Teacher - Student Relationships in Court - Mandated Adult Education: A Phenomenological Study

Authors

Ron Mottern, University of TennesseeFollow

Abstract

While there is a considerable body of literature on adult correctional education, this literature almost exclusively deals with teachers and students working within incarceration settings, where students are in jail or prison. There is a lack of research on the experiences of teachers working with students who are a part of the correctional system but are placed within the community , i.e., community corrections. In this study the author examines the experiences of teachers working with court - mandated, community corrections students in GED/ABE programs. Seven adult education teachers share their experiences in this phenomenological study. The findings of the study indicate a special relationship, a chiasm, between teachers and students. Implications of this chiasm, an experience described by Merleau - Ponty, are explored.

Keywords

Adult Education, Correctional Education, Community Corrections, Phenomenology, Relationship Chiasm

Publication Date

2-18-2013

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1555

Recommended APA Citation

Mottern, R. (2013). Teacher - Student Relationships in Court - Mandated Adult Education: A Phenomenological Study. The Qualitative Report, 18(7), 1-40. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1555