“Everyone is talking about it, but no one is doing it”: How implementation research is – or isn’t – informing adaptation towards scale in international education

Amy Jo Dowd

International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 108, issue C

Abstract: With growing evidence of what works in education, governments and their partners strive towards scale. While implementation research to adapt solutions holds promise for testing what works, where and for whom, its use in education is limited. Sixty-three international education stakeholders from government, academia, think tanks, local and international non-governmental organizations, multi- and bi-laterals and foundations offer insight into three modes of implementation research that differ on responsiveness, timeliness and stakeholder collaboration. They speak to the primacy of government involvement, trust and curiosity in collaborative efforts. This study explores enabling factors for evidence-based implementation improvement on the pathway to scale.

Keywords: Implementation research; International education; Evidence-based practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103068

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