Cecily not sure if you have seen this one from The Centre for Media Literacy on TV and development. This one is an article on television viewing and reading.
I thought this was interesting as a fact sheet for parents to help develop social skills outside of school. Three ideas were mentioned: play board games, practice good manners and discuss what you see on TV. Whether it be in early childhood or adolescence television can play an important role in social development. Television in the classroom is traditionally used only where it is informative or educationally based around a topic- say in Science or SOSE. In English it may serve as an analytical activity and in Art it may be about useful for historical or process development. If however we were to look at the shows students watch in the context of their own homes then maybe this would serve to assist their social and emotional development. After all prime time television opens up a whole world of possibilities not just in terms of discourse education but in terms of roles and relationship studies, emotional responses and so on. If you are interested in a lengthy but very interesting read then here is one for the bedside table.
Thanks for these, Shelley. They do back up the German study I used to comment on your videos on TV and child development. It seems the content, and not the viewing time, is the prime factor affecting outcomes of children's TV viewing. Quality content with an education value and moderate viewing time is best for improvements in learning and reading literacy. The advice to parents is condensed enough to be suitable for most school newsletters and the like.
ReplyDeleteThe Centre for Media Literacy's kit on Media Literacy would be interesting to view in its entirety. Schools are moving away from the old "Do a Review" assessment with media. I was fortunate to be at a school when they were involved in Yr 12 assessment of film as text. "The Cultural Lens" involved a study of the aspects of film techniques and closer study of individually chosen film from world cinema. Part of the assessment required a Power Point presentation combined with oral that evaluated the extent the themes reflected the social and cultural context. The students seemed to really enjoy it and it seemed they took away skills that they could use. In the lead up, there were oral group discussions. To allow more input to this, I would consider the groups setting up a Wiki or similar so that they could add to the discussion at any time suitable to them and not just in the confines of prescribed lesson time. Thanks again for the shared treasures.
Posted by Cecily 16/10/2011