Educators’ Reflections on Empowerment in a Gender Responsive Program for Women Offenders

Author Information

Carolyn L. Sandoval, Texas A&M UniversityFollow
Lisa M. Baumgartner, Texas A&M UniversityFollow

Submission Purpose

Main Conference

Type of Paper

Paper: Empirical

Abstract

We explore women educators’ experiences teaching in a gender-responsive program for women who are incarcerated. Themes including fostering empowerment, motivations for teaching, and tensions teaching emancipatory content in jail.

Keywords

educators, jail, gender-responsive programs, emancipatory learning

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Recommended Citation

Sandoval, C. L., & Baumgartner, L. M. (2017). Educators’ Reflections on Empowerment in a Gender Responsive Program for Women Offenders. Adult Education Research Conference. https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2017/papers/31 test="theme.id eq '2020'>(conference cancelled)