Function-focused implementation fidelity for complex interventions: the case of Studio Schools

Thesis

This thesis is concerned with an initial assessment of the implementation of Studio Schools, a novel and highly flexible model of secondary education, in England. Responding to the methodological challenges towards evaluating a 'standard' national social programme that is encouraged to be adapted to context by local schools, the thesis also reports the development, operationalisation, and testing of a new approach towards the concept of implementation fidelity for evaluation science.

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Authors: van Urk, F

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Theory-driven evaluation; Implementation Fidelity; Adaptation; Complex interventions; Theory-based evaluation
• Subjects: Implementation Science; Social Intervention