Transforming Education for Young People in Custody: A New Vision

Rethinking the traditional prison education system for young people in custody, Tracy Irwin and John McCord propose a humanistic approach with self-directed and experiential learning to address literacy challenges, mental health issues, and negative learning identities. The new vision includes offender campuses, eLearning communities, and a culture of shared learning to promote rehabilitation and empower learners.

• Education transformation
• Youth in custody
• Prison education reform
• Experiential learning
• Rehabilitation approach

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1. A new vision for the education of children and young people in custody Tracy Irwin and John McCord

2. Who are we? John McCord Legal background Young people s rights School of the Built Environment Tracy Irwin Essential Skills background Prison education School of Education

3. The Prison

4. The Prison Architecturally hostile Barbed wire Bullying Drugs Self harm Violence NOT CONDUSIVE TO LEARNING

5. The Prison Most people simply do not want to know, or be bothered about prisoners and prisons (Reuss, 2003, p.430) Human dustbins (Parker, 1997, p.16) A site of humiliation and failure that merely replicates previous experience of school (Bayliss, 2003, p.160)

6. Profile young people in custody Literacy and numeracy deficits High levels of dyslexia Mental health difficulties Disrupted family lives Drug/alcohol addictions Poor experiences of school Negative learning identities

7. The learners Prisoner as: Learner as: Drug dealer Joy rider Individual Person with potential Burglar Learner Rioter Citizen Negative Positive Criminality Rehabilitation

8. Prison education Replicates school based environment Learning linked to behaviour Northern Ireland curriculum Emphasis on employability Limited use of technology No specific training for prison teachers

9. A new vision Humanistic Self-directed learning approaches Experiential approaches Social learning Shared learning Contextualised

10. A new vision Learning wings Offender campuses Communities of practice Elearning community Culture of learning External links Rehabilitation

11. Thank you any questions?