About project
The aim of this project is to exchange InnOvative WAys (IOWA) for motivating prisoners for learning during their sentence. One of the opportunities is the use of modular or unit-based courses which ensures that the prisoner’s sentence length, or transfer to another prison mid-sentence, which are important barriers to participation in education, do not prevent them from undertaking or completing education and training (Langelid, 2009). As many prisoners have negative perceptions and previous experiences of education, this project wants to focus on methodologies for motivation of inmates by creating a learner-centred approach building on individual skills, competences and past experiences together with alternative styles of teaching and learning. One of the key elements in the implementation of this approach is the professional development of adult educators, trainers, teachers in prison, as they are the leading agents of change.