Teaching Staff

Josephine Louise F. Jamero is a full-time faculty member of the Department of Family Life and Child Development, College of Home Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman. She is an experienced educator for infant and toddler programs, early years programs, and for undergraduate and graduate courses. Her career has been dedicated to designing materials and programs for child development and family engagement. At the heart of her research is play for learning and development, and inclusive care and education—both of which she strongly advocates for through teaching and service. This led to the development of frameworks for the Infant Development Program for Remote Learning to reach families with newborn babies during the pandemic, and the Inclusive Early Childhood Education Framework to serve the developmental needs of “all children together, and well”. Beyond play and inclusion, Asst. Prof. Jamero also advocates for supporting competencies in literacy, mathematics, and science from the earliest years.  Her work with RTI and DOST inspired the project for curating sets of open-ended materials to guide families in supporting their child’s development throughout the pandemic. Current projects aim to continue representing indigenous cultures and local wisdom for climate education in storybooks and in early learning experiences.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Family Life and Child Development, magna cum laude, 2005. University of the Philippines Diliman

• Special Courses in Reading for Early Childhood and Special Education, 2009, St. Joseph’s College

• Master of Education in Special Education, 2015, University of the Philippines Diliman

• Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Special Education (for completion), University of the Philippines Diliman

Research Interests 

• Child development

• Play for care

• Learning, and development

• Inclusive early childhood care and education

• Infant development programs

• Multi-age classes

• Family engagement

• Literacy

• Mathematics, and science in the early years, 

• Indigenous cultures and local wisdom in resources for young children

Recent Publications 

• Jamero, J. F., & Mora, M. M. (2025). Creating ‘play invitations’ from open-ended materials in the Philippines: family involvement in literacy development during infancy. In Prins, E., & Zholdoshalieva, R. (Eds.), Family and intergenerational literacy and learning: International perspectives—UNESCO Digital Library. (pp. 159-174). Hamburg, Germany. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000393131.locale=en

• Reconceptualizing social justice in early childhood in the Philippines (in press, 2026), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education 

• Mathematics in ICC: Learning about the world of numbers through relationships (section in the book by Dr. Aurorita T. Roldan entitled, “The Integrated Core Curriculum”) (under editorial review, UP Press)

• Jamero, J. F. (2019). Social constructivism and play of children with autism for inclusive early childhood education, International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education, 11(2), 2019, INT-JECSE Article

Courses Taught