Coaching and implementation : insights from a field experiment in Danish schools

Simon Calmar Andersen, Bastien Michel, Helena Skyt Nielsen

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.

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Year of publication:	February 2025
Authors:	Andersen, Simon Calmar ; Michel, Bastien ; Nielsen, Helena Skyt
Publisher:	Bonn, Germany : IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Subject:	coaching \| knowledge transfer \| school teachers \| field experiment \| Coaching \| Feldforschung \| Field research \| Lehrkräfte \| Teaching profession \| Wissenstransfer \| Knowledge transfer \| Dänemark \| Denmark