Correctional Education: Characteristics of Academic Programs Serving Incarcerated Adults

Autor/inn/en	Foley, Regina M.; Gao, Jing
Titel	Correctional Education: Characteristics of Academic Programs Serving Incarcerated Adults
Quelle	In: Journal of Correctional Education, 55 (2004) 1, S.6-21 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0740-2708
Schlagwörter	Program Development; Vocational Education; Special Education Teachers; Individualized Instruction; Adult Basic Education; Academic Achievement; Correctional Education; Institutionalized Persons; Grouping (Instructional Purposes) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programmplanung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Individualisierender Unterricht; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Schulleistung; Fürsorgeerziehung; Grouping; Gruppenbildung
Abstract	Correctional education programs for incarcerated adults have been an object of much discussion. While such programs appear to be readily available to incarcerated individuals, little information is known about the instructional characteristics of such programs. The purpose of this survey was to describe the characteristics of instructional programs serving incarcerated adults with and without disabilities. The results indicated that standardized assessment tools were the predominant tools used to place students into academic programs and to monitor students' academic progress. General Education Development certificate programs, Adult Basic Education, and vocational education programs were the major programs available to inmates. Individualized instruction and grouping strategies were utilized to deliver instruction to students with and without disabilities. Regular educators, education facility administrators, and special educators were the most frequently reported members of special education multidisciplinary and individual education program planning teams. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10