Leticia Nagao

Working title of PhD: Peer learning in prison: what kind of equity is possible?

Institution: University of Stirling

Full or part-time: Part-time

Year commenced: 2024

PhD Supervisors: Hannah Graham and Sarah Galloway

Funding source: Self-funded

Synopsis: 

My current project wishes to further discussions on the pedagogical potentials of and obstacles to peer learning initiatives in prison education.

One of the main goals is to analyse not only how peer learning has been described and promoted in prison education policies in Scotland, but also how it has been delivered and perceived by different actors engaged in or excluded from prison education. Using qualitative mixed methods and foregrounding lived experience expertise, I hope to promote a more informed reflection on how prison education is designed and the impact it has on learners.

Keywords: prison education, peer learning, lived experience