scholarly journals Seeing Is Believing: Effective Components of Professional Development Training for County Extension Educators on an Innovation Perceived as Risky-Food Irradiation

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.M. Thompson ◽  
J.F. Schielack ◽  
T.A. Vestal
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Food Irradiation ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
Effective Components ◽  
Professional Development Training ◽  
County Extension ◽  
County Extension Educators

The Effect of a Multicomponent Professional Development Training on the Beliefs and Behaviors of Community Health Educators Concerning Food Irradiation

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 703-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta M. Thompson ◽  
Stephanie L. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Food Irradiation ◽  
Health Educators ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
Professional Development Training ◽  
Training Format ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
County Extension Educators ◽  
Community Health Educators

Beliefs have a significant effect on the health behaviors of individuals and educators; however, they can be difficult to change. The purpose of this study was to determine if exposing community health educators, specifically family and consumer sciences county extension educators, to a multicomponentprofessional development training on food irradiation could change their beliefs and behaviors. This study compared the food irradiation beliefs and educational programmingof educators who participated in a professional development training with thosewhodidnot.Results indicatedthat the trainingsignificantlyimproved the foodirradiationbeliefs ofparticipants. In addition, the number of participants who provided food irradiation education significantly improved compared with educators who had not attended the training. These results suggest that this type of professional development training format can significantly affect beliefs and could increase the amount of food irradiation information available to consumers through community health educators.

A county extension-delivered, email-mediated walking intervention: A programme evaluation

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 615-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A Richards ◽  
Stephanie Woodcox
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
State Research ◽  
The Usa ◽  
County Extension ◽  
County Extension Educators

Objective: The promotion of walking could be a feasible population-level physical activity strategy because it requires little planning, is low cost and can be done year-round across settings. Community, nonprofit organisations offer one means by which to help increase walking through community programmes. The US Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service has a history that spans more than a century and is known for quality in the delivery of educational programmes to help improve the lives of people in communities across the USA. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of the Get WalkIN’ intervention – an initiative supported by this programme – from the perspectives of both programme participants and county extension educators. Methods: Participants were recruited from 15 county extension sites in the Midwest region of the USA. Intervention emails targeted self-efficacy, social support, goal-setting and benefits/barriers to walking. To assess the perceptions of feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, participants and extension educators were asked to respond to a series of Likert-type scale and open-ended questions. Self-reported physical activity was assessed using the Godin Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire. Results: On average, participants and extension educators agreed that the programme was easy to use and would consider either recommending the programme to a friend or implementing the programme again within the community. Post-intervention, 69.1% of respondents were classified as sufficiently active compared to 60.5% pre-intervention. Conclusion: The use of the county-based US Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service is an effective option for health promotion programming. Furthermore, a theory-based, email-mediated intervention is a valuable strategy as an independent and convenient way to facilitate increase in physical activity.

scholarly journals Education and Professional Development Training of Methodologists: Based on the Research Materials

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria I. Akilina
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Training Strategy ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Professional Development Training ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
State Library

The article is devoted to the results of the research “Personnel of Methodologists of the Central Libraries of the Subjects of the Russian Federation”, conducted by the Center for Research on the Development of Libraries in the Information Society of the Russian State Library in 2017. The article presents the results of one of the aspects of the study related to the problems of education and professional development training of employees of methodical services of the Central Libraries of the Russian Federation. 97,9% employees of the methodical divisions have higher education that demonstrates high educational status of the methodical personnel. At the same time, almost one third of the staff does not have the specialized library training. Non-core education is represented by various disciplines, mainly of humanitarian area. Participants of the research also noted the discrepancy between the education of graduates of library qualification and modern requirements of methodical activities and the great need for continuous professional development training of staff of specialized methodical units. The author studied participation of methodologists in the activities of the professional development system, as well as the topics of these activities. There were almost no training events organized specifically for methodologists, and their participation in the numerous training events was not systematic. The analysis of educational needs of methodologists showed the greatest deficiency of events on legal subjects and organization of methodical activities. The results of the study are important for the subsequent development of the professional training strategy and system of professional development training of the personnel of methodical services.

scholarly journals Measuring the efficacy and quality of a professional development training on prejudice reduction and reflective practice: Transforming the delivery of change through collective insight and informed action.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berdine Gordon-Littréan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Prejudice Reduction ◽  
Professional Development Training ◽  
Sustained Change

<div>This study explored the observed impact of the professional development training on agency employees and disposition toward sustained change in prejudice reduction in their applied practice over a period time.</div>

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