THE IMPACT OF PRISONER’S EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

Journal Title: Problems of Education in the 21st Century - Year 2012, Vol 40, Issue 4

Abstract

This paper reviews the evidence on the impact of the inmate emotional responsiveness on educational outcomes. There are two main reasons why researchers in this field believe in prison education that may reduce a future criminal activity. The first reason involves the impact of the increased cognitive skills and changes in behaviour but the second reason acclaims that participants can learn how to live a crime-free life by participating in education courses. The research aim is to explore the impact of the prisoners’ emotional responsiveness to learning during the learning process at Ilguciema prison. In the research the authors analyse theoretical sources and research data. The research includes the analysis of pedagogical, psycho-pedagogical literature as well as Acts of Legislation. The results were analyzed on the basis of the data from the questionnaires, observation and reflection as well. The results were analysed on the basis of the examination of the interplay of data by means of the quantitative mathematical statistical program SPSS 17.0 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). In the research pedagogical pre-conditions that foster the inmate emotional responsiveness have been defined. It is concluded that the inmate emotional satisfaction created by steady developmental and educative sessions may provoke emotional responsiveness as well as would diminish the inmate personality degradation; also, the psychological atmosphere would improve in prison cells and the ties with life in freedom/ outside the prison walls would be strengthened as well.

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Maruta Sīle, Diana Liepa

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Maruta Sīle, Diana Liepa (2012). THE IMPACT OF PRISONER’S EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 40(4), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-35111