Cecilia I. Calero

Cecilia I. Calero is an Associate Professor at the School of Government at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) and a researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). She earned her PhD in Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) from the University of Buenos Aires and then completed her postdoctoral research where she began studying the development of teaching in childhood. She previously co-led the Neuroscience Lab and served as Head of the Education Department at UTDT. Cecilia currently leads the “Little Teachers” research program, which studies how teaching skills develop across the lifespan and how teaching others shapes one’s own learning, particularly in peer tutoring contexts.

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What do children learn when they teach?

Cecilia I. Calero / 2 June 2026

Articles Learning & Education Development Learning environments Individual differences

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