"G" Is for Growing: 30 Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street (Lea's Communications Series. (Paper))
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What began as an attempt to help preschool children become ready for school has grown into a cultural icon. Sesame Street has been viewed in more than 130 countries and for 30 years has entertained and enlightened children across the United States and around the world. It was the first series to employ empirical research as an integral part of its production; formative research was--and continues to be--used on an ongoing basis to inform production decisions, while summative research has been used to assess the show's educational impact on its target audience.
This book collects and synthesizes key aspects of research on Sesame Street over the past 30 years. It describes the process by which educational content and research are integrated into production, reviews major studies on its impact on children, and examines the extension of the show into other cultures (via international coproductions such as the Mexican Plaza Sesamo, the Russian Ulitsa Sesam, or the joint Israeli-Palestinian Rechov Sumsum/Sha'ara Simsim) and other media (e.g., hands-on child-care materials, print, CD-ROMs). The book also draws upon data and experiences regarding Sesame Street to explore broader topics such as methodological issues in conducting media-based research with young children, the longitudinal impact of preschoolers viewing educational versus noneducational television, and cross-cultural differences in the treatment of educational content, among many others. As an invaluable chronicle of the research generated by the Children's Television Workshop, this volume also offers tremendous insight for all interested in children and television.
"G" Is for Growing: 30 Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street (Lea's Communications Series. (Paper)),Shalom M. Fisch,Rosemarie T. Truglio,Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,0805833951,Education,Education / Teaching,Educational Psychology,Preschool & Kindergarten,Research,Sesame Street (Television prog,Sesame Street (Television program),Television - History & Criticism,Television in preschool educat,Television in preschool education,United States
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