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Direct linkThomas, Robert G. – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2012
In 1979, when the author began as an academic instructor at the Central Coast Adult School, located inside the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California, he saw his teaching role in the traditional sense of imparting knowledge through the school's curriculum. Over time, however, his viewpoint changed as he came to recognize that the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
Cobbina, Jennifer E. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
Criminologists have explored the reentry experience of formerly incarcerated adults, documented the pressing challenges of reentry, the correlates of recidivism, and the causes of desistance. Given scholars' focus on reentry to explain what factors impact criminal outcome, this raises the interesting question of whether and how such factors shape…
Descriptors: Females, Correctional Rehabilitation, Law Enforcement, Supervision
Download full textNorvell, Jeanell J. – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2010
Clients' self concepts and dissociative experiences were examined to determine the impact of an Adlerian based pretrial diversion program. Clients completing the program displayed a significant change in self concepts and dissociative experiences. A repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance indicated a 35% change, made up of the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Program Effectiveness, Multivariate Analysis, Client Characteristics
Phatininnart, Chuleeporn – Convergence, 2009
The making of changes inside prisons necessarily implies education. In Thailand, the point is not only to organise professional training courses but also to make detainees aware of the fact that they belong to a community of values. Non-formal education allows the necessary flexibility to an individual approach of training that must take into…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Professional Training, Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education
Mottern, Ron – Adult Learning, 2012
This conceptual study examines the importance of relationships between teachers and students in court-mandated adult education settings. Although research has been done on the importance of relationships between teachers and incarcerated students, there have been no outstanding studies on the relationships developed between teachers and students…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Ziegler, Mary; McCallum, R. Steve; Bell, Sherry Mee – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2009
We obtained data from 124 volunteer instructors in adult literacy, using an instrument developed to assess what the volunteers knew about providing reading instruction to adults. Results showed that volunteers with bachelor's degrees or higher and those who had teacher's certificates were significantly more knowledgeable about providing reading…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Volunteers, Reading Instruction, Credentials
de Sa e Silva, Fabio – Convergence, 2009
This article examines the development and the legacy of a policy making experience that was undertaken in Brazil from 2004 to 2006, under a project labelled "Educating for Freedom". The project sought to provide prison inmates with access to education. It was carried out by a coalition that comprised the Ministry of Education, the…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
de Koning, Mireille; Striedinger, Angelika – Convergence, 2009
In early 2009, Education International conducted a study amongst its member organisations on education in correctional settings in their respective countries. Findings reveal that education in correctional settings and the conditions of teachers working in them vary greatly between regions. Generally speaking, in most regions, but specifically in…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Collective Bargaining, Foreign Countries, Correctional Rehabilitation
Bruyns, H. J.; Nieuwenhuizen, C. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
In August 2000 the Department of Correctional Services (from now on referred to as the Department) held the first national symposium to translate its vision--which is to render services that contribute to community protection and the rehabilitation of offenders--into a meaningful partnership with the South African community. Correctional services…
Descriptors: Crime, Correctional Education, Crime Prevention, Role of Education
LoBuglio, Stefan – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2001
In this chapter, Stefan LoBuglio discusses the politics and practices of educational programs for adults in correctional facilities. To begin, LoBuglio provides an overview of the field of corrections, including various types of facilities and correctional programs, as well as demographic and educational data on the U.S. incarcerated population…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Educational Change
Garner, Barbara, Ed. – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Harvard University, 2005
"Focus on Basics" is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policymakers. "Focus on Basics" is…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Liau, Albert K.; Shively, Randy; Horn, Mary; Landau, Jennifer; Barriga, Alvaro; Gibbs, John C. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
The present study provided a randomized outcome evaluation of the psychoeducational component of the EQUIP program. The psychoeducational curriculum was implemented in a community correctional facility for adult felony offenders. The psychoeducational curriculum is designed to remedy offenders' delays in moral judgment maturity, social cognitive…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Value Judgment, Interpersonal Competence, Psychoeducational Methods
