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Elementary school counsellors' perceptions of their role with families
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
Content Model
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Date added
2001
Test anxiety: the voices of the students
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
Content Model
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Date added
2002
Evaluation of the community agency Future Cents
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2004
Parents' perceptions on learning in a rural school
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2003
Adult learners, writing groups and revisions
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
Content Model
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Date added
2002
Concerns of French immersion parents in supporting their children's learning at home
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
Content Model
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Date added
2004
Safer rave and designer drug education initiative
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
Content Model
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Date added
2004
School leadership issue: why are teachers not applying for school principal positions?
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2002
Curriculum development: universal design and the natural human senses
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2006
The erosion of the rights of indigenous people to self determine their identity.
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
Content Model
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Date added
2007
Intermediate students' attitudes towards recreational reading and choice of free-time activities
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2002
Courage strength wisdom - A first nations community's post-secondary experience.
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2014
HIV/AIDS education for work place and personal change.
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2001
Did we do what we said we would do?: a multiple stakeholder evaluation of an early childhood education training programme
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2003
Pet facilitated therapy and the therapeutic relationship: participant perspectives
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2000
Types of motivation and student achievement in grade eight science
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2002
French immersion teachers' perceptions of isolation: teaching in small northern programs
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2003
The culture of the female victim in high school bullying
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2006
Curriculum that fosters moral development
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
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2004
Growing as a poet, growing as a counsellor
Title
Growing as a poet, growing as a counsellor
Contributors
Sara Lealman Short (author), Paul Madak (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract
No abstract available.
Discipline
Education-Counselling
Content Model
info:fedora/ir:thesisCModel
Date added
2002

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