Jill,


Try this:  "Maternal Justice, Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform 
Tradition."

Andrea


On Feb 16, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Esther Prins wrote:


>  This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it may be useful 

> nonetheless. Michelle Fine led a fascinating participatory research 

> project w/ women inmates in a college program. The women were involved 

> in collecting & analyzing data: http://www.changingminds.ws/

>

>  Esther Prins

>

>  At 11:20 PM 2/15/2007, you wrote:

>> Hi again,

>>   

>>  I am currently a graduate student focusing on adult and correctional 

>> education.  Before returning to school recently, I taught in ABE/GED 

>> courses to incarcerated males at a county correctional facility in 

>> Boston for several years. 

>>   

>>  My academic interest is in identifying characteristics/practices of 

>> exceptional correctional educators.  I am also interested in 

>> evaluating the feasiblity/effectiveness of implementing a critical, 

>> collaborative pedagogy within correction facilites.  I will be 

>> conducting field research next fall on some version of the above 

>> topic areas. 

>>   

>>  I am wondering if anyone has recommendations for reputable research 

>> studies along similar lines.  

>>  I have come across some work through the Journal of Correctional 

>> Education and other sources, but any further suggestions/advice is 

>> much appreciated.

>>   

>>  Thank you in advance,

>>   

>>  Jill

>>   

>>   

>>  -----Original Message-----

>>  From: dchlup at tamu.edu

>>  Sent: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 6:25 PM

>>  Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 514] Re: Barriers, etc

>>

>>

>> Hi Andrea,

>>

>>  I'm not currently teaching inmates this semester, but I am working 

>> with

>>  colleagues on developing a new teaching/research project, so I'll

>>  explain the plan for that project to give you a sense of how I 

>> typically

>>  structure my class and I can compare it a bit to work I have done in 

>> the

>>  past.  This new project is for a federal women's prison here in TX.  

>> It

>>  is still in the designing and developing stages.  The prison is 

>> located

>>  very close to where I live, which is a first for me. I have been

>>  involved with a jail program (NY) and state prisons (MA) both 

>> involved

>>  at least 40-90 minutes of commute time. This project has the support 

>> of

>>  the warden and Susan Chabot, the Education Administrator of the 

>> Federal

>>  Bureau of Prisons (Bill [Muth], I think this might have been your old

>>  job.)  I've never worked with a project with such a high level of 

>> prison

>>  administration support.  My colleague developed this project 3 years

>>  ago, and it got shelved by the old warden at the prison.  The new 

>> warden

>>  showed interest in the project, they contacted us, and now there is 

>> much

>>  support for us to get grant funding and make it happen.

>>

>>  The class is designed to be a part of the parenting education 

>> program at

>>  the prison.  Using a book club structure, women will be using 

>> children's

>>  literature to develop literacy skills and engage in a series of

>>  activities to positively impact the students' parenting skills and

>>  nurture family literacy efforts between women inmates and their

>>  children.  Women will be both reading and writing children's 

>> literature.

>>  We hope to have women reading children's literature that is age

>>  appropriate for their children and aligned to their own reading 

>> levels.

>>  Hopefully (we still need Institutional Review Board approval on all 

>> of

>>  this) the women will have the opportunity to videotape themselves

>>  reading for their children and will be able to use visiting time to 

>> meet

>>  and read with their children.  There is an onsite Children's Visiting

>>  Center.  Two sections of the class will be offered and team taught by

>>  two instructors.  We are anticipating 15-30 students in each class.  

>> We

>>  are also drawing from our community and connections here to have 

>> guest

>>  artists, including theater professionals, bookbinding artists, and a

>>  well-known children's book author visit the classes.  Four of us have

>>  been actively involved in the planning and we are all bringing unique

>>  strengths to the design and development process since this is both a

>>  teaching and a research project.  We will be assessing parental 

>> beliefs

>>  and practices, attitudes toward reading and writing, and literacy 

>> levels

>>  pre-and post the classes.

>>

>>  In the past, my work has both in classrooms and one-on-one.  In the 

>> case

>>  of one-on-one it was more tutoring and mentoring to transition 

>> students

>>  from their GED classroom into the prison college program.  And my

>>  classes were literature and writing based, reading and creative 

>> writing

>>  classes that could be used for credit in the adult education program,

>>  but could also be taken just for the sake of taking. 

>>

>>  Anyway, I hope that gives you a sense of what I've been up to and 

>> what I

>>  hope to do.

>>

>>  Best,

>>  Dominique

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>  -----Original Message-----

>>  From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov

>>  [ mailto:povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Andrea 

>> Wilder

>>  Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:59 PM

>>  To: Women and Literacy Discussion List The Poverty Race

>>  Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 512] Barriers, etc

>>

>>  Dominique, I would be interested in knowing about the content of your

>>  classes, what exactly you do with your students and how you 

>> structure a

>>  class.  How many students do you work with at a time?

>>

>>  Thanks.

>>

>>  Andrea

>>

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