Learning, Rehabilitation and the Arts in Prison : A Scottish Case Study
KIrstin Anderson, Fergus McNeill, Katie Overy, Richard Sparks and Lynn Tett, ‘Learning, Rehabilitation and the Arts in Prison : A Scottish Case Study’, in: Studies in the Education of Adults (2012), Volume 44, Issue 2, pp.171–184
This article investigates the role of the arts in enabling prisoners to engage with learning and improve their literacy, and the impact this has on their rehabilitation and desistance from crime. It draws on data collected from prisoners who participated in arts interventions in three different Scottish prisons. It argues that participating in the arts projects built an active learning culture and encouraged the improvement of verbal and written literacy skills through the use of positive pedagogical approaches.
It draws on data from the evaluation of a Scottish project called ‘Inspiring Change’ that involved collaboration between Creative Scotland (the national body for funding the arts), the Motherwell College of Further and Higher Education Learning Centre staff located in prison establishments, five Scottish Prisons, and seven national arts organisations.
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