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Together from the middle: a comparison of theories of change of middle tier projects in the Czech Republic
Nerad, Jáchym ; Veselý, Arnošt (advisor) ; Srb, Vladimír (referee)
This thesis responds to the debate on the optimal design of the middle tier intervention in the Czech education system. It contributes by comparing the approach of its two main actors: the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Partnership for Education 2030+. It studies their proposals for the middle tier as public policy interventions. Based on document analysis and thematic analysis of interview transcripts with leaders of both approaches, it unpacks their theory of change - the way in which the middle tier proposals should work. The paper has two main outputs that describe the theory of change. The first output is a causal chain of assumptions about how these interventions are designed to work, which is graphically represented in the form of a cognitive map. The second output is the theory of change narrative, to create which recurring themes were identified in the interview transcripts and the context in which representatives of both approaches to the middle tier use them described. The comparison shows that the two approaches are very similar in terms of framing the problematic behaviours that the interventions are expected to change in the target groups and the ultimate impacts of the interventions. However, they differ in framing of causes of the problematic behaviours and the...

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