The Same Difference: Tutoring for the Open University in Prison.

Worth, Vincent

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Same Difference: Tutoring for the Open University in Prison.

Worth, Vincent

Open Learning, v9 n1 p34-41 Feb 1994

Discusses prison education in Great Britain and reports on a study of Open University prison tutors that investigated tutorial relationships, student characteristics, and contextual features. Highlights include research on prison education; the Open University/Home Office Scheme that arranged prison education; and an appendix that shows course results. (Contains 31 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, Context Effect, Correctional Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Student Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Tutorial Programs, Tutors

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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