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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Rehabilitation for Young Offenders in Hong Kong Correctional Institutions
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Tam, Kai Yung; Heng, Mary Anne – Journal of Correctional Education, 2008
The motto of the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (CSD) is to "Support Rehabilitative Offenders for a More Inclusive Society." The Hong Kong CSD has developed a correctional system which has placed increasing emphasis on correction and rehabilitation of offenders over the years. This paper describes the efforts of the Hong Kong CSD in…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries
Voices from Correctional Educators and Young Offenders in Singapore: A Preliminary Needs Assessment Study of the Kaki Bukit Centre Prison School
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Tam, Kai Yung; Heng, Mary Anne; Rose, Dennis – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
This preliminary needs assessment study conducted at the Kaki Bukit Centre (KBC) Prison School in Singapore provides a systematic examination of what stakeholders perceive as needs to be addressed. Two needs assessment surveys were administered to correctional educators and prison inmates at KBC, respectively. Based on the responses of the…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Program Effectiveness
The Captains of Lives: Kaki Bukit Centre Prison School in Singapore
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Oh, Errol; Goh, Terrence; Tam, Kai Yung (Brian); Heng, Mary Anne – Journal of Correctional Education, 2005
Kaki Bukit Centre Prison School (KBC) in Singapore is a bold and innovative initiative which brings together in a centralized location in one institution, different categories of inmates from both penal and drug institutions who attend academic and vocational classes. The creation of a learning environment within a prison setting is derived from…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Foreign Countries