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K. Sludds - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF Prison Officer ENGAGEMENT ON A ‘BLENDED LEARNING’ PROGRAMME IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
2013Co-Authors: Fergus Timmons, K. SluddsAbstract:It is increasingly recognised by scholars that the work of the Prison Officer has become more complex, and that one key task is the balancing of an emphasis on the maintenance of security within the Prison with the challenge of improving rehabilitation objectives among Prisoners. As a consequence, Prison Officers in the Republic of Ireland now undertake a two-year higher certificate programme in custodial care (HCCC). The programme is a mixture of vocational training and academic theory, and seeks to foster and develop an increasingly professional Prison Officer. This paper outlines the structure and content of the HCCC programme. It will explore the experiences of two tutors who work for the Institute of Technology, Sligo and who are involved in teaching on the HCCC. One tutor teaches on the Equality and Diversity module and the other delivers the Custodial Care Policy and Practice class. Both modules are delivered in year two of the programme. The paper describes the 'blended-learning' approach taken on these modules, with a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) supporting face-to-face tutorials. A range of innovative pedagogical initiatives are employed, including problem-based and work-based learning, online learning through discussion forums, online tutorials, twitter, experiential learning and role plays. Theoretical underpinnings will be provided on the choice of these approaches. The views of students regarding their use of the VLE and on their educational experience will also be detailed under the broad heading of 'building online learning communities.' Through an analysis of our research findings, the authors will present recommendations for improving future educational delivery practice to this cohort of students. It is understood that these recommendations will be applicable to other student cohorts involved in similar educational approaches.
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using technology to enhance student learning a case study of Prison Officer engagement on a blended learning programme in the republic of ireland
INTED2013 Proceedings, 2013Co-Authors: Fergus Timmons, K. SluddsAbstract:It is increasingly recognised by scholars that the work of the Prison Officer has become more complex, and that one key task is the balancing of an emphasis on the maintenance of security within the Prison with the challenge of improving rehabilitation objectives among Prisoners. As a consequence, Prison Officers in the Republic of Ireland now undertake a two-year higher certificate programme in custodial care (HCCC). The programme is a mixture of vocational training and academic theory, and seeks to foster and develop an increasingly professional Prison Officer. This paper outlines the structure and content of the HCCC programme. It will explore the experiences of two tutors who work for the Institute of Technology, Sligo and who are involved in teaching on the HCCC. One tutor teaches on the Equality and Diversity module and the other delivers the Custodial Care Policy and Practice class. Both modules are delivered in year two of the programme. The paper describes the 'blended-learning' approach taken on these modules, with a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) supporting face-to-face tutorials. A range of innovative pedagogical initiatives are employed, including problem-based and work-based learning, online learning through discussion forums, online tutorials, twitter, experiential learning and role plays. Theoretical underpinnings will be provided on the choice of these approaches. The views of students regarding their use of the VLE and on their educational experience will also be detailed under the broad heading of 'building online learning communities.' Through an analysis of our research findings, the authors will present recommendations for improving future educational delivery practice to this cohort of students. It is understood that these recommendations will be applicable to other student cohorts involved in similar educational approaches.
Justice Tankebe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Prison Officer Self-Legitimacy and Support for Rehabilitation in Ghana:
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2019Co-Authors: Thomas D Akoensi, Justice TankebeAbstract:Legitimacy remains a principal issue for Prison researchers and managers. However, Prison legitimacy literature tends to focus on views held by individuals in custody. Research on Prison Officer Se...
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Prison Officer self-legitimacy and support for offender rehabilitation in Ghana
2019Co-Authors: Thomas D Akoensi, Justice TankebeAbstract:Legitimacy refers to the moral recognition of power and the legitimacy of Prisons and power relations within them remain a central topic for Prison researchers. However the Prison legitimacy literature tends to focus on the views of Prisoners. Research on Prison Officer self-legitimacy - that is the belief by powerholders that the authority vested in them is morally right – remains scanty. Drawing on data from a survey of Prison Officers in Ghana this study investigated the examine the correlates of Prison Officer selflegitimacy and links between self-legitimacy and support for rehabilitation of offenders. Results of multivariate analyses show that relations with colleagues and treatment by supervisors were the key correlates of self-legitimacy. Self-legitimacy in turn was found to shape Officers’ support for rehabilitation of offenders. Finally perceived supervisory fairness and positive relations with Prisoners were associated with increased support for rehabilitation. The implications are discussed.
Andrew M. Jefferson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Prison Officer training and practice in Nigeria Contention, contradiction and re-imagining reform strategies
Punishment & Society, 2007Co-Authors: Andrew M. JeffersonAbstract:Prisons and Prison guards in Africa remain understudied and ill understood and are most often represented in the literature as objects/subjects of critique or targets of reform. To begin to redress this balance, drawing on eight months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted among Prison Officers in Nigeria, this article examines Prison Officer training and the penal philosophy and practice of the Nigerian Prisons Service. Documentation of the contradictions of Prison training practice reveals how pretensions to discipline, order and hierarchy are challenged both from below and above at the level of everyday practice. What look like hegemonic practices are, not surprisingly, contested and contradictory. Via a partial ethnography of Prison training school practice the article presents a challenge to reform agencies seeking to transform penal institutions via methods that assume the homogeneity of the targeted institutions. A suggestion is made that perhaps the contested nature of penal practices in the South may encourage reform agencies to reconfigure their own identities by tapping in to internal contradictions rather than trying to impose change from without. A space for re-imagining reform strategies is framed that takes the potential but inevitable contradictions and ambiguities of Prison practice as its reference point.
