title: Using a theory-driven approach to design a professional development workshop.
abstract: The objective of this study was to show how a theory- driven approach to program planning was used to design and evaluate a professional development workshop. Our method was to demonstrate modeling of theory use as a teaching strategy. The Theory of Planned Behavior was used to structure all components of a 6-hour workshop. This workshop significantly increased participants' intention to use theory in designing programs (P <.0001). Educators can apply the methods demonstrated here to systematically use theory in the development, implementation, and evaluation of their workshops, staff training, and curricular materials for professionals and consumers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616-8669, USA. mtownsend@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Marilyn S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: Isobel R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Contento
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nitzke
authors.forename: Jacquelyn W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McClelland
authors.forename: Debra Palmer
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.forename: Guen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods