Implementation Science: Understanding and Finding Solutions to Variation in Program Implementation
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Title
Implementation Science: Understanding and Finding Solutions to Variation in Program Implementation
Abstract/Description
PURPOSE
This paper is one of seven in this volume elaborating upon different approaches to quality improvement in education. This paper aims to delineate a methodology called Implementation Science, focusing on methods to enhance the reach, adoption, use and maintenance of innovations and discoveries in diverse education contexts.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH
The paper presents the origins, theoretical foundations, core principles and a case study showing an application of Implementation Science in education, namely, in promoting school–community–university partnerships to enhance resilience (PROSPER).
FINDINGS
Implementation Science is concerned with understanding and finding solutions to the causes of variation in a program’s outcomes relating to its implementation. The core phases are: initial considerations about the host context; creating an implementation structure; sustaining the structure during implementation; and improving future applications.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE
Few theoretical treatments and demonstration cases are currently available on commonly used models of quality improvement in other fields that might have potential value in improving education systems internationally. This paper fills this gap by elucidating one promising approach. The paper also derives value, as it permits a comparison of the Implementation Science approach with other quality improvement approaches treated in this volume.
This paper is one of seven in this volume elaborating upon different approaches to quality improvement in education. This paper aims to delineate a methodology called Implementation Science, focusing on methods to enhance the reach, adoption, use and maintenance of innovations and discoveries in diverse education contexts.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH
The paper presents the origins, theoretical foundations, core principles and a case study showing an application of Implementation Science in education, namely, in promoting school–community–university partnerships to enhance resilience (PROSPER).
FINDINGS
Implementation Science is concerned with understanding and finding solutions to the causes of variation in a program’s outcomes relating to its implementation. The core phases are: initial considerations about the host context; creating an implementation structure; sustaining the structure during implementation; and improving future applications.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE
Few theoretical treatments and demonstration cases are currently available on commonly used models of quality improvement in other fields that might have potential value in improving education systems internationally. This paper fills this gap by elucidating one promising approach. The paper also derives value, as it permits a comparison of the Implementation Science approach with other quality improvement approaches treated in this volume.
Author/creator
Date
In publication
Series
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
58-73
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Theoretical
Methodological
IRE Approach/Concept
Featured case/project
Open access/full-text available
Yes
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
0968-4883
Citation
Nordstrum, L. E., LeMahieu, P. G., & Berrena, E. (2017). Implementation Science: Understanding and Finding Solutions to Variation in Program Implementation. Quality Assurance in Education, 25(1), 58–73. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-12-2016-0080
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