The Role Distance Learning Has to Play in Offender Education

This article looks into the uses of digital and online tools in distance learning to improve literacy and numeracy of offenders in New Zealand prisons. Looking at the benefits and restrictions of digital education within the prison environment, this article discusses the solutions that Open Polytec...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:06b041b9529e4d8f8764db20a93127ab2021-12-04T00:13:50ZThe Role Distance Learning Has to Play in Offender Education2311-1550https://doaj.org/article/06b041b9529e4d8f8764db20a93127ab2013-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/20https://doaj.org/toc/2311-1550This article looks into the uses of digital and online tools in distance learning to improve literacy and numeracy of offenders in New Zealand prisons. Looking at the benefits and restrictions of digital education within the prison environment, this article discusses the solutions that Open Polytechnic, in partnership with the the New Zealand Government, has put in place to give prisoners further opportunity for rehabilitation, and ultimately prepare them for re-entry into society, the workforce or further study.Caroline SeeligCommonwealth of Learningarticledistances learningprisonscorrectionsonlinetabletsadult educationnumeracyliteracynew zealandopen polytechnicoffendersprisonersmaoripasificeducationTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning for Development, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2013)
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topic distances learning
prisons
corrections
online
tablets
adult education
numeracy
literacy
new zealand
open polytechnic
offenders
prisoners
maori
pasific
education
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
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prisons
corrections
online
tablets
adult education
numeracy
literacy
new zealand
open polytechnic
offenders
prisoners
maori
pasific
education
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
Caroline Seelig
The Role Distance Learning Has to Play in Offender Education
description This article looks into the uses of digital and online tools in distance learning to improve literacy and numeracy of offenders in New Zealand prisons. Looking at the benefits and restrictions of digital education within the prison environment, this article discusses the solutions that Open Polytechnic, in partnership with the the New Zealand Government, has put in place to give prisoners further opportunity for rehabilitation, and ultimately prepare them for re-entry into society, the workforce or further study.
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