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50 Years of ERIC
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The Development of an Effective Institutional Level and Individualized Inservice Program for Correctional Educators--A Personalized Selection and Evaluation System.
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Platt, John S.; Wienke, Wilfred D. – Journal of Correctional Education, 1984
Recommends an individualized inservice education program for correctional educators that includes the use of nominal group technique and a Q-sort procedure. Discusses the merit and components of the Individual Personnel Training Plan. (JOW)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Q Methodology, Teacher Evaluation
Educational and Vocational Intervention with Handicapped Incarcerated.
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Platt, John S.; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1980
The development of vocational skills which allow inmates to function in society is the goal of the project described here. To meet this goal, three skills are addressed: educational, vocational, and work adjustment. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Job Skills, Learning Disabilities
The Need for Training in Special Education for Correctional Educators.
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Platt, John S.; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1982
How to provide a program within the correctional setting which is in compliance with the law and concurrently in keeping with the needs of the handicapped individual is the question explored in this paper. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Correctional Education, Disabilities, Educational Needs
How Cultural Assumptions May Affect Teaching, Learning, and Communication in the Nation's Prisons.
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Franklin, Godfrey; Platt, John S. – Journal of Correctional Education, 1994
A Multicultural Communications model includes factors that influence human interactions and communications among correctional staff and inmates. To be competent cross-cultural, intercultural, or multicultural communicators, educators must be aware of their knowledge of out-group members. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Intercultural Communication