Stages of Change model for attitude and behavior change

Something to think about when we try to implement any changes, at institutional level or with the students' learning habits:

Precontemplation> Contemplation> Preparation (planning)>  Action> Maintenance>Termination

The development of the model

• The initial paper, around self-change of smoking: Prochaska and DiClemente, 1983.
• In search of how people change: Applications to addictive behavior; Prochaska, DiClemente and Norcross 1992.
• The transtheoretical model of health behavior change; Prochaska and Velicer, 1997.

And some related references and examples, quite far from our scope, I am afraid, but useful anyway:

• An analysis of the model by a graduate student of Applied Psychology; Lenio 2006.
• A nice collection of references at the Motivation at a Glance site.
• Changing people's traveling behaviours (TravelSmart) and Reducing Alcohol harm (HAMS) have some cartoons that helped me understanding the concept. I add them in case there are more visual learners out there.
• Trying to forget that the World Bank is behind this analysis of the Theories of Behavior Change, I have to admit that this brief report on Communication for Governance and the references therein were useful to me.