scholarly journals Education Reduces Recidivism

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
Gregory Magee

The research addresses how and why formal education lowers recidivism rates. Formal education means much of the learning comes from a book or other learning material delivered by a trained teacher. The two types of formal education discussed are academic and vocational education. Statistics for lowered recidivism rates resulting from education are essential to support this topic. How education, either academic or vocational, can prevent crime was the first avenue of the research topic that is explored. There are countless opportunities higher education provides to individuals. Next, a direct correlation between education and crime was looked at from a statistical view regarding the recidivism rate. The progress education has on the prison system exposes the results. A simple examination of statistics regarding the recidivism rate of the selected participants involved in the prison education system will resemble what success or effectiveness has come from education being implemented.

Author(s):  
V.G. Kostenkova

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of fundamental changes in the organization of the higher education system in connection with the transition to the fourth technological order, which is accompanied by the formation and development of digital technologies, the effective use of which presupposes that an employee has a system of modern knowledge and competencies. In these conditions, we can talk about the formation of the economy of knowledge. Only in this case an innovative version of the development of the national economy of Russia becomes a real. The article discusses various points of view on the qualitative and quantitative changes in the system of higher education in the era of the digital economy. The modern higher education system is the result of the classical industrial era, when mass standardization was considered the most important criterion for success. Traditional formal education was essentially a copy of the generally accepted model of factory production. The education model was designed in such a way that learners were passive recipients of information. The basic values of this system of higher education were control, standardization, compliance with generally accepted standards. However, this option has exhausted the possibilities of its development. It is noted that the digital transformation of the learning process should create conditions for the effective use of the latest technologies for the transition to a personalized and result-oriented educational process. In relation to Russia, this means the development of material infrastructure, the introduction of digital programs, the development of online learning, the development of new management systems for universities and learning processes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Tavares Duarte ◽  
Cleyton Feitosa PEREIRA,

