Developing a "Sphere of Freedom" : a sociological model of group learning that explains how incarcerated women learn empathy /
A group learning intervention was conducted for one year in a women's prison. The lending process situated within the larger field of the prison was examined using a sociologically based model of group lending. In particular, the practice of empathy was conceptualized as a socially constructed...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | A group learning intervention was conducted for one year in a women's prison. The lending process situated within the larger field of the prison was examined using a sociologically based model of group lending. In particular, the practice of empathy was conceptualized as a socially constructed learning outcome. It was found that prison logic demands empathic practices involving a strong cognitive component above all other practices, where the learning group developed a logic of empathic practice involving a more significant emotional component. It is argued that a number of empathic practices suit a number of social relationships and circumstances, and that the group learning intervention therefore more fully prepared participants to use appropriate empathic practices in their social relationships once they leave prison for the free world. A sociological model of group learning can provide analytical tools for examining a group learning process situated within a larger sociocultural context. The model presented here is based on Melucci's theory of the reciprocal relationship between collective identity and collective action and Bourdieu's theory of the relationships between habitus, field, and capital. This model captures the development of a collective logic of practice through continued learning as a group over time, and it also captures the extent to which collective logic is internalized and carried out in individual practice. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Human Resource Development". |
| Physical Description: | x, 193 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-189). |