Fergus Timmons - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF Prison Officer ENGAGEMENT ON A ‘BLENDED LEARNING’ PROGRAMME IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
2013Co-Authors: Fergus Timmons, K. SluddsAbstract:It is increasingly recognised by scholars that the work of the Prison Officer has become more complex, and that one key task is the balancing of an emphasis on the maintenance of security within the Prison with the challenge of improving rehabilitation objectives among Prisoners. As a consequence, Prison Officers in the Republic of Ireland now undertake a two-year higher certificate programme in custodial care (HCCC). The programme is a mixture of vocational training and academic theory, and seeks to foster and develop an increasingly professional Prison Officer. This paper outlines the structure and content of the HCCC programme. It will explore the experiences of two tutors who work for the Institute of Technology, Sligo and who are involved in teaching on the HCCC. One tutor teaches on the Equality and Diversity module and the other delivers the Custodial Care Policy and Practice class. Both modules are delivered in year two of the programme. The paper describes the 'blended-learning' approach taken on these modules, with a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) supporting face-to-face tutorials. A range of innovative pedagogical initiatives are employed, including problem-based and work-based learning, online learning through discussion forums, online tutorials, twitter, experiential learning and role plays. Theoretical underpinnings will be provided on the choice of these approaches. The views of students regarding their use of the VLE and on their educational experience will also be detailed under the broad heading of 'building online learning communities.' Through an analysis of our research findings, the authors will present recommendations for improving future educational delivery practice to this cohort of students. It is understood that these recommendations will be applicable to other student cohorts involved in similar educational approaches.
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using technology to enhance student learning a case study of Prison Officer engagement on a blended learning programme in the republic of ireland
INTED2013 Proceedings, 2013Co-Authors: Fergus Timmons, K. SluddsAbstract:It is increasingly recognised by scholars that the work of the Prison Officer has become more complex, and that one key task is the balancing of an emphasis on the maintenance of security within the Prison with the challenge of improving rehabilitation objectives among Prisoners. As a consequence, Prison Officers in the Republic of Ireland now undertake a two-year higher certificate programme in custodial care (HCCC). The programme is a mixture of vocational training and academic theory, and seeks to foster and develop an increasingly professional Prison Officer. This paper outlines the structure and content of the HCCC programme. It will explore the experiences of two tutors who work for the Institute of Technology, Sligo and who are involved in teaching on the HCCC. One tutor teaches on the Equality and Diversity module and the other delivers the Custodial Care Policy and Practice class. Both modules are delivered in year two of the programme. The paper describes the 'blended-learning' approach taken on these modules, with a Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) supporting face-to-face tutorials. A range of innovative pedagogical initiatives are employed, including problem-based and work-based learning, online learning through discussion forums, online tutorials, twitter, experiential learning and role plays. Theoretical underpinnings will be provided on the choice of these approaches. The views of students regarding their use of the VLE and on their educational experience will also be detailed under the broad heading of 'building online learning communities.' Through an analysis of our research findings, the authors will present recommendations for improving future educational delivery practice to this cohort of students. It is understood that these recommendations will be applicable to other student cohorts involved in similar educational approaches.
Joshua Page - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the state of the job an embedded work role perspective on Prison Officer attitudes
Punishment & Society, 2012Co-Authors: Amy E Lerman, Joshua PageAbstract:Although the United States has grown increasingly punitive in the last three decades, there is considerable variation across states. On a variety of indicators, California is much more punitive than Minnesota. Using data from two original, large-N surveys, we analyze whether these differences in the orientations of state correctional systems are reflected in the attitudes of workers who are tasked with the day-to-day oversight of state Prisons. With respect to the purpose of imPrisonment, we find that California Prison Officers are significantly more punitive than those in Minnesota. In contrast, Officers in each state express similar levels of support for basic rehabilitation programs. Based on these findings, we propose an embedded work role perspective, which posits that Officers across states reflect a shared position within the Prison organization, but that the Prisons in which they work are embedded in broader penal and political environments that predict differences in attitudes across state contex...
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Prison Officer Unions and the Perpetuation of the Penal Status Quo
Criminology & Public Policy, 2011Co-Authors: Joshua PageAbstract:An unintended consequence of mass imPrisonment is the growth of Prison Officer unions. This article shows how successful corrections unions in states like California and New York obstruct efforts to implement sentencing reforms, shutter Prisons, and slash corrections budgets. They impede downsizing-oriented reforms by generating or exacerbating fear among voters and politicians. Policy makers in key states must overcome resistance from Prison Officer unions to downscale Prisons. Through a combination of accommodation and confrontation, policy makers can relax opposition from the Officer organizations and undertake Prison downsizing efforts without busting the unions.