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Children’s Learning from Educational Television: Sesame Street and Beyond

Published: 2004, Routledge

Description

By Shalom Fisch. From the website: At its best, educational television can provide children with enormous opportunities and can serve as a window to new experiences, enrich academic knowledge, enhance attitudes and motivation, and nurture social skills. This volume documents the impact of educational television in a variety of subject areas and proposes mechanisms to explain its effects. Drawing from a wide variety of research spanning several disciplines, author Shalom M. Fisch analyzes the literature on the impact of educational resources. He focuses on television programs designed for children rather than for adults, although adult literature is included when it is particularly relevant. In addition, much of the discussion concerns the effects of unaided viewing by children, rather than viewing in the context of adult-led follow-up activities. The role of parent-child co-viewing and issues relevant to the use of television in school or child care also receives consideration.

Topic(s): Cognitive Development & Learning, Educational Television, Emotional Development, Physical Health, Social Development

User Type(s): Academic, Educator, Journalist, Policymaker, Producer

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URL(s): http://www.routledge.com/books/Childrens-Learning-From-Educational-Television-isbn9780805839364

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