Full 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.
Contents
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