Este trabalho se propõe tecer reflexões teóricas sobre a educação no contexto de privação de liberdade, dando visibilidade para uma temática a ser enfrentada pelos educadores na academia. A educação das pessoas em situação de privação da liberdade enfrenta inúmeros desafios quer no âmbito político, quer no âmbito pedagógico. No âmbito político verifica-se as contradições voltadas para o conflito existente sobre a finalidade da educação do apenado, se serve promover a socialização ou a redução penal. No âmbito pedagógico, os desafios perpassam principalmente o nível da qualidade e da função educativa dentro do sistema penitenciário. Uma realidade tipicamente não-formal como é a prisão na maioria das vezes, possui como modelo educativo a reprodução de uma educação formal. A prisão e as unidades de cumprimento de medidas socioeducativas, são caracterizadas pela superpopulação, práticas continuadas de tortura contra os internos (as), espaço de descumprimento da legislação nacional e internacional de garantia dos direitos dos apenados (as) e de adolescentes em conflitos com a lei, espaços esses dominados pelo crime, pela promiscuidade de valores, de corrupção entre internos, agentes do Estado e demais elementos que compõem as relações nesses espaços. Frente a esses problemas identificou-se a urgência na adequação curricular com ênfase na reformulação e na formação inicial e em serviço dos professores. As instituições de ensino superior devem desenvolver um currículo que contemple satisfatoriamente discussões teóricas e práticas no âmbito de atuação no campo de estágios, bem como na sistematização de disciplinas voltadas às questões didático-pedagógicas que possibilitem refletir sobre a atuação docente neste contexto. A emergência de uma proposta curricular eficaz que atenda às necessidades educativas da pessoa privada de liberdade, contextualizada a sua realidade sociocultural, deve partir do pressuposto da existência de uma cultura carcerária que necessita ser considerada. O trabalho apresentou críticas epistêmicas às instituições de ensino superior que invisibilizam através de suas ações acadêmicas, realidades educativas semelhantes às do presídio. Os sistemas de ensino são desafiados a desenvolver articulações que rompam com a cultura de violência, e passem a se fundamentar numa educação em direitos humanos, a ser discutida e viabilizada dentro das unidades prisionais. Pontua-se que já existem algumas publicações de autores/as brasileiros/as que discutem a importância da educação prisional na modalidade EJA numa dimensão voltada à legitimação dos Direitos Humanos de detentos e as representações docentes neste campo educativo. Educação Prisional. Direitos humanos. Formação de educadores.Educação Prisional. Direitos humanos. Formação de educadoresAbstractThe education of persons deprived of their liberty in an inclusive and resocialising perspective: limits and contradictionsThis work proposes to weave theoretical reflections on education in the context of deprivation of liberty, giving visibility to a thematic to be faced by the educators in the academy. The education of people in situations of deprivation of liberty faces numerous challenges both in the political sphere and in the pedagogical field. In the political sphere, there are contradictions related to the existing conflict about the purpose of the education of the convicteds, whether it is useful to promote socialization or the reduction of penalties. In the pedagogical context, the challenges mainly cover the level of quality and the educational function within the penitentiary system. A typically non-formal reality such as imprisonment most often has as its educational model the reproduction of a formal education. Prison and socio-educational compliance units are characterized by overpopulation, continued practices of torture against the prison inmates, a breach of national and international legislation to guarantee the rights of the convicteds and of adolescents in conflicts with the law, spaces dominated by crime, the promiscuity of values, corruption among inmates, agents of the State and other elements that make up the relationships in these spaces. Faced with these problems, it was identified the urgency of curricular adequacy, with emphasis on reformulation and initial and in-service teacher training. Higher education institutions should develop a curriculum that satisfactorily contemplates theoretical and practical discussions within the field of internships, as well as in the systematization of disciplines focused on didactic-pedagogical issues that make it possible to reflect on the teaching performance in this context. The emergence of an effective curricular proposal that meets the educational needs of the person deprived of liberty, contextualized to their socio-cultural reality, must start from the presumption of the existence of a prison culture that needs to be considered. The work presented epistemic critiques to higher education institutions that erase, through their academic actions, educational realities similar to those of the prison. Education systems are challenged to develop articulations that break with the culture of violence, and begin to be based on human rights education, to be discussed and made feasible within the prisons. It is noted that there are already some publications of Brazilian authors that discuss the importance of prison education in the EJA (Adults and Young Adults Education) modality in a dimension focused on the legitimation of the Human Rights of detainees and the teaching representations in this educational field.Prison Education. Human rights. Training of educators.


2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-616
Author(s):  
PATRICK FILIPE CONWAY

This article takes up the central question of how college-level prison education programs should be justified and defended. Author Patrick Filipe Conway argues that the focus on recidivism rates as justification for major initiatives like the Second Chance Pell Program and New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s Right Priorities initiative is misguided and puts the long-term viability of prison education programs at risk. He builds his argument on an analysis of the funding sources for Cuomo’s initiative as well as on an exploration of the potential negative pedagogical impacts of justification through recidivism rates and taxpayer savings. The article contends that a better defense of college-level prison education is one that locates it as a type of firm counterbalance to the inherent inequities within our communities and the US judicial system, thus better capturing the full ethical responsibility behind the commitment to higher education in prison.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
Ahmad Amri Zainal Adnan ◽  
Siti Asma' Mohd Rosdi ◽  
Norsamsinar Samsudin

Understanding entrepreneurship concept is indispensable in formal education system to support entrepreneurship education especially in school and higher education institutions. However, the need to understand entrepreneurship concept is essential and important as every individual has the potential to be an entrepreneurs. This study aims to assess the understanding of entrepreneurship concept among Orang Asli after playing a game; and to remark the emotional connotation after playing the game. This paper employed qualitative method in the form of observation and interview with 20 Orang Asli Semai in Perak state. The findings indicated that most participants showed basic understanding of entrepreneurship and developed positive connotation while playing the game. The study drew attention to the importance of learning through playing in non-formal learning especially among the Orang Asli community.


