D.A.R.E. (Drug abuse resistance education) : perceptions of teachers, principals, and school resource officers

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, James
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorMazurek, Kas
dc.date.accessioned2007-04-30T21:19:09Z
dc.date.available2007-04-30T21:19:09Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvii, 109 leaves ; 28 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThis study employs interviews to measure the perceptions of sixteen teachers, nine school principals, and seven School Resource Officers on the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, offered to grade six students in one small (population approximately 70,000) city in western Canada. Perceptions in three areas are examined: curricular content, program delivery, and efficacy. Subjects overwhelming viewed the curricular content favourably. Similarly, there was strong agreement that the program was well delivered. The efficacy of the program was judged less positively; however, this did not mitigate the subjects' strong desire to continue implementation of the program. These results are consistent with the research literature on DARE which documents the popularity of the program, but acknowledges that it appears to have limited effects upon reducing student drug use. The results of this study are used to examine five options for delivering an in-school program for preventing or reducing drug abuse and violence among students. The options explored range from retaining the DARE program in its current form, to eliminating it, reforming it, implementing an alternative program, or designing an entirely new drug and violence prevention program. The conclusion drawn is that the DARE program should be withdrawn and replaced with an entirely new drug and violence prevention program and curriculum specific to community realities and needs.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/179
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2002en
dc.publisher.facultyEducation
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en
dc.subjectStudents -- Drug use -- Preventionen
dc.subjectChildren -- Drug use -- Preventionen
dc.subjectYouth -- Drug use -- Preventionen
dc.subjectChildren -- Substance abuse -- Preventionen
dc.subjectYouth -- Substance abuse -- Preventionen
dc.subjectDrug abuse -- Prevention -- Study and teachingen
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.titleD.A.R.E. (Drug abuse resistance education) : perceptions of teachers, principals, and school resource officersen
dc.typeThesisen
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