Teaching a Distance Higher Education Curriculum behind Bars: Challenges and Opportunities

Autor/in	Watts, Jacqueline H.
Titel	Teaching a Distance Higher Education Curriculum behind Bars: Challenges and Opportunities
Quelle	In: Open Learning, 25 (2010) 1, S.57-64 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0513
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Distance Education; Correctional Institutions; Teaching Conditions; Correctional Education; Safety; Case Studies; Educational Environment; Tutoring; Tutors; Teacher Student Relationship; Access to Education; Foreign Countries; Institutionalized Persons; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Jugendstrafvollzug; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Fürsorgeerziehung; Sicherheit; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	The provision of education that is both effective and relevant to the needs of students within prison is challenging on a number of levels. The uniqueness of prison culture with a regime characterised by a focus on security measures such as lock-downs and head counts constrains the possibilities for learning. The absence of a supportive learning environment, together with an emphasis on punishment rather than rehabilitation, has the effect of marginalising education in prison so that "education" has come to be seen by some as "off limits". Priority is given to education in basic skills such as literacy and numeracy that contributes to "life skills". In contrast, access to higher education is more problematic, with this generally perceived by both prisoners and prison staff as an "elite" activity. This article adopts a case-study approach to consider the barriers to higher education distance learning in the prison setting. It focuses on the practical and organisational constraints faced by educators in their efforts to help students in prison negotiate the different worlds of prison and higher education. It also highlights the value of one-to-one tutorial support in facilitating learning in less than optimum teaching conditions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10