Exploring the history of prisoner education

This badge has been issued for participating in the free non-accredited course Exploring the history of prisoner education. This course supported demonstration of the following learning outcomes: understand the history of prison educations in the British Isles; recognise that especially literacy and numeracy programmes have been offered to prisoners in a range of contexts and for a variety of purposes; understand the variety of ways in which prisoners responded to schemes for their educational improvement and rehabilitation; understand some of the ways in which the study of the past can aid policymaking and practice in the present. You can review the course at the following link: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/exploring-the-history-prisoner-education/content-section-overview. This badge does not represent formal credit or award from The Open University. It does demonstrate participation in informal learning activity.