STEM Education in US Prisons
Published on 28. March 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-90-04-68863-6 (ISBN)
Description
Renewal of higher-education programs in US prisons creates a need for science education. This is the first book to address STEM education in prisons in the United States. It calls on activist science teachers to develop innovative ways to teach in challenging carceral settings.
Over the last fifty years, science education and prison education have moved in different directions, one expanding and the other contracting. This book brings these educational endeavors into cooperative engagement. Democratic citizenship opens opportunities for all people, irrespective of civil status, to study science. The book presents student narratives and case studies emphasizing the achievements of STEM education behind prison walls. STEM education equity can help address the deep social inequities that mass incarceration creates and magnifies.
Contributors are: Cassandra Barrett, Andrew Bell, George Bogner, Adrian Borealis, Drew Bush, Kelli Bush, Sandy Chang, Kelle Dhein, Amalia Handler, Steven Hart, Steven Henderson, Tiffany Hensley-McBain, Paul Kazelis, Joe Lockard, Edward Mei, Tsafrir Mor, Rob Scott, Laura Taylor, Joslyn Rose Trivett and Emily Webb.
Over the last fifty years, science education and prison education have moved in different directions, one expanding and the other contracting. This book brings these educational endeavors into cooperative engagement. Democratic citizenship opens opportunities for all people, irrespective of civil status, to study science. The book presents student narratives and case studies emphasizing the achievements of STEM education behind prison walls. STEM education equity can help address the deep social inequities that mass incarceration creates and magnifies.
Contributors are: Cassandra Barrett, Andrew Bell, George Bogner, Adrian Borealis, Drew Bush, Kelli Bush, Sandy Chang, Kelle Dhein, Amalia Handler, Steven Hart, Steven Henderson, Tiffany Hensley-McBain, Paul Kazelis, Joe Lockard, Edward Mei, Tsafrir Mor, Rob Scott, Laura Taylor, Joslyn Rose Trivett and Emily Webb.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
356 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-68863-6 (9789004688636)
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STEM Education in US Prisons
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Persons
Joe Lockard, Ph.D. (2000), University of California-Berkeley, is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University. He taught poetry workshops for years in prisons and has published extensively on prison literature.
Tsafrir Mor, Ph.D. (1997), Hebrew University, is Professor at Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences and Biodesign Institute. He founded the ASU Prison Biology Program and teaches students on campus and incarcerated students in prison.
Tsafrir Mor, Ph.D. (1997), Hebrew University, is Professor at Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences and Biodesign Institute. He founded the ASU Prison Biology Program and teaches students on campus and incarcerated students in prison.
Content
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Science Education in Prisons
?Joe Lockard and Tsafrir Mor
1 From Subject to Student: Science, Science Education, and Citizenship in US Prisons
?Joe Lockard
PART 1: Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Voices for Science
2 First-Person Experiences of Science in Prison: Writings from the Sustainability in Prisons Project
?Joslyn Rose Trivett
3 Waiting for Take-Off: Obstacles to Pursuing a Post-Incarceration STEM Career
?George Bogner
4 Eliminating Stigma by Creating STEM Accessibility
?Paul Kazelis
5 Challenges to STEM Education in Prison: An Inside Perspective
?Steven W. Henderson
PART 2: Biology Inside
6 Environmental Constraints and Development of Solutions: The Evolution of a Prison Biology Education Program
?Steven G. Hart, Emily A. Webb, Kelle Dhein, Amalia M. Handler, Cassandra M. Barrett and Tsafrir S. Mor
7 Teaching Incarcerated Students Quantitative Reasoning through a Gateway Environmental Science Course
?Drew Bush and Andrew Bell
PART 3: STEM Education: An Inside/Outside Continuum
8 Strategies for Effective Laboratory Design in Medium-Maximum Security Penitentiaries
?Laura Taylor, Adrian Borealis and Tiffany Hensley-McBain
9 Re-entry to STEM: Hurdles and Opportunities
?Sandy Chang
10 Effects of Higher Education in Prison on STEM Educators
?Robert Scott and Edward Mei
PART 4: Call for Science Education in Prisons
Call for Science Education in Prisons
?Joe Lockard and Tsafrir Mor
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Science Education in Prisons
?Joe Lockard and Tsafrir Mor
1 From Subject to Student: Science, Science Education, and Citizenship in US Prisons
?Joe Lockard
PART 1: Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Voices for Science
2 First-Person Experiences of Science in Prison: Writings from the Sustainability in Prisons Project
?Joslyn Rose Trivett
3 Waiting for Take-Off: Obstacles to Pursuing a Post-Incarceration STEM Career
?George Bogner
4 Eliminating Stigma by Creating STEM Accessibility
?Paul Kazelis
5 Challenges to STEM Education in Prison: An Inside Perspective
?Steven W. Henderson
PART 2: Biology Inside
6 Environmental Constraints and Development of Solutions: The Evolution of a Prison Biology Education Program
?Steven G. Hart, Emily A. Webb, Kelle Dhein, Amalia M. Handler, Cassandra M. Barrett and Tsafrir S. Mor
7 Teaching Incarcerated Students Quantitative Reasoning through a Gateway Environmental Science Course
?Drew Bush and Andrew Bell
PART 3: STEM Education: An Inside/Outside Continuum
8 Strategies for Effective Laboratory Design in Medium-Maximum Security Penitentiaries
?Laura Taylor, Adrian Borealis and Tiffany Hensley-McBain
9 Re-entry to STEM: Hurdles and Opportunities
?Sandy Chang
10 Effects of Higher Education in Prison on STEM Educators
?Robert Scott and Edward Mei
PART 4: Call for Science Education in Prisons
Call for Science Education in Prisons
?Joe Lockard and Tsafrir Mor
Index