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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973586203321

Autore

Fisch Shalom M

Titolo

Children's learning from educational television : Sesame Street and beyond / / Shalom M. Fisch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004

ISBN

1-282-32608-2

9786612326080

1-4106-1055-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

371.33/58

Soggetti

Television in education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-238) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Children's Learning From Educational Television: Sesame Street and Beyond; Contents; Preface; 1-Introduction; PART I-EMPIRICAL DATA; PART II-THEORETICAL APPROACHES; PART III-THE FUTURE; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

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, althoug