NCJ Number
130784
Journal
Journal of Correctional Education Volume: 42 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1991) Pages: 74-78
Date Published
1991
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Curriculum development for correctional education must consider both current realities and preferred alternatives to behavior and decisions. The primary objectives of both GED and post-secondary correctional education should be instructing students to adopt appropriate socially-oriented thinking patterns, to stimulate collaborative work habits and projects, to assist the setting of realistic vocational and personal goals, and to nurture positive self-esteem.
Abstract
Exercises in this program employ collaborative learning and problem solving techniques, with particular attention paid to "otherness" and decision making. Students learn skills necessary to choose positive patterns of decision making. The curriculum deals with recognizing prescribed reasoning patterns, language as power, and social labeling paradigms. 17 references