Saturday, February 12, 2005

Articles ... ... 12 Feb (Sat)

Did some browsing on LIBRIS ... ... seemed hard to find anything relevant. But here's some stuff that I'd found. Need to get hold of these articles on Drug Education

  1. Erickson, C.K., et. al., Effectiveness of Addiction Science Presentations to Treatment Professionals, Using a Modified Solomon Study Design. Journal of Drug Education v. 33 no. 2 (2003) p. 197-216
  2. Gosin, M., et. al., Keepin' It R.E.A.L.: A Drug Resistance Curriculum Tailored to the Strengths and Needs of Pre-Adolescents of the Southwest. Journal of Drug Education v. 33 no. 2 (2003) p. 119-42
  3. Tsiboukli, A., et. al., Using Focus Group Interviews to Understand Staff Perceptions from Training in the Therapeutic Community Model. Journal of Drug Education v. 33 no. 2 (2003) p. 143-57
  4. McNally, A.M., et. al., Brief Group Alcohol Interventions with College Students: Examining Motivational Components. Journal of Drug Education v. 33 no. 2 (2003) p. 159-76
  5. Burns, E.D., et. al., Think They're Drunk? Alcohol Servers and the Identification of Intoxication. Journal of Drug Education v. 33 no. 2 (2003) p. 177-86
  6. Yacoubian, G.S.J., et. al., It's a Rave New World: Estimating the Prevalence and Perceived Harm of Ecstasy and Other Drug Use Among Club Rave Attendees. Journal of Drug Education v. 33 no. 2 (2003) p. 187-96
  7. A RE-EVALUATION OF PROJECT PRIDE, A REDESIGNED SCHOOL-BASED DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. By: LOSCIUTO, LEONARD; STEINMAN, ROSS B.. Journal of Drug Education, 2004, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p155, 12p; (AN 14974686)
  8. COMPARISON OF WEB AND MAIL SURVEYS IN COLLECTING ILLICIT DRUG USE DATA: A RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENT. By: McCabe, Sean Esteban. Journal of Drug Education, 2004, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p61, 12p; (AN 13971910)


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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Update ... 8 Feb

  1. Completed and e-mailed Task List to Dr Cheung
  2. E-mail reply from CNB. Request for formal letter for assistance. Will call them on 11 Feb (Fri). Need also to speak to Dr Cheung on this.

Reflection
I seem to be a little slow in things ... But at least I am glad that things are getting along. This is good but NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Need to set aside more time and be more discipline in doing the dissertation!!!

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Friday, February 04, 2005

Progress ... ... 4 Feb

  1. E-mailed CNB for assistance in doing the research.
  2. Spoke to Adrain for referral.

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Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Restarting My Dissertation


Just came out of Dr Cheung's office ... ... I think I learnt more than what I had bargined for in the hour and a half with him. It feels good that we had both talked and planned what we'd wanted to do. It was a bonous that we could share on some common interests, which included parenting!

I am supposed to do a list of To Dos that I have to e-mail to him, but for now, I thought it would be terrfic that I restart this blog to get myself into the 'mood' of things.

What I Did Today

  1. Wireless @ NIE. Got my notebook enabled to use at NIE. Glad that I got this done as I discovered my userid for Libris has expired!!! Now I can access all the e-stuff from home.
  2. URLs. Visited the Central Narcotics Bureau's (CNB) website to check if there be someone I can contact ... obviously no!!! Will try to get the Choices magazine and call someone tomorrow.
  3. Readings. Visited Ingenta Select. Managed to find a journal. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. Browse through several issues. Vol 11. No 4-6. Nothing interesting. Will try again ...

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Wednesday, November 03, 2004

MA (IDT) Dissertation

Why a Blog ... ...
This is my first posting for my Dissertation ... ... It's been almost 2 months since I met up with my supervisor, Dr Cheung Wing Sum. I am attempting to 'restart' my dissertation by posting what I had 'done' from my last meeting with him so that I can track my progress.

The Need for Black / White
It is also my wish that through this blog I can (1) 'force' myself to do a reading or two every week so and (2) to keep pace with my target of completing my dissertation by April 2004! Having something written in black and white would also, hopefully 'motivate' me towards my target.

Keeping Things Together
In writing a blog, I hope too to keep my things in a easily accessible place where I can find. The blog would also help me to 'organise' my literature review portion of the dissertation. All being said, I hope that through this blog, I am forced to be more disciplined in my learning ... ... to be more consistent and responsible for my own learning.

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