Contact
Phone:
+49 (0) 89 2180-17805
Email:
maria.valcarcel@psy.lmu.de
Website:
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Further Information
- Important stations:
- 2017 – 2021 B.A. Educational science (major subject) und psychology (minor subject), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
- 2021 – 2023 M.A. Educational science, Freie Universität Berlin
- Short CV:
Maria Valcarcel Jimenez studied educational science (major) and psychology (minor) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), and educational science with focus on early childhood education and quantitative research methods at the Free University Berlin (FU). She started her doctoral studies in psychology at the LMU. Maria is currently working in the EU-funded longitudinal project "Learning4Kids - App-based Learning for Kindergarten Children at Home" and the project "Quality Creates Opportunities" on quality interactions between teachers and primary school students at the Chair of Education and Educational Psychology at LMU and the Department of School and Classroom Research at FU.
Research topics
- Home Learning Environment (Home Literacy Environment)
- Development of linguistic competencies in early childhood
- Parent-child-interaction
Selected publications
- Valcárcel Jiménez, M., Wirth, A., Birtwistle, E., & Niklas, F. (2023). The home literacy environment and television exposure as mediators between migration background and preschool children’s linguistic abilities. Reading & Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-023-10458-8
- Valcárcel Jiménez, M., Kreutzmann, M., & Koeppen, K. (2023). Geschlecht als Moderator des Zusammenhangs zwischen den psychologischen Grundbedürfnissen und selbstbestimmten Formen von Motivation in der Grundschule. Vortrag auf der 19. Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie, Kiel.