Innocenti Research Report Analyse méthodologique pour la recherche Data Must Speak: Enseignements tirés de l’approche modèle positive, des sciences comportementales, de la recherche sur la mise en oeuvre et de la science de la mise à l’échelle AUTHOR(S) Lorena Levano Gavidia; Cirenia Chavez; Alvaro Fortin; Luca Maria Pesando; Renaud Comba Published: 2022 Innocenti Research Report La pandémie a aggravé une crise de l'apprentissage et mis en péril les objectifs mondiaux. Et pourtant, même dans les contextes éducatifs les plus difficiles, certaines écoles obtiennent de meilleurs résultats que d'autres, situées dans des contextes similaires et avec un niveau de ressources équivalent. Pourquoi ces écoles exceptionnelles, connues sous le nom d'écoles "modèles positives", obtiennent-elles de meilleurs résultats en matière d'apprentissage, de rétention, d'équité et d'égalité des sexes ?Data Must Speak (DMS) - une initiative mondiale mise en œuvre depuis 2014 - vise à combler les lacunes en matière de preuves tangibles pour atténuer la crise de l'apprentissage en utilisant les données existantes. Le volet recherche de DMS est cocréé avec les ministères de l'éducation. Il s'appuie sur des méthodes mixtes pour générer des connaissances, parallèlement à des enseignements pratiques sur ce qui fonctionne, pourquoi et comment mettre à l'échelle des solutions de terrain pour les décideurs politiques nationaux et la communauté internationale dans le domaine de l'éducation.La recherche utilise des approches innovantes et complémentaires telles que l’approche modèle positive, des sciences comportementales, de la recherche sur la mise en œuvre et de la science de la mise à l'échelle pour identifier et mettre à l'échelle les comportements et les pratiques des écoles "modèles positives". Cette revue méthodologique présente les définitions, concepts et méthodologies clés de ces approches afin de guider et d'informer le développement et la mise en œuvre de la recherche DMS au niveau national. En s'appuyant sur des exemples existants tirés de la recherche sur l'éducation et d'autres domaines, cet revue propose également les meilleures pratiques et les leçons tirées de ces approches qui peuvent être utilisées comme référence commune et langage standard pour leurs applications futures.La recherche DMS est actuellement mise en oeuvre dans 14 pays: Brésil, Burkina Faso, Tchad, Côte d'Ivoire, Éthiopie, Ghana, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Népal, Niger, Tanzanie, Togo et Zambie. Elle est cofinancé par KIX (CRDI/GPE), la Fondation Jacobs, la Fondation Hewlett, NORAD, Schools2030, et les resources internes de l'UNICEF. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 88 | Tags: COVID-19, education, equity, gender equality, learning, research, research methodology, research methods, schools, teachers × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Lorena Levano Gavidia; Cirenia Chavez; Alvaro Fortin; Luca Maria Pesando; Renaud Comba 2022 Analyse méthodologique pour la recherche Data Must Speak: Enseignements tirés de l’approche modèle positive, des sciences comportementales, de la recherche sur la mise en oeuvre et de la science de la mise à l’échelle. , pp. 88.
Innocenti Research Report A Methodological Review for the Data Must Speak Positive Deviance Research: Insights from Positive Deviance, Behavioural Sciences, Implementation Research and Scaling Science AUTHOR(S) Lorena Levano Gavidia; Cirenia Chavez; Alvaro Fortin; Luca Maria Pesando; Renaud Comba Published: 2022 Innocenti Research Report The pandemic has aggravated a learning crisis and put global goals in jeopardy. And yet, even in the most challenging educational contexts, some schools outperform others located in similar contexts and with an equivalent level of resources. Why do these exceptional schools, known as ‘positive deviant’ schools, achieve improved outcomes in learning, retention, equity and gender equality?Data Must Speak (DMS) – a global initiative implemented since 2014 – aims to address the evidence gaps to mitigate the learning crisis using existing data. DMS’s research component is co-created with ministries of education. It relies on mixed methods to generate knowledge, alongside practical lessons about ‘what works’, ‘why’ and ‘how to’ scale grassroots solutions for national policymakers and the broader international community of education stakeholders.The research utilizes innovative and complementary approaches of positive deviance, behavioural sciences, implementation research and scaling science to identify and scale up behaviours and practices of ‘positive deviant’ schools. This methodological review presents key definitions, concepts and methodologies of those approaches to guide and inform the development and implementation of the DMS research at country level. By drawing on existing examples from research on education and other fields, this review also offers best practices and lessons learned from those approaches that can be used as a common reference and standard language for future application.The DMS research is currently active in 14 countries: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia. It is co-financed by the Jacobs Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, KIX (IDRC/GPE), NORAD, Schools2030, and internal UNICEF resources. + - Cite this publication | Thematic area: Education | Tags: COVID-19, education, equity, gender equality, learning, research, research methodology, research methods, schools, teachers × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Lorena Levano Gavidia; Cirenia Chavez; Alvaro Fortin; Luca Maria Pesando; Renaud Comba 2022 A Methodological Review for the Data Must Speak Positive Deviance Research: Insights from Positive Deviance, Behavioural Sciences, Implementation Research and Scaling Science.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 1: Overview AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy.This brief provides an overview of a series of eight briefs that cover a range of evidence synthesis products that can contribute to different parts of the policy and programming cycle and strengthen evidence informed decision-making at UNICEF. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 6 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 1: Overview. , pp. 6.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 2: Introduction AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy. This brief considers three different types of evidence synthesis products – namely, systematic reviews (SRs), rapid evidence assessments (REAs) and evidence gap maps (EGMs) – and how they differ and compare in terms of their uses and the time and resources needed for their application. It also provides guidance on how evidence synthesis can contribute to evidence informed decision-making, which is particularly important in the context of UNICEF’s evidence infrastructure and for ensuring that appropriate evidence is considered when making policy and programming decisions. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 14 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 2: Introduction. , pp. 14.