. g ., ▁the ▁motiv ation ▁and ▁ability ▁factors ▁and ▁its ▁success ▁or ▁failure ▁are ▁related ▁to ▁Self - e ffic acy . ▁ ▁Education ▁Be hav iour al ▁change ▁theories ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁gu ides ▁in ▁developing ▁effective ▁teaching ▁methods . ▁Since ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁much ▁education ▁is ▁behaviour al ▁change , ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁behaviour ▁afford ed ▁by ▁behaviour al ▁change ▁theories ▁provides ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁form ulation ▁of ▁effective ▁teaching ▁methods ▁that ▁tap ▁into ▁the ▁mechan isms ▁of ▁behaviour al ▁change . ▁In ▁an ▁era ▁when ▁education ▁programs ▁st rive ▁to ▁reach ▁large ▁aud ien ces ▁with ▁varying ▁so cio e conom ic ▁status es , ▁the ▁design ers ▁of ▁such ▁programs ▁increasing ly ▁st rive ▁to ▁understand ▁the ▁reasons ▁behind ▁behaviour al ▁change ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁understand ▁universal ▁characteristics ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁cru cial ▁to ▁program ▁design . ▁ ▁In ▁fact , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁theories , ▁like ▁the ▁social ▁learning ▁theory ▁and ▁theory ▁of ▁planned ▁behaviour , ▁were ▁developed ▁as ▁attempts ▁to ▁improve ▁health ▁education . ▁Because ▁these ▁theories ▁address ▁the ▁interaction ▁between ▁individuals ▁and ▁their ▁environments , ▁they ▁can ▁provide ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁education ▁programs ▁given ▁a ▁specific ▁set ▁of ▁pred et erm ined ▁conditions , ▁like ▁the ▁social ▁context ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁program ▁will ▁be ▁initi ated . ▁Although ▁health ▁education ▁is ▁still ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁which ▁behaviour al ▁change ▁theories ▁are ▁most ▁often ▁applied , ▁theories ▁like ▁the ▁stages ▁of ▁change ▁model ▁have ▁begun ▁to ▁be ▁applied ▁in ▁other ▁areas ▁like