2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Rachel Gould

Increasing access to higher education in prison often hinges upon a series of seemingly compelling and related rationales: the reduction of recidivism, saving taxpayer dollars, and increasing safety and security (inside and outside of prisons). The purpose of this volume is to move beyond the discussion of recidivism, cost and safety and security metrics and the randomized control trial as the gold-standard for assessing the function and outcomes of higher education in prison. Instead, the collection of essays in this volume forward a more expansive way to understand why and how higher education in prison supports students. Attempting to quantify the rationale for higher education in prison based on recidivism rates, economic savings, and/or community safety statistics will never build a sustainable argument for why higher education in prison is a meaningful and potentially transformative experience for a formerly incarcerated person; in the same way that employment rates will not independently indicate why higher education is a potentially transformative experience for a student on a traditional campus. The effort to question the metrics and methodologies used to assess prison education programs and the outcomes for students as well as to provide alternative ways of evaluating the work of higher education in prison is present in each of the articles in this journal issue.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Audi Yundayani

The study aimed to get the understanding about the learners’ needs of English writing skill for academic purposes in formal higher education. As a part of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), English for Academic Purposes (EAP) should play an important role in English teaching for non English program, specifically in higher formal education. This is a descriptive research that used observation, questionaire and interview. The data analysis and interpretation indicates that, 1) Learners’ proficiency in English writing for Academic Purposes in formal higher education is a must for use to enhance the learners’ academic performance. It is important for the lecturer to provide the suitable learning material and learning technique based on the requirement; 2) Learners’ English writing skill for academic purposes needs require ability in summarizing, paraphrasing, writing in academic genres like essays, reports  and literature reviews, and writing in rhetorical-functional like explaining, defining and drawing conclusion


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Wang He ◽  
Gao Wei

The entire education system, from elementary school to higher education, distorted during the lockdown period. The latest 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is not only recorded in China, but also globally. This research is an account of the online teaching paradigm assumed in the teaching method by most of universities in China and subsequent tests over the course. It looks forward to offering resources rich in knowledge for future academic decision-making in any adversity. The aim of this research paper is to explain the prerequisites for online education and teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and how to effectively turn formal education into online education through the use of virtual classrooms and other main online instruments in an ever-changing educational setting by leveraging existing educational tools. The paper uses both quantitative and qualitative research approaches to analyses the views of online teachers and students on the learning regime, with specific attention to the online learning regime implementation process. In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, the purpose of this article is to provide an in-depth overview of online learning. These activities took place during a time of isolation, including the creation of a link between the process of change management and the online learning process in the education system to tackle current issues of academic interference and, however, the re-establishment of educational practice and debate as a normal system of procedural education.


SEEU Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Ergin Gashi

Abstract The purpose of this research will be to present the classroom management issues faced by prison teachers and introduce strategies applied by prison teachers managing them within the formal education system in correctional service. Cell classrooms, inmate students, and prison teachers’ characteristics and the importance of prison education are to be analyzed within Kosovo Correctional Service. To reach these goals three questions will be raised: 1. What are the classroom management issues in prison schools? 2. Are the prison teachers professionally prepared to teach to inmate students? and 3. Do prison schools differ from schools in the common world? This study will be introduced through qualitative data and a literature review as instruments of the study dedicated to prison classroom management and characteristics, teachers and inmates’ responsibilities and benefits within the informal education system within Kosovo Correctional Service. The research findings revealed that similar classroom management issues are present in prison schooling compared to classrooms in the free world; prison teachers are not additionally prepared to teach in prison classrooms to inmate students. Prisoners, who plan to rehabilitate and reintegrate themselves through formal prison education, want their circumstances and prison characteristics to be taken into consideration by all factors involved in their schooling within prison walls.


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