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Title: Test anxiety: the voices of the students
Contributors: Theresa Ann Mooring (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:13:06.359Z

Title: Elementary school counsellors' perceptions of their role with families
Contributors: Jennifer Vivienne Martha Ritchie (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Elementary school counsellors (ESC) play a crucial role in facilitating partnerships between family and school. lbis study explores ESCs' perceptions of their role with families. lbis qualitative, inductive research utilizes a descriptive/ exploratory approach. The participants were four ESCs, with backgrounds in teaching, and elementary school counselling, working in elementary schools within one school district in the Northern British Columbian public school system. Data were obtained using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and data analysis processes included: sorting, coding, categorizing, and memoing. The participants discussed a number of ways of working with families to promote the child's progress in school. A variety of role and family related challenges emerged from the participants' discussions. Strategies to address these challenges are explored. Findings from this study indicated that ESCs use consultation processes to work in partnership with families, and with the child, to support the child's positive academic and social development.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:15:17.723Z

Title: French immersion teachers' perceptions of isolation: teaching in small northern programs
Contributors: Mary Catherine Braun (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:13:55.203Z

Title: Adult learners, writing groups and revisions
Contributors: Mary Jattrude Madden (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:10:52.211Z

Title: Concerns of French immersion parents in supporting their children's learning at home
Contributors: Belinda Grace Harrison (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:16:51.858Z

Title: Parents' perceptions on learning in a rural school
Contributors: Linda Madeline Rummel (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:17:32.519Z

Title: HIV/AIDS education for work place and personal change.
Contributors: Christine Marie James (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education-Curriculum and Instruction
Date added: 2017-03-29T17:33:24.892Z

Title: Courage strength wisdom - A first nations community's post-secondary experience.
Contributors: Kenneth Federick LePage (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This thesis is about a number of First Nations community members that pursued a post-secondary education. The purpose of the research was to investigate their post-secondary educational experience including motivating factors and importance of the process in their lives and the community they represent. The researcher used a qualitative methodology for the study in the form of focus groups. A traditional talking circle method was used to collect data. Three talking circles took place on-reserve and two questions were asked. Sixteen community members that attended post-secondary education participated. They received emotional support and encouragement from a visionary Sister, peers, family and community members. All the participants spoke of how difficult it was to pursue post-secondary and their fulfilling experience. The participants have found meaningful employment on and off-reserve impacting their community culturally and academically. All of them are playing a vital role encouraging others in their communities to further their education. --Leaf 3.
Discipline: Education-Multidisciplinary Leadership
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:12:21.382Z

Title: Curriculum development: universal design and the natural human senses
Contributors: Alice Stoddard (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:15:02.226Z

Title: The culture of the female victim in high school bullying
Contributors: Anita Dobie (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:12:33.854Z

Title: Curriculum that fosters moral development
Contributors: Dana M. Kohlman (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: How can moral development be fostered in the classroom? To answer this question, this project examines education literature, the author's own experiences, current brain research relating to self regulation, an overview of moral development theories, moral development research, and the instructional implications of this research. There is evidence that certain conditions foster moral development and that these conditions can be promoted in the classroom. Moral development depends on social experiences that teach developmental building blocks such as emotional knowledge, self-regulation and pro-social behavior. Without these building blocks, moral development is unlikely to occur. Linking the fostering of moral development to content embedded in Manitoba's Social Studies curriculum will be made through the example unit plans included.
Discipline: Education-Curriculum and Instruction
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:11:54.719Z

Title: Intermediate students' attitudes towards recreational reading and choice of free-time activities
Contributors: Wendy Ione Forsythe (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:12:13.607Z

Title: Evaluation of the community agency Future Cents
Contributors: Tom Wainwright (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:10:24.078Z

Title: Did we do what we said we would do?: a multiple stakeholder evaluation of an early childhood education training programme
Contributors: Patricia Agnes McClelland (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chausteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:11:26.506Z

Title: School leadership issue: why are teachers not applying for school principal positions?
Contributors: Suzanne Hope Bolin (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:10:21.706Z

Title: Types of motivation and student achievement in grade eight science
Contributors: Randall T. Barr (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:16:13.858Z

Title: Pet facilitated therapy and the therapeutic relationship: participant perspectives
Contributors: Laurie Heather Baird (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This qualitative study examines Pet Facilitated Therapy (PFT) from the perspective of the participant/client in an initial counselling session. The use of the human-animal bond to facilitate therapy is a relatively new and growing field. Existing research has focused on quantitative measures, third party ratings, or therapists' perspectives. A specific focus of this research is how the presence of a dog affects participants' perceptions of the therapeutic relationship between the participant and counsellor. In order to use PFT as a therapeutic adjunct most effectively and purposefully, it is important to better understand how PFT recipients experience a pet's presence in counselling settings. 11 Three female and two male participants ranging in age from forty-six to seventy two were solicited from patients on the Rehabilitation Unit of a local hospital. Each participant took part in an audio taped initial counselling session at which a trained therapy dog was present. I participated in the research, acting as both counsellor and researcher. Interviews were conducted by a fellow graduate student to elicit participants' perceptions of the experience. Interview transcripts and other contextual data were analyzed thematically utilizing grounded theory methodology. Results of this study were expressed through two primary themes: the first theme focused on what roles participants attributed to the dog's presence, and the second theme concerned what factors contributed to how the participants experienced the session. Participants indicated that the dog's presence tranquilized or relaxed them, was indicative of my attributes as therapist, and prompted emotional memories. Significant factors which affected how participants experienced the PFT session included the therapist's skill and way of being, tactile contact with the pet, previous emotional attachment to pets, and the participant's self-perception or way of being. This study affirms the primacy of the client-counsellor relationship, and offers new insight into what contributions a pet's presence may make to counselling. As a result of this research, I formed a new conceptualization of the "therapeutic relationship", which includes an understanding of the roles that therapists and pets play as both distinct and overlapping. This new understanding includes potential benefits of PFT which are independent of the therapist (such as the pet's role in helping the participant/client to relax), and benefits which involve the pet and therapist (such as the dog as an indicator of therapist attributes). Similarly, the therapist's role in the relationship with the participant/client is based on therapist skills and attributes which are independent of the pet, but also includes elements of overlap with the pet's presence, as when the therapist interacts with the pet. This thesis is about beginning to explore and share a missing component from PFT research: the client's voice. n1.rticipants' contributions, for which I am most grateful, have both validated some of the assumptions and beliefs found within PFT research to date, and offered new ways of understanding the potential benefits of the human-animal bond to counselling.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:15:36.818Z

Title: Safer rave and designer drug education initiative
Contributors: Craig Fredrick Clark (author), Trudy Mothus (Thesis advisor), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:15:47.01Z

Title: The erosion of the rights of indigenous people to self determine their identity.
Contributors: Georgina Martin (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
Date added: 2017-03-30T17:03:13.854Z

Title: Curriculum and instruction trends in British Columbia: three decades through the eyes of teachers
Contributors: Diane Lee Haynes (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), Colin Chasteauneuf (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education
Date added: 2017-04-10T22:16:57.482Z

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