Coaching and Implementation: Insights from a Field Experiment in Danish Schools

Simon Calmar Andersen (), Bastien Michel () and Helena Nielsen
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Simon Calmar Andersen: Aarhus University
Bastien Michel: Aarhus University

No 17728, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: We study the effect of peer coaching separately from the effect of training on teachers' implementation of new teaching techniques. We conducted a preregistered field experiment involving 68 teachers and 1,490 students in Denmark. Teachers in an active control group took part in a teaching program that introduced new teaching techniques. On top of the teaching program, the treatment group received coaching from peers. External observers, blinded to the treatment status, assessed teachers' use of the program techniques in the classroom. While we observe increased transfer to teachers' practices, the overall effects are mixed, calling for caution.

Keywords: school teachers; knowledge transfer; coaching; field experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2025-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-exp, nep-lma and nep-ure
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Published - published online in: Education Economics , 15 April 2025

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