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Diaz Rios Claudia, Contract and Sessional Faculty

Claudia Diaz Rios

Contract and Sessional Faculty

Contract and Sessional Faculty
Department of Political Science

Area(s) of Interest:

Biography

Claudia studies the globalization of education policy, its relationship with development, and its effects on quality of education and social inequality. Her current research focused on changes in the governance of secondary education in Argentina, Chile and Colombia.

Education

  • PhD., Political Science (Comparative Public Policy), McMaster University, September 2016.
  • M.A., Social Science and Education, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Buenos Aires, Argentina), August 2010.
  • B.A., Sociology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, March 2002.

Teaching

3K03 – Migration and Citizenship: Canadian, Comparative and Global Perspectives

4SS3 – Politics and Social Policy in the Developing World

Research

Book

El puente está quebrado: aportes a la reconstrucción de la política de la educación media en Colombia (The Brigde is Broken. Contributions to Secondary Education Policy in Colombia). With V.M. Gómez and J. Celis. Bogotá: Unibiblos, 2009.

Published or Forthcoming Articles

La traducción de las ideas globales en la gobernanza de la educación secundaria en Colombia (Translation of Global Ideas in the Governance of Secondary Education in Colombia). Accepted for Universitas Humanistica 83 (forthcoming, 2017).

Foreign Prescriptions and Domestic Interests: A Comparison of Education Reform in Argentina and Chile. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 0 (0): 1–16. doi:10.1080/13876988.2016.1239321.

La política de articulación entre la educación media y la superior. El caso de los programas de la Secretaría de Educación de Bogotá (The Policy of Articulation between Upper Secondary and Higher Education. The case of the Bogota ́s Education Department). Investigación y Desarrollo (Research and Development) 20, 2 (Jul) 2012, 230-253.

La formación para el trabajo en la educación media en Colombia (Vocational training in Colombian Secondary Education). With J. Celis. Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud (Latin American Journal of Social Science, Childhood and Youth) 9, 1 (Jan) 2011, 371-380.

Efectos no deseados de la formación para el trabajo en la educación media colombiana (The Undesired Effects of Vocational Training in Colombian Secondary Education. With J. Celis. Revista Educación y Educadores (Education and Teachers Review) 13, 2 (May) 2010, 199-216.

Ocupaciones nuevas, emergentes y en transformación en Bogotá (New, Emergent, and Transforming Occupations in Bogota). With J. Rodriguez and J. Duarte. Revista Universidad y Empresa (Journal of University and Business) 10, 14 (Aug) 2008, 34-59.

Familia, Trabajo y Desigualdad. La Educación como estrategia familiar para enfrentar la crisis del trabajo (Family, Work, and Inequality. Education as a Family Strategy to Cope With the Crisis of the Labour Market). Revista Colombiana de Sociología (Colombian Journal of Sociology) 28, 2007, 115-133.