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Salmivalli, Christina – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
During four decades, numerous school-based bullying prevention programmes have been developed and evaluated. Meta-analyses indicate that such programmes have positive average effects, as compared with treatment as usual. However, the effects are small to moderate, and they are especially weak among some specific groups, such as adolescents. After…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Victims
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Affifi, Ramsey – Environmental Education Research, 2020
I consider myself among a band of heretics seeking to deanthropocentrise environmental education. And yet, I increasingly struggle with blanket condemnations and recommendations. I do not know if the binary is as real or useful as I once thought. In this paper, I unearth some of the ways in which alleged anthropocentrisms can be…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Sustainability
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Dasgupta, Mohona; Gupta, Ayushree; Sachdeva, Siddhant – Childhood Education, 2023
In the heart of rural India, where hope struggles to find its voice amid challenging economic and societal circumstances, Rocket Learning has discovered an inspiring tale of resilience and determination. Rocket Learning's intent is to build early childhood and foundational skills at scale in India, connect the government system and parents, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Behavior Change, Parent Child Relationship
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Collins, J. Michael; Olive, Peggy; O'Rourke, Collin M. – Journal of Extension, 2013
Financial coaching is an emerging complement to financial education and counseling. As defined in this article, financial coaching is a process whereby participants set goals, commit to taking certain actions by specific dates, and are then held accountable by the coach. In this way, financial coaching is designed to help participants bridge the…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Money Management, Extension Education, Goal Orientation
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Gipson, Polly; King, Cheryl – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2012
Treatment linkage and adherence to psychotherapeutic interventions can be challenging with suicidal individuals. Health behavior theories, specifically the Health Belief Model, Stages of Change, and Theory of Planned Behavior, focus on individuals' beliefs, their readiness to change, their perceptions of illness severity and "threat," their…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Health Behavior, Suicide, Cultural Differences
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Putman, S. Michael; Smith, Lawrence L.; Cassady, Jerrell C. – Educational Forum, 2009
Current legislation has exerted tremendous influence on the instructional methods used by reading teachers. Historically, however, neither mandated curriculum nor forced change has proven consistently successful in helping sustain long-term change in teachers' instructional practices or student achievement gains. Using theories of motivation and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Reading Instruction, Educational Change, Motivation
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Armitage, Christopher J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
A dietary change intervention based on Gollwitzer's (1993) concept of implementation intentions was used to see whether transitions between transtheoretical model stages could be induced in a field experiment. Participants (N = 554) were randomized to receive either questionnaire-only or questionnaire-plus-implementation intention. Results showed…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Program Implementation, Intention, Experiments