Forced To Learn: Community-based Correctional Education

Authors

Ron Mottern, University of Tennessee
C. Amelia Davis, University of Tennessee
Mary F. Ziegler, University of Tennessee

Abstract

"Community-based correctional education has received scant attention in adult literacy research yet mandatory education is a growing part of the legal system and is fueled by research that suggests a link between correctional education and lower rates of recidivism. Growth in alternative to prison programs affects local ABE and GED programs. Adults who attend community-based correctional programs as a condition of their probation or parole face many challenges. The purpose of this existential-phenomenological study was to understand the experience of those adults. Findings describe students’ experiences of being forced to attend a GED program. Opening a space for these stories may help adult educators in community-based programs improve their practice by understanding how students experience the GED program."

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Recommended Citation

Mottern, Ron; Davis, C. Amelia; and Ziegler, Mary F. (2013) "Forced To Learn: Community-based Correctional Education," Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 1: No. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol1/iss2/6