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Li, Lan; Murnen, Timothy; Zhou, Yuchun; Wu, Min Lun; Xiong, Yan – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2019
Despite the growing number of international professional development programs, there is very little published research regarding the structures and effectiveness of these programs. This paper shares the design and development of the technology component of an international professional development (PD) program designed for secondary English as…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Technological Literacy
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Mukherjee Das, Ankan; Shrivastav, Kumar Dron; Taneja, Neha; Awasthi, Aanchal Anant; Rashid, Shazia; Gogia, Ajay; Janardhanan, Rajiv – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: Breast cancer (BC) presents a major public health challenge world-over including India. While several risk-factors, early signs and symptoms of BC are known, the knowledge and awareness of this disease remains poor among the population. The present study aimed to determine the extent of knowledge and awareness of BC, its risk factors,…
Descriptors: Cancer, Public Health, Risk, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Arora, Monika; Tewari, Abha; Dhavan, Poonam; Nazar, Gaurang P.; Stigler, Melissa H.; Juneja, Neeru S.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Reddy, K. Srinath – Health Education Research, 2013
Project Advancing Cessation of Tobacco in Vulnerable Indian Tobacco Consuming Youth (ACTIVITY) is a community-based group randomized intervention trial focused on disadvantaged youth (aged 10-19 years) residing in 14 low-income communities (slums and resettlement colonies) in Delhi, India. This article discusses the findings of Focus Group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Adults, Motivation
Kolucki, Barbara – 1989
The manual describes a variety of media approaches in the United States, Hong Kong, India, and Pakistan to changing attitudes toward the disabled. Four principles of media communications are stressed: (1) children's television is an important vehicle for changing attitudes; (2) it is vital to know the audience; (3) active participation by the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Childrens Television, Consultation Programs
Thiagarajan, S. – NSPI Journal, 1969
Describes a program intended to assist family-planning workers in Indai overcome their reluctance to use "dirty words when teaching illiterate villagers contraceptive techniques. Project supported by Health and Family Planning Division of the USAID, New Delhi, India. (LS)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Contraception, Educational Programs, Family Planning
Aikara, Jacob – New Frontiers in Education, 1978
A recent educational reform in India is the restructuring of the years spent in elementary-secondary, higher secondary, and higher education according to a 10+2+3 year pattern. Addressed is the 2-year higher secondary stage, a study of this stage as it was implemented in Bombay, and the problems associated with its implementation. (JMD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Problems
Lockwood, Fred, Ed.; Gooley, Anne, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 19 papers examining innovation in open and distance learning through development of online and World Wide Web-based learning. The following papers are included: "Innovation in Distributed Learning: Creating the Environment" (Fred Lockwood); "Innovation in Open and Distance Learning: Some Lessons from Experience…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies