Barter, Derek
(2010)
Return to education for recovering drug addicts: the Soilse Project.
The Adult Learner.
pp. 132-149.
ISSN 0790-8040
Abstract
This article is an account of a return to education course set up to cater to the needs of recovering heroin addicts in a Dublin rehabilitation project in the summer of 2008. It begins with a brief outline of the HSE Soilse rehabilitation and recov- ery programme and the rationale for seeking association with the Department of Adult and Community Education NUI Maynooth as a way of bridging both the structural and individual gaps that recovering people have en route to educational progression. A full account is presented of the actual Return to Learning (RtL) course, which employed a functional context education methodology and inte- grated literacy approach, from the reflections of the tutors who delivered the course. The Soilse/NUIM RtL is unique in terms of an adult education programme in Ireland in that it tried to grapple with two distinct yet interrelated issues; recovery from drug addiction and educational progression. The following article attempts to give a full and honest account of the programme and its outcomes.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Addiction Recovery; mature students; drug addiction; adult education; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education |
| Item ID: |
15458 |
| Depositing User: |
Derek Barter
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| Date Deposited: |
09 Feb 2022 10:27 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
The Adult Learner |
| Publisher: |
The National Association of Adult Education |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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