This collection of research essays focuses on children and Sesame Street. It covers a variety of issues and topics including: creation and evolution of the Sesame Street curriculum; Sesame Street viewers as adolescents; and the role of Sesame Street-based materials in child care settings.

This collection of research essays focuses on children and Sesame Street. It covers a variety of issues and topics including: creation and evolution of the Sesame Street curriculum; Sesame Street viewers as adolescents; and the role of Sesame Street-based materials in child care settings.

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,...

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,...