NCJ Number
124457
Journal
Journal of Correctional Education Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1990) Pages: 50-56
Date Published
1990
Length
7 pages
Annotation
Modern Western culture tends to see technology as a solution to social problems, such as the correction of nonsocial or antisocial behavior. However, care should be exerted before limited correctional education funds are directed to expensive technological systems.
Abstract
This article is for readers who want to scrutinize relevant issues, such as the emphasis on technology instead of student learning; resource inadequacy; and correctional educators' beliefs about resource availability and accessibility. Pertinent issues regarding technological applications in correctional education are summarized: (1) Educators often maintain vast differences in student learning resulting from subtle technology differences; (2) There is a long history of correctional education support for a balanced view of technology, and a history of correctional education contributions to technology research; (3) Two major correctional education research studies address technological issues; (4) A three stage trajectory of 20th century teaching shows high technology mostly in the second stage; and (5) Technology is tangential to the correctional education function (student learning and maturation); good teachers are the best correctional education resource. (Author abstract modified)