Research Centre (TeEACH). Western Sydney University. Australia. Hosts: Rebekah Grace and Christine Woodrow. Funded by: TeEACH, CIAE (UChile) and UOH.
• 2018. Academic visit. Western Sydney University, Faculty of Education. Australia. Host: Christine Woodrow. Funded by: Internal Fund Universidad de O’Higgins.
• 2016 - 2017. Research stay (3 months). University of Helsinki. Finland. Host: Kristina Kumpulainen. Funded by: Project REDES 140104 Funding to support the Establishment of International Networking between Research Centres. International cooperation Programme, CONICYT, Chile. Project Title: “Understanding the relevance of human agency for educational research, policy and practice”.