Understanding the rationale of implementation
SAID
This theme emerged early in the coding process. It was often mentioned, and every interviewee attributed great importance to it: the importance of understanding Anne, T1:For some it’s experienced somewhat as an Anne noted that teachers thought that starting a new program might be overwhelming, but as they gradually Anne, T1:There is nothing that is The interviewees recognized several aspects of the program and experienced these as helpful. The following excerpt from Anne (T1) is representative of this idea:In one kindergarten, the leader and resource person spoke excitedly about the training days but subsequently found that the rest of the kindergarten teachers were disappointed after the one-day training in TIK-KT. To explain their excitement, they made their own introduction and emphasized, “It was a lot about Marte, T2:Then, they said, “Now we understand, now we understand what she said, the other woman” [referring to the one-day training provided by a Norwegian TIK trainer]. […] Because they had not entirely understood it on the training day, gone through it slightly fast (…) However, after that, it became so much better. We started with supervision quite fast and managed it, and… truly… the progress for the personnel just exploded from there.Marte describes how her colleagues’ disappointment changed: when they understood TIK-KT in greater depth, they started utilizing it. The importance of change was highlighted by the informants, as the following dialog reveals:Anne, T2:You must create a good understanding for the others. Because otherwise it will, uhm, Interviewer:What do you think the employees think of their own Astrid, T1:No, I think […] make everybody understand Additionally, the research behind TIK-KT was emphasized by the interviewees as an important reason for them to use the intervention. Karianne outlines this concept:Karianne (T1):[…] this is not something that one has just The interviewees wanted to obtain a sufficiently deep understanding of what the intervention entailed—theoretically and practically—to implement it. The TIK program is evidence-based, and this in itself was an important motivator for why they should put effort into delivery.