O'Connor, R., Gattas, S.U., Blakey, E. orcid.org/0000-0003-3685-3649 et al. (12 more authors) (2025) Engaging educators in the codesign, feasibility, and implementation quality of early years interventions: The ONE program. Mind, Brain, and Education. ISSN: 1751-2271
Abstract
Giving practitioners a voice is essential in developing intervention programs that are adapted to educator and child needs. We aimed to do so by involving educators in the codesign of an intervention supporting early mathematical and executive development, to maximize feasibility and implementation quality. N = 100 educators, N = 24 Early Years Centers (EYCs), and N = 16 education science experts took part. Educators expressed a need for feasible professional development coupled with practical activity suggestions (Phase I). A scientist/educator expert panel developed the intervention (Phase II), further refined via educator input (Phase III) to overcome implementation barriers (e.g., diverse children's needs). In Phase IV, mixed methods revealed successful solutions (e.g., differentiation guidance) and additional barriers (e.g., diverse staff demands). We demonstrate the value of an iterative codesign process for complex educator-led interventions to produce programs addressing specific needs of educators and children whilst retaining key theoretical principles.
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Mind, Brain, and Education published by International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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| Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
| Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION UNSPECIFIED |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2025 11:43 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2025 10:40 |
| Status: | Published online |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.1111/mbe.70028 |
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| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:231921 |

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