Engineering and Evaluating Cascading Effects in Teacher Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

Study ID sspp-2024-0027-v1

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Project Engineering and Evaluating Cascading Effects in Teacher Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Study ID sspp-2024-0027-v1
Study Title Engineering and Evaluating Cascading Effects in Teacher Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Authors Aymo Brunetti, Konstantin Büchel, Lukas Hauck
Completion Time 20 Minutes
Close Date Oct. 19, 2024
Discipline Economics
Field Development Economics, Economics Of Education
Country Tanzania
Abstract
This project will explore how the latest insights from educational research can be cost-effectively shared with many teachers using a cascading model of knowledge dissemination. The rationale behind the cascading model is to focus on training a small number of teacher champions (e.g., two or three teachers per school) who then act as agents of change, sharing their new skills with colleagues at their local school, thereby multiplying the effect of the training program. The project aims to scientifically evaluate an in-service teacher training program that relies on such a cascading model to dissipate its message: The School-based In-Service Teacher Training (SITT) is implemented by the Swiss NGO Helvetas Tanzania. The evaluation will be designed as a randomized controlled trial (RCT), to identify the causal effect that the program has on (1a) teaching styles of teachers who directly participate in the program, (1b) learning outcomes of their pupils, (2a) teaching styles of teachers who were only exposed to the program indirectly through cascading, and (2b) the learning outcomes of their pupils. By answering these questions, the project will inform the scientific discourse on whether the evaluated teacher-training program helped foster measurable knowledge dissipation through the cascading model.

Citation
Brunetti, Aymo, Büchel, Konstantin, and Lukas Hauck. 2024. "Engineering and Evaluating Cascading Effects in Teacher Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania." Social Science Prediction Platform. July 26. https://socialscienceprediction.org/s/eczdfd

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