Teaching basic skills to marginalized groups: blended learning in prison settings
Teaching basic skills to marginalized groups: blended learning in prison settings

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the findings from a study on the education provisions in the prison systems of Italy,Romania, Greece and Cyprus. Specifically, it attempts to identify commonalities and differences in the regimes andstructures of the education systems across these four diverse systems. After, presenting the rationale for introducingan innovative program utilizing blended learning to teach basic skills to inmates, namely numeracy, literacy,budgeting and ICT skills, the paper presents findings from an empirical investigation in prison institutions in theabovementioned four European countries. Three distinct methods of data collection were employed: Structuredinterviews with inmates, in-depth interviews and focus groups with inmates, teaching staff and administrative staff.The data, both qualitative and quantitative were analyzed in order to draw useful insights, recommendations andguidelines for drafting a basics skills curriculum.

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