Learning Together: Localism, Collaboration and Reflexivity in the Development of Prison and University Learning Communities

Amy Ludlow, Ruth Armstrong, Lorana Bartels

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    Abstract

    This paper engages with challenges of localism, collaboration and reflexivity in thinking about the conceptualisation and development of partnership learning communities between higher education and criminal justice institutions. Grounded in experiences of partnership working in the UK and Australia, our arguments are twofold: first, drawing on missions, policy and practice challenges, that there is a case to be made for partnership-working between higher education and criminal justice institutions; and second that, although there is a need to think about collaborative international structures, there is also a need to reflect critically on how different socio-political and cultural realities (both within and beyond national borders) might shape the particular nature of partnership working. Therefore, while warmly welcoming international collaboration in this field, we urge caution in importing or exporting different "models" of partnership working. We make the case, instead, for open-textured theoretical and empirical reflexivity.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)25-45
    JournalJournal of Prison Education and Reentry
    Volume6
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

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