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Conflicting demands in prison education and the need for context-specific, specialist training for prison educators: an account of the work of the Initial Teacher Training project for teachers and instructors in London prisons and offender learning [PDF]

open access: yesTeaching in Lifelong Learning: A Journal to Inform and Improve Practice, 2009
Prison Education is regulated by legislative and institutional requirements as are other kinds of Learning and Skill provision, but it is also fundamentally affected by the custodial requirements of the British Legal system.
Jeanes, Julia   +2 more
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Educate or punish : the case for prison education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This study attempts to make the case for prison education. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a number of theories of punishment were produced.
Vella, Anthony
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Higher education & personal change in prisoners [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This thesis concerns the paradox of Higher Education in prisons - paradox because the aims, practices, ideals and ideologies of the former are recognisably at odds with those of the latter, whose concern is essentially 'human containment'.
Reuss, Anne Marie
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Caught Somewhere Between ...

open access: yesCritical Education, 2018
Conversations about education in prison should begin with some understanding of the actual lived experience of being in prison. I refuse to create in myself, or promote in others, the idea that learning in prison sets me free without acknowledging the ...
James L. Davis III
doaj   +1 more source

Researching in prison education-spaces: Thinking-with Posthuman, Post Qualitative, Feminist Materialism ‘beings’ to disentangle methodology.

open access: yesPRISM, 2023
In this process-article, I have considered what complexities might affect research of prison education when using Posthuman, Post Qualitative, Feminist (New) Materialism thinking.
Lucy Harding
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A Cross-Sectional Study of Educational Aspects and Self-Reported Learning Difficulties among Female Prisoners in Norway

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2021
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyse the educational background, educational desires and participation in education among three samples of female prisoners with Norwegian citizenship in Norwegian prisons over the period from 2009 to 2015.
Lise Øen Jones   +5 more
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INVESTIGATING THE FACTORS THAT DRIVE PRISONERS TO PURSUE FURTHER STUDIES THROUGH DISTANCE E-LEARNING MODE [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Education Research Review
The study explored the motivating factors driving incarcerated individuals to pursue further education through distance e-learning while in prison. The study, conducted in a Namibian prison using interviews and thematic analysis, found that despite ...
Vimbi Petrus MAHLANGU
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Challenges Facing a Māori Prison Education Leader

open access: yes, 2021
Māori are severely over-represented in the prison population of Aotearoa New Zealand, making up over half of all prisoners, despite being only about 15% of the national population.
Stewart, G, Te Pere, M
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Philosophical Implications of Taxpayer Funding for Prison Education

open access: yesCritical Education, 2019
This paper attempts to address the question of whether it is fair to use US taxpayer dollars on prison education programs.  Through a philosophical inquiry from a pragmatist lens and a feminine ethic of care, issues of fairness are clarified.
Jason Harnish
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The working credos of prison governors in Korea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Prison governors occupy a critical position in applying penal policy. Despite the importance of their role, relatively little is known about how they perceive their work and the prisoners in their care.
Yoo, Byung Chul
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