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 3: Developing and designing an evidence synthesis product AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy.This brief covers the development and design stages of producing an evidence synthesis product (including the activities that contribute to drafting and refining the research question and scope), how externally contracted research teams are engaged in these stages, the type of consultation and feedback that should occur during these stages, and the development of inclusion criteria and a search strategy. All of these activities lead to the development and publication of a research protocol, which helps to ensure that all important decisions are made in advance and helps to avoid the introduction of bias. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 14 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 3: Developing and designing an evidence synthesis product. , pp. 14.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 4: Collating and analysing studies for synthesis AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy. This brief addresses the actual process of collating studies and the synthesis and analysis of these. It also includes an overview of tools and applications that can be used to help manage the process. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 11 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 4: Collating and analysing studies for synthesis. , pp. 11.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 5: Commissioning and managing an evidence synthesis project AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy. This brief focuses on the key activities for commissioning and managing an evidence synthesis project. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 10 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 5: Commissioning and managing an evidence synthesis project. , pp. 10.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 6: The future of evidence synthesis and knowledge brokering AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy. This brief focuses on emerging innovations and cutting-edge debates amongst the evidence synthesis community of practice. Unlike the other briefs, it does not give practical guidance, but, instead, highlights some of the new and critical thinking and tools employed by UNICEF Innocenti and others that are likely to influence the research commissioning or knowledge brokering process in the future. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 9 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 6: The future of evidence synthesis and knowledge brokering. , pp. 9.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 7: Resources and tools for evidence synthesis AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy.This brief provides a list of key tools, resources, websites and organizations for evidence synthesis. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 7: Resources and tools for evidence synthesis. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 8: Glossary AUTHOR(S) Shivit Bakrania Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs This series of eight briefs, produced by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, is intended to provide guidance on how to undertake, commission and manage evidence synthesis products such as systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments and evidence gap maps. Evidence synthesis can play an important role in UNICEF’s knowledge management and evidence translation efforts by collating knowledge from multiple studies on what interventions work, and why and how they work. It makes research more accessible and therefore can contribute to evidence-informed programming and policy decisions. The primary audience for these briefs is professionals, including UNICEF staff, who conduct, commission or interpret research and evaluation findings in development contexts to make decisions about policy, programming and advocacy. This brief contains a glossary of terms used in evidence synthesis. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 5 | Thematic area: Knowledge management | Tags: knowledge management, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Shivit Bakrania 2020 Methodological Briefs on Evidence Synthesis. Brief 8: Glossary. , pp. 5.
Innocenti Research Briefs Data and Indicators to Measure Adolescent Health, Social Development and Well-being AUTHOR(S) Peter Azzopardi; Elissa Kennedy; George C Patton Published: 2017 Innocenti Research Briefs This brief focuses on quantitative data and indicators to measure adolescent health, social development and well-being. It covers: the principles of good indicator definition; common use of indicators; examples of indicators for adolescent health and social development; existing global data to describe - and populate indicators of - adolescent health and social development; and how to improve data collection efforts.The brief is one of seven on research methodologies, designed to expand and improve the conduct and interpretation of research on adolescent health and well-being in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Building on the recent Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, these briefs provide an overview of the methodological quality of research on adolescents. They cover topics including: indicators and data sources; research ethics; research with disadvantaged, vulnerable and/or marginalized populations; participatory research; measuring enabling and protective systems for adolescent health; and economic strengthening interventions for improving adolescent well-being. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 18 | Thematic area: Adolescents | Tags: adolescent health, adolescents, health, research, research methodology × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Peter Azzopardi; Elissa Kennedy; George C Patton 2017 Data and Indicators to Measure Adolescent Health, Social Development and Well-being. , pp. 18.
Innocenti Research Briefs Does Keeping Adolescent Girls in School Protect against Sexual Violence? Quasi-experimental Evidence from East and Southern Africa AUTHOR(S) Tia Palermo; Michelle Mills Published: 2017 Innocenti Research Briefs Sexual violence against women and girls is widespread globally. In their lifetime, one in three women will experience intimate partner physical or sexual violence and 7 per cent will experience forced sex by someone other than an intimate partner. This study finds protective effects of educational attainment against lifetime experience of sexual violence among women in Uganda, but not in Malawi. Further, in our pathway analyses, we find large impacts on delaying marriage in both countries. These results suggest that policies aimed at increasing educational attainment among girls may have broad-ranging long-term benefits. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 2 | Thematic area: Adolescents, Child Protection, Education, Gender Issues | Tags: adolescents, education of girls, gender based violence, research methodology, sexual violence, violence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Tia Palermo; Michelle Mills 2017 Does Keeping Adolescent Girls in School Protect against Sexual Violence? Quasi-experimental Evidence from East and Southern Africa. , pp. 2.