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Emerick-Brown, Dylan – Adult Learning, 2013
In the field of adult basic education, there are two strategies that have been found to be of particular value to student learning: multiple intelligences and purpose-based learning. However, putting these learning theories into practice is not always as easy as an educator might at first believe. Adult basic education teacher Dylan Emerick-Brown…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Multiple Intelligences, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Styles
Fizer, Gregory A. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2020
Throughout the field of corrections in the United States, the prevalent question regarding reentry preparation of offenders is, "What works?" The RAND Corporation in 2014 published a comprehensive review of correctional education programs and reported that offenders involved in education programs were significantly more likely to realize…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutors, Tutor Training, Correctional Education
Thomas, Robert G. – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2012
In 1979, when the author began as an academic instructor at the Central Coast Adult School, located inside the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California, he saw his teaching role in the traditional sense of imparting knowledge through the school's curriculum. Over time, however, his viewpoint changed as he came to recognize that the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
Moeller, Michelle; Day, Scott L.; Rivera, Beverly D. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2004
This study explores a group of inmates' perceptions of their correctional education and environment based on Fetterman's 1994 idea of empowerment evaluation. A group of 16 male inmates were randomly selected from GED and ABE courses in a high minimum correctional facility in Illinois. A self-administered questionnaire included 5 topics:…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Questionnaires, Mathematics Education, Institutionalized Persons