Using a theory-driven approach to design a professional development workshop.
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.
Townsend
Marilyn S
MS
Department of Nutrition, University of California-Davis, Davis, California 95616-8669, USA. mtownsend@ucdavis.edu
Contento
Isobel R
IR
Nitzke
Susan
S
McClelland
Jacquelyn W
JW
Keenan
Debra Palmer
DP
Brown
Guen
G
D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods