Inside Prison Walls.

Decker, James M.

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ERIC Number: EJ225939

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980

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Inside Prison Walls.

Decker, James M.

Community College Frontiers, v8 n2 p26-35 Win 1980

A humanities professor reflects on six years of teaching experience at a Michigan maximum security prison through the College Opportunity Prison Extensions (COPE) program. Describes inmate responses to five novels studied in a prison literature course and examines the parallels between the literary plots and the inmates' lives. (JP)

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Course Content, Humanities Instruction, Instructional Materials, Novels, Prisoners, Relevance (Education), Student Teacher Relationship, Teaching Methods, Two Year Colleges

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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