Ripping Off Some Room for People to "Breathe Together": Peer-to-Peer Education in Prison

An essay is presented which discusses a learning model for education in the penal system involving the Walls to Bridges Collective group of incarcerated and non-incarcerated people and the Grand Valley Institute for Women in Kitchener, Ontario. Topics include peer-to-peer education as a method for p...

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1. VerfasserIn: Davis, Simone Weil 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Michaels, Bruce
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2015
In: Social justice
Jahr: 2015, Band: 42, Heft: 2, Seiten: 146-158
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Rehabilitation of criminals
Postsecondary education
Prison educators
Stochastic learning models
Education of prisoners
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Zusammenfassung:An essay is presented which discusses a learning model for education in the penal system involving the Walls to Bridges Collective group of incarcerated and non-incarcerated people and the Grand Valley Institute for Women in Kitchener, Ontario. Topics include peer-to-peer education as a method for prisoner-run college program, the importance of reciprocal learning between outside allies and faculty and educators inside the prison system, and prison postsecondary programs in the U.S. and Canada.
ISSN:2327-641X