Special Issue 2025 of Apprendre + Agir
The editorial board of Apprendre + Agir proudly presents this special issue of Apprendre + Agir on the theme Learning and Transforming: International Practices and Perspectives on Prison Education. The issue was made possible by a partnership with the UNESCO Chair in Applied Research for Education in Prison. It follows from the International Meetings on Prison Education, held in Montreal from October 16 to 18, 2024.
The issue includes nine papers showcasing the activities, initiatives, and research conducted in various contexts and countries—Burkina Faso, the United States, France, India, New Zealand, and Quebec. The papers consider educational practices in correctional settings through case studies and research findings. They highlight different perspectives – those of incarcerated youth, women who have experienced (and survived) imprisonment, teachers working in correctional settings, adolescents in pre-judicial situations, prison volunteers, researchers, and more.
Several themes are explored, ranging from the role of prison libraries to community art and the impact of co-creating an artwork, to digital education practices in detention, open education, and teacher burnout in prison environments.
The articles of this issue also delve into questions of motivation, encounters and learning, innovation and creativity, barriers to continuing education in prison, life trajectories and reintegration, transformation, literacies, and the many ways of creating or recreating connection.
The different accounts of experiments, initiatives, and projects in this issue illustrate the richness of lifelong learning. Readers will discover diverse examples of education and learning taking place across formal, informal, and non-formal contexts.
We hope this special issue allows you to appreciate the rich and evolving field of education within correctional settings.
Enjoy the reading!
Author
Émilie Tremblay
Researcher
Member of the Editorial Board of Apprendre + Agir
Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adultes
etremblay@icea.qc.ca
Cite this article
Tremblay, É. (2025). Special Issue Presentation. Apprendre + Agir, Learning and Transforming: International Practices and Perspectives on Prison Education. https://icea-apprendreagir.ca/special-issue-presentation/