Effective Teaching in Correctional Settings : Prisons, Jails, Juvenile Centers, and Alternative Schools.

By:

Thomas, Robert G

Contributor(s):

Thomas, Murray

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (247 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780398085988
0398085986

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Effective Teaching in Correctional Settings : Prisons, Jails, Juvenile Centers, and Alternative Schools.DDC classification:

365.6660973

LOC classification:

HV8883.3.U5

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Contents:

EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT; PART I CORRECTIONAL-EDUCATION BACKGROUNDS; Chapter 2 THE NATURE OF AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 3 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL; PART II INSTRUCTIONAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS; Chapter 4 SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS; Chapter 5 ASSIGNING STUDENTS TO PROGRAMS; Chapter 6 MANAGING THE CLASS; Chapter 7 SPECIFYING LEARNING GOALS; Chapter 8 SELECTING TEACHING METHODS; Chapter 9 CHOOSING AND CREATING TEACHING MATERIALS; Chapter 10 ASSESSING STUDENT PROGRESS.

PART III POSTSCRIPTChapter 11 A LIKELY FUTURE; Appendix A ESSAY WRITING; Appendix B INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS; REFERENCES; INDEX.

Summary: This book has a dual purpose: to identify problems faced by people who teach in correctional institutions and to propose solutions for those problems. The intent of this book is to help both new instructors as well as current ones perform their jobs effectively. The book is divided into three parts. The first part introduces the reader to the field of correctional education, describing correctional efforts in America, the kinds of facilities, the inmate populations, and the controversies, including advocates and critics, over providing educational opportunities. A description is provided on th.

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PART III POSTSCRIPTChapter 11 A LIKELY FUTURE; Appendix A ESSAY WRITING; Appendix B INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS; REFERENCES; INDEX.

This book has a dual purpose: to identify problems faced by people who teach in correctional institutions and to propose solutions for those problems. The intent of this book is to help both new instructors as well as current ones perform their jobs effectively. The book is divided into three parts. The first part introduces the reader to the field of correctional education, describing correctional efforts in America, the kinds of facilities, the inmate populations, and the controversies, including advocates and critics, over providing educational opportunities. A description is provided on th.