Beyond Remote-Controlled Childhood: Teaching Children in the Media Age - Softcover

Levin, Diane E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1928896987 ISBN 13: 9781928896982

Publisher: The National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2013

Synopsis

More and more of children’s attitudes, values, interests, and behavior run the risk of being controlled by their experiences with the popular media culture and screens instead of being actively created by children themselves. That is, childhood is becoming increasingly remote controlled. Learn how to counteract the potentially harmful impact media can have on both the process and content of children’s development and learning, and how to help families make informed decisions about the screen media in children’s lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane E. Levin, PhD, a professor of early childhood education at Wheelock College in Boston, advocates widely on issues related to children’s well-being and is the author or coauthor of six other books.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

In the mid-1980s, many teachers with whom I worked became puzzled and concerned about the changes they were noticing in children’s war play in the classroom. They found it harder to limit and redirect play with violent themes, especially among boys, than they had in the past. Children continued to engage in the play when the adults turned their attention elsewhere, and some boys seemed almost obsessed with the play. Teachers also found it harder to get girls and boys to play together than they had before (Levin & Carlsson-Paige 2006; Linn 2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: The National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1928896987
• ISBN 13: 9781928896982
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176