Citing the work of Maxine Greene, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Thom Gehring, this paper makes the argument that correctional educators should attempt to accept that they will never fully understand the lives and perspectives of their students. Noting that some of the questions correctional educators have about the lived experiences of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students cannot be answered in a way that is fully comprehensible to those who have not lived as prisoners, the paper suggests that developing comfort with mystery will allow educators to focus on instruction.

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矫正教育的神秘性和偶然性

本文引用了Maxine Greene，Maurice Merleau-Ponty和Thom Gehring的著作，提出了这样的论点，即矫正教育工作者应该尝试接受他们永远不会完全理解学生的生活和观点。注意到矫正教育者对被监禁和曾被监禁的学生的生活经历所提出的一些问题不能以那些没有被囚禁的人完全可以理解的方式来回答，该论文建议，对神秘感的养成将使教育者能够专注于指导。