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A Young Child's Dialogic Appropriation of Programmable Robots
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Jung, Sung Eun; Lee, Kyunghwa – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
This qualitative case study explores a 6-year-old boy's dialogic appropriation of programmable robots. The study was conducted in two robotics education programs for children aged four to seven. Drawing on Bakhtin's (1981) notion of appropriation, we found that the focal child actively engaged with the programmable robots by (1) transforming the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Robotics, Computer Science Education, Preschool Children
Social Aggression on Television and Its Relationship to Children's Aggression in the Classroom
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Martins, Nicole; Wilson, Barbara J. – Human Communication Research, 2012
A survey was conducted with over 500 children in grades K-5 to examine whether exposure to socially aggressive content was related to children's use of social aggression. The results of the survey revealed a significant relationship between exposure to televised social aggression and increased social aggression at school, but only for girls and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Elementary School Students, Aggression, Epistemology
Australian "Play School": Viewing and Post-Viewing Behaviours in Young Children
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Harrison, Cathie Anne; van Vliet, Helen Elizabeth; Anderson, Tracy – Educational Psychology, 2012
Australian "Play School" is a children's television programme developed in collaboration with early childhood educators. It is screened free to air across Australia. Two hundred and twenty-four adult carers of young children aged 1-8 years completed an online survey via a link on the "Play School" website. The survey addressed…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Foreign Countries, Play, Childrens Television
The Effect of Network and Public Television Programs on Four and Five Year Olds' Ability To Attend to Educational Tasks.
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Geist, Eugene A.; Gibson, Marty – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2000
Examines the effect of network and public television programs on children's: ability to attend to a task, time on task, and engagement in rough-and-tumble play. Sixty-two children were assigned to one of three groups that watched: (1) a public television program; (2) a network television program; and (3) no television and instead played with…
Descriptors: Attention, Child Behavior, Childrens Television, Learning
Cruel Intentions on Television and in Real Life: Can Viewing Indirect Aggression Increase Viewers' Subsequent Indirect Aggression?
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Coyne, Sarah M.; Archer, John; Eslea, Mike – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2004
Numerous studies have shown that viewing violence in the media can influence an individual's subsequent aggression, but none have examined the effect of viewing indirect aggression. This study examines the immediate effect of viewing indirect and direct aggression on subsequent indirect aggression among 199 children ages 11 to 14 years. They were…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Aggression, Violence, Child Psychology
Of Power Rangers and V-Chips.
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Boyatzis, Chris J. – Young Children, 1997
Describes a study of the effects of violence on elementary students which used the television program Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and found increased aggression which parents should be concerned about. Offers suggestions for parents and teachers, including taking action against violent programming, utilizing technology which bans unwanted…
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Behavior Development, Child Behavior