Teaching Diverse Students in a Corrections Setting with Assistance from the Library

Teachers in correctional facilities have the challenging job of working in a sometimes hostile atmosphere, earning respect from all areas of the facility, and educating a population that does not always necessarily wish to be in class. Diversity issues are also important to consider in this setting....

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Published in:Journal of correctional education (1974) 2003-06, Vol.54 (2), p.66-69
Main Authors: Bouchard, Joseph, Kunze, Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American Students
Beliefs
Community Relations
Correctional education
Correctional institutions
Criminal punishment
Cultural Differences
Educational Practices
Educators
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Job Performance
Learning Experience
Librarians
Libraries
Library Materials
Library Personnel
Minority Group Teachers
Prisoners
Prisons
Public Schools
Research Methodology
Research Skills
Student Attitudes
Student diversity
Student Participation
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching (Occupation)
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Teachers in correctional facilities have the challenging job of working in a sometimes hostile atmosphere, earning respect from all areas of the facility, and educating a population that does not always necessarily wish to be in class. Diversity issues are also important to consider in this setting. Those who teach the incarcerated can deal with all of those points by using culturally divers topics in the curriculum. This is augmented by utilizing the institutional library collection. With the library staff as a partner, students will have access to materials which they find interesting and develop research skills that they can use after incarceration. Benefits of this plan will be reaped by students, education staff, library staff, the facility, and society.
ISSN:0740-2708