View in EDS

Learning, Teaching, and Television Production for Children: The Experience of Sesame Street.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Learning, Teaching, and Television Production for Children: The Experience of Sesame Street.
Authors: Lesser, Gerald S., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.
Source: Harvard Educational Review. May 1972 42(2):231-272.
Availability: Harvard Educational Review, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 41
Publication Date: 1972
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Television, Learning Experience, Learning Modalities, Prereading Experience, Preschool Education, Production Techniques, Sound Effects, Teaching Methods, Television
Abstract: "Sesame Street" has sought to provide a supplementary educational experience on television to help prepare children for school by stimulating their appetite for learning. Its specific goals include instruction in 1) symbolic representation--letters, numbers, and geometric forms; 2) cognitive processes--perceptual discrimination, relationships, classification, and ordering; 3) reasoning and problem-solving; and 4) "the child and his world"--concepts regarding the self, social units, social interaction, and the man-made and natural environment. This paper discusses 1) some informal principles of learning and teaching, and 2) some production and writing methods that have been used experimentally on "Sesame Street" to achieve those goals. Examples of the former are modeling, narrow focusing, learning from format as well as content, and cross-model reinforcement. Examples of the latter are use of music and sound to catch children's attention, repetition, use of surprise and incongruity, use of animation and pixilation techniques, and the inclusion of the symbolic material to be learned within the televised dramatic action. Use of humor and diverse activities sustains children's attention. The author is chairman of the National Board of Advisors to the Children's Television Workshop, which produces "Sesame Street." (JK)
Entry Date: 1973
Accession Number: ED070248
Database: ERIC
FullText Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: eric
DbLabel: ERIC
An: ED070248
AccessLevel: 3
PubTypeId: unknown
PreciseRelevancyScore: 0
IllustrationInfo
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Learning, Teaching, and Television Production for Children: The Experience of Sesame Street.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Lesser%2C+Gerald+S%2E%22">Lesser, Gerald S.</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Harvard+Univ%2E%2C+Cambridge%2C+MA%2E+Graduate+School+of+Education%2E%22">Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.</searchLink>
– Name: TitleSource
  Label: Source
  Group: Src
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="SO" term="%22Harvard+Educational+Review%22"><i>Harvard Educational Review</i></searchLink>. May 1972 42(2):231-272.
– Name: Avail
  Label: Availability
  Group: Avail
  Data: Harvard Educational Review, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
– Name: PeerReviewed
  Label: Peer Reviewed
  Group: SrcInfo
  Data: Y
– Name: Pages
  Label: Page Count
  Group: Src
  Data: 41
– Name: DatePubCY
  Label: Publication Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 1972
– Name: Subject
  Label: Descriptors
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Early+Childhood+Education%22">Early Childhood Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Educational+Television%22">Educational Television</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Learning+Experience%22">Learning Experience</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Learning+Modalities%22">Learning Modalities</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Prereading+Experience%22">Prereading Experience</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Preschool+Education%22">Preschool Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Production+Techniques%22">Production Techniques</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Sound+Effects%22">Sound Effects</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Teaching+Methods%22">Teaching Methods</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Television%22">Television</searchLink>
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Abstract
  Group: Ab
  Data: "Sesame Street" has sought to provide a supplementary educational experience on television to help prepare children for school by stimulating their appetite for learning. Its specific goals include instruction in 1) symbolic representation--letters, numbers, and geometric forms; 2) cognitive processes--perceptual discrimination, relationships, classification, and ordering; 3) reasoning and problem-solving; and 4) "the child and his world"--concepts regarding the self, social units, social interaction, and the man-made and natural environment. This paper discusses 1) some informal principles of learning and teaching, and 2) some production and writing methods that have been used experimentally on "Sesame Street" to achieve those goals. Examples of the former are modeling, narrow focusing, learning from format as well as content, and cross-model reinforcement. Examples of the latter are use of music and sound to catch children's attention, repetition, use of surprise and incongruity, use of animation and pixilation techniques, and the inclusion of the symbolic material to be learned within the televised dramatic action. Use of humor and diverse activities sustains children's attention. The author is chairman of the National Board of Advisors to the Children's Television Workshop, which produces "Sesame Street." (JK)
– Name: DateEntry
  Label: Entry Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 1973
– Name: AN
  Label: Accession Number
  Group: ID
  Data: ED070248
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=ED070248
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    PhysicalDescription:
      Pagination:
        PageCount: 41
        StartPage: 231
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Early Childhood Education
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Educational Television
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Learning Experience
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Learning Modalities
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Prereading Experience
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Preschool Education
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Production Techniques
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Sound Effects
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Teaching Methods
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Television
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Learning, Teaching, and Television Production for Children: The Experience of Sesame Street.
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Lesser, Gerald S.
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 1972
          Numbering:
            – Type: volume
              Value: 42
            – Type: issue
              Value: 2
ResultId 1