Caltabiano, Marie L. (2026) Student-centred pedagogy in applied health behaviour change. In: Oxlad, Melissa, and Gurung, Regan A.R., (eds.) Teaching Health Psychology. Elgar Guides to Teaching . Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 103-118.

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Abstract

This chapter uses a student-centred pedagogy to teach about health behaviour theories and their application. I describe the case study approach to enable students to understand the transtheoretical model and behaviour change techniques appropriate to the different stages. I also describe generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for role-playing motivational interviewing. Additionally, I offer teaching strategies for active, self-directed, problem-solving and collaborative learning. Assignment ideas and examination questions are offered in relation to the Health Action Process Approach, the Health Belief Model and the theories of reasoned action/planned behaviour to understand health-related choices. In addition I propose several activities to achieve student AI fluency, including prompt engineering in generative AI to enhance understanding of concepts such as the subjective norm, protection motivation or implementation intentions, through interactive questioning. Digital literacy exercises are specified. The use of discussion boards and forums is also encouraged for interactive engagement of the material on health behaviour change.

Item ID:	92078
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Teaching Material)
ISBN:	978-1-0353-5986-8
Keywords:	student-centred learning, health behaviour models, digital literacy, AI fluency, teaching strategies
Copyright Information:	© The Editors and Contributing Authors Severally 2026
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2026 06:32
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5203 Clinical and health psychology > 520304 Health psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1603 Teaching and curriculum > 160302 Pedagogy @ 50% 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1603 Teaching and curriculum > 160304 Teaching and instruction technologies @ 50%
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