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Scaling Up: Evolving Innovations beyond Ideal Settings to Challenging Contexts of Practice

January 1, 2006 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections
“Scaling up” involves adapting an innovation successful in some local setting to effective usage in a wide range of contexts. In contrast to experiences in other sectors of society, scaling up successful programs has proved very difficult in education. In this chapter, Chris Dede discusses the challenges in creating scalable and sustainable educational interventions.

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  • Chris Dede
    Author
    Harvard University
  • Citation

    ISBN : 978-0521607773
    Publication Name: The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences
    Page Number: 551
    Resource Type: Edited Chapter
    Discipline: Education and learning science
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs

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