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McAleese, Samantha; Kilty, Jennifer M. – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2020
Prison education is often cited as the only redeeming experience in an otherwise cruel environment. While educational programs are found in prisons across Canada, they are often guided by philosophies of punishment, risk, and security rather than more transformative frameworks. In addition to prison staff and management who struggle to find value…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education
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Brown, Christopher D.; Albert, Brandee – Rural Educator, 2015
This article describes a study of the Cultural, Economic, Political, and Social Youth Leadership Development Program (CEPS), an identity-building program for disengaged youth, conducted by a community-university alliance in northern Manitoba, Canada. The study was conducted through the lens of transformative learning theory. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Leaders, Leadership Training, Youth Programs
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Hyland-Russell, Tara; Syrnyk, Corinne – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2015
This paper focuses on the results of a mixed-methods study of 13 participants in a Radical Humanities programme designed as a transformative learning space for low-income adults who have experienced barriers to learning. Using demographic questionnaires, semi-structured narrative interviews and course evaluations this study examined participants'…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Lifelong Learning, Adults, Economically Disadvantaged