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Adult offenders’ perceptions of rehabilitation programs in Africa

Author: Nomazulu Ngozwana

University of South Africa

Edition: Volume 57, Number 2, July 2017

Summary: This article reflects on adult offenders’ perceptions of rehabilitation programs in Africa. It also evaluates whether offenders are consulted when planning rehabilitation programs.  Adult education principles were used as a lens to understand offenders’ perceptions of rehabilitation programs. Using an interpretive paradigm and qualitative approach, individual interviews, observations and focus group meetings were held with offenders and other participants who were chosen through purposive and snowball sampling. Qualitative data analysis was used to generate the themes from the data. The findings revealed that rehabilitation programs are ineffective and imposed on offenders. Furthermore the data revealed that offenders see themselves as hard- labour while participating in rehabilitation programs. This has an implication for offenders’ rehabilitation and reintegration into their societies as transformed citizens.

Keywords: rehabilitation programs, adult offenders, reintegration, ownership, participation, motivation

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Bridging to the future: What works?

Author/s: Helen Anderson

Edition: Volume 47, Number 3, November 2007

Summary: This paper discusses three levels of ‘what works’ in enabling education – namely, current and successful engagement, transition and future participation, and managing uncertainties. It points to the importance of high quality programs that get the students involved with learning, effectively preparing them for further study and providing the necessary survival skills for an essentially unknown and technology-driven future.

Keywords: engagement, transition, participation, enabling education

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Adult learners online: students’ experiences of learning online

Author/s: Wendy M. Knightley

Edition: Volume 47, Number 2, July 2007

Summary: Throughout the world, policy-makers are demonstrating their commitment to widening participation in education by promoting alternative pathways to gaining academic qualifications. This  paper reports a study which aimed to investigate the potential of online learning to overcome barriers to participating in education by socially disadvantaged adults, and to identify the factors that influenced such students’ participation and successful completion of online learning courses. Seventy-nine adults taking online learning courses with the Open University in the United Kingdom participated in a telephone survey and 15 of these students were also interviewed. Participants perceived themselves as having more easily accessed education because of the option of online learning and reported having benefited from the experience. However, online learning per se should be offered as only one potential means of attracting and retaining adult students, and further exploration into its potential for widening participation is necessary.

Keywords: participation, education, qualifications, social disadvantage, online learning

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Promoting literacy for adults with intellectual disabilities in a community-based service organisation

Author/s: Karen B. Moni, Anne Jobling, Michelle Morgan and Jan Lloyd

Edition: Volume 51, Number 3, November 2011

Summary: Despite the importance of and advocacy for developing literacy skills for successful and rewarding participation in the community, there remains a common perception that becoming literate is not possible for people with intellectual disabilities. Continue reading “Promoting literacy for adults with intellectual disabilities in a community-based service organisation”