Children's Learning From Educational Television: Sesame Street and Beyond (Routledge Communication Series)
Recommended.—CHOICEShalom Fisch's book titled Children's Learning From Educational TV: Sesame Street and Beyondprovides a complete review of the empirical research, making a strong argument that TV can indeed be a positive influence on young viewers....an excellent introduction to the enormous scientific literature addressing how educational TV affects children's learning. Fisch successfully provides an easy-to-read overview of the research that has been conducted on children's learning from educational TV. By raising awareness about the usefulness of educational TV programs, Fisch's book may contribute in a small way to ensuring that quality programs continue to reach young viewers.—PsycCRITIQUESChildren’s learning from educational televisionoffers the first comprehensive attempt to discuss such issues in an integrative, accessible manner and is thus a must on the bookshelf of researchers of children and television. ... Fisch’s book can be said to prepare the ground for future scholars facing the challenge of evaluating the under-studied role of educational television in other parts of the world.  —Journal of Human DevelopmentThis book is recommended to anyone interested in the empirical evidence supporting children's learning from educational television or the possible theoretical models which explainhowyoung viewers learn from such television. The books extensive reference section along with the author and subject index will be welcomed by many children and media researchers seeking to use this book when developing their literature reviews and when seeking to learn what is known, and more importantly, what is yet to be investigated.—Communications Research Trends--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.