The Importance of Studying the Implementation of Interventions in School Settings

Autor/inn/en	Lendrum, Ann; Humphrey, Neil
Titel	The Importance of Studying the Implementation of Interventions in School Settings
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 38 (2012) 5, S.635-652 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2012.734800
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Foreign Countries; Fidelity; Evaluation Research; Program Implementation; Program Effectiveness; Educational Environment; Program Evaluation; Educational Needs; Research Needs; Measurement Objectives; Program Improvement; Operations Research; Program Administration; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Evaluationsforschung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Forschungsbedarf; Großbritannien
Abstract	Implementation refers to the process by which an intervention is put into practice. Research studies across multiple disciplines, including education, have consistently demonstrated that interventions are rarely implemented as designed and, crucially, that variability in implementation is related to variability in the achievement of expected outcomes. Put simply, "implementation matters" (Durlak & DuPre, 2008). This paper reviews several key issues in the study of implementation and calls for an increasing emphasis on this often neglected aspect of evaluation research in UK journals. These issues include programme-specific reasons for studying implementation as an intervention passes through the various stages of development, advancing knowledge and understanding about the processes of implementation (including the balance required between fidelity and adaptation, and the range of factors that may facilitate or impede implementation), and improving measurement and assessment of implementation. Through discussion of these issues the case is made for more research that focuses specifically on the examination of implementation in school settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10