Using a Theory-Driven Approach to Design a Professional Development Workshop

Marilyn S. Townsend; Isobel R. Contento; Susan Nitzke; Jacquelyn W. McClelland; Debra Palmer Keenan; Guen Brown

Using a Theory-Driven Approach to Design a Professional Development Workshop

Marilyn S. Townsend, Isobel R. Contento, Susan Nitzke, Jacquelyn W. McClelland, Debra Palmer Keenan, Guen Brown

Nutrition

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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 trainings, and curricular materials for professionals and consumers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	312-318
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume	35
Issue number	6
State	Published - 2003

Keywords

Theory
Training
Workshop

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Education
Food Science

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