Prison
How to improve education for young prisoners
Prisoners Education Trust urge the use of non-traditional methods to engage reluctant learners, including sports, arts and technology.
31st October 2016
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Prisoners Education Trust urge the use of non-traditional methods to engage reluctant learners, including sports, arts and technology.
Excellent new report from Prisoner Learning Alliance & NPS constructs theories of change for 5 broad themes in prisoner education.
This finding gives hope to the value of Mr Gove’s review; if the quality and availability of prison education can be improved, it appears that there are large numbers of prisoners committed to making a positive change to their lives with education a keystone to that progress.
If we all want people to leave prison and make a positive contribution to society, why not enable them to start during their sentence? I would make it a priority to ensure prison staff work together with prisoners to improve rehabilitation by giving them more responsibility, using their talents and encouraging them to help others with roles such as peer mentors, student council representatives and learning champions.
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