Hobbits in the Hoosegow: Teaching Tolkienian Morality behind the Walls

Autor/in	Mongelli, William
Titel	Hobbits in the Hoosegow: Teaching Tolkienian Morality behind the Walls
Quelle	In: Journal of Correctional Education, 66 (2017) 2, S.57-74 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0740-2708
Schlagwörter	Correctional Education; Social Adjustment; Correctional Institutions; Identification (Psychology); Prosocial Behavior; Problem Solving; Self Control; Teamwork; Friendship; Novels; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fürsorgeerziehung; Soziale Anpassung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Problemlösen; Selbstbeherrschung; Freundschaft; Novel; Roman; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Correctional educators have discovered common thinking and behavioral errors which impede pro-social adjustment. In order for the inmate student to hope to experience societal reintegration, these errors must be detected and corrected. The program described herein--a consequential thinking seminar called ABLE MINDS--has as its goals: 1) The shifting of offenders' self-identification from pro-criminal to pro-social and 2) The teaching of concrete problem-solving skills. Drawing on decades of instruction in cognitive thinking and pre-release preparation to prisoners, the author--a Librarian at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk--discusses the use of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" in the context of ABLE MINDS to teach prisoners a method of self-restraint predicated on good human character. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Correctional Education Association. 8182 Lark Brown Road Suite 202, Elkridge, MD 21075. Tel: 443-459-3080; Fax: 443-459-3088; e-mail: ceaoffice@aol.com; Web site: http://www.ceanational.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01