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Carberry, Damien – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2017
This paper situates education as an integral component of the overall prison rehabilitation process. The article discusses how an educational practitioner's knowledge of attachment theory and masculinities can be utilized to develop a secure methodological teaching environment in the classroom of a prison education unit and create a space where…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Attachment Behavior, Transformative Learning, Correctional Education
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Ruane, Meadbh – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2016
The merits of action learning as a change tool and enabler of deep learning are well recognised. However, there is a gap in the literature of participants' stories regarding their experiences on accredited postgraduate executive programmes underpinned by an action learning philosophy. The following account of practice addresses this gap and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Management Development, Graduate Study, Graduate Students
Preston, Annmarie Judge – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2011
Reflexivity is a professional requirement of the Adult Guidance Counsellor, with reflexive practice paramount to our work. From 2008 to 2010 I trained as an Adult Guidance Counsellor while working with an unemployed adult client group. During this time, I also journeyed through my first pregnancy. Towards the end of my training, I experienced a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Pregnancy, Guidance, Ethnography
Mooney, Des – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2011
Using a qualitative case study method the researcher studied a group of adult returning students completing a childcare course. Methods used included focus groups, a questionnaire and observations. Using a holistic analysis approach (Yin 2003) of the case the researcher then focused on a number of key issues. From this analysis the themes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Reentry Students