Certain Sociological Characteristic Differences in the Correctional Education Learners and the Public School Learners

Abstract

This article compares two sociological characteristics, ethnicity and age, between the learners in correctional education (prison) schools and the learners in the public schools. The research findings indicate and demonstrate that correctional educators (prison teachers) lack certain important professional preparedness training to adequately educate these learners with regard to their age and cultural ethnicity. This article also presents a graphic model which illustrates how this lack of professional preparedness continues to be purported by teacher education institutions where the correctional educators are trained and recruited by correctional educational school districts, correstional systems, and correctional programs.