Implementation Fidelity as a Multidimensional Construct: Implications for Educational Research and Practice

Titolo Rivista EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY
Autori/Curatori Valeria Di Martino
Anno di pubblicazione 2025 Fascicolo 2025/1
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 16 P. 74-89 Dimensione file 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/ess1-2025oa19752
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Il presente contributo esplora la fedeltà dell’implementazione nella ricerca educativa, evidenziando l’evoluzione del concetto da semplice aderenza a un costrutto multidimensionale. Nel contesto dell’educazione basata su evidenze, la misurazione della fedeltà risulta cruciale per determinare se gli esiti di un inter-vento derivino effettivamente dal programma o da un’implementazione inade-guata. L’analisi affronta la tensione tra fedeltà rigorosa e adattamento conte-stuale, rivelando come concettualizzazioni contemporanee superino questa di-cotomia, riconoscendo che l’adattamento può essere necessario quando preserva i meccanismi centrali dell’intervento. La ricerca empirica suggerisce che livelli moderati di fedeltà possono essere sufficienti per ottenere risultati positivi. Il contributo sottolinea l’importanza di sviluppare interventi con componenti fondamentali chiaramente identificati ma flessibili, promuovendo una compren-sione della fedeltà che bilanci rigore metodologico e sensibilità contestuale

Parole chiave:; fedeltà di implementazione; adattamento contestuale; evidence-based education; interventi educativi; valutazione di programmi educativi

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Valeria Di Martino, Implementation Fidelity as a Multidimensional Construct: Implications for Educational Research and Practice in "EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY" 1/2025, pp 74-89, DOI: 10.3280/ess1-2025oa19752