An Explanatory Mixed Methods Content Analysis of Two State Level Correctional Institutions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639058147)

The study included a review of the ideologies of punishment, correctional education, and Minnesota's and Indiana's DOC pre-release handbooks. The methodology implemented was a mixed methods content analysis and the design focused on a sequential explanatory. Quantitative content analysis was implemented with the software NUD.IST. The quantitative constructs discussed and examined were curriculum design and law-abiding citizenship. Curriculum design was supported according to the Functionalist and the Liberal/Enlightenment philosophical education orientations. Law-abiding citizenship was supported by terms from Mann, Lickona, Wynne, Education World, the US Department of Education, and the Josephson Institute of Ethics. The quantitative constructs applied represented the Functionalism and Liberal/Enlightenment philosophical education orientations. The three quantitative constructs that embodied the Functionalism philosophical education orientation were associated with Durkheim and Roosevelt, and the three quantitative constructs that embodied the Liberal/Enlightenment philosophical education were associated with Plato and Nussbaum.

Author: Sarah Camp
ISBN-10: 3639058143
ISBN-13: 9783639058147
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d