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| Mason | Sep 12 2011, 07:21 PM Post #1 |
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. Notice, no criticism of the Public Broadcasting shows. They aren't going to say anything about Hip-Hop Harry. http://bangordailynews.com/2011/09/12/health/spongebob-limits-kids-mental-function-study-says/ . Edited by Mason, Sep 12 2011, 07:25 PM.
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| cks | Sep 12 2011, 07:48 PM Post #2 |
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While Sesame Street,Spongebob, Eureka's Castle, Mr. Rogers, et al have their good points (for the record my children sometimes watched Sesame Street and Eureka's Castle on rainy days) it is my opinion that their short bursts of content which changed every couple of minutes failed to develop in children the ability to sit still and fully follow a chain of thought longer than a minute. Captain Kangaroo was (and here I am talking about the early years) a much better show. The old children's shows (Mickey Mouse Club, Rin Tin Tin, Sky King, My Friend Flicka, etc) were good as well as children learned a lot about many things, had to concentrate and follow a story line. I see the results of Sesame Street approach to learning on a daily basis. Kids want (and their parents demand) to be entertained - learning has to be fun (an administrator at my school said to me that learning should always be cool and fun if one wants students to learn anything at all). They do not want it to be hard - one should be able to learn by just being present - by absorbing with no effort (at least on the part of the student). Sorry, I will get off my soapbox on the subject and get back to preparing my lecture for tomorrow and grade the ever present mountain of papers that seem to breed in my briefcase. |
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| Baldo | Sep 12 2011, 08:17 PM Post #3 |
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...failed to develop in children the ability to sit still and fully follow a chain of thought longer than a minute My 80 year old aunt who taught kindergarten for over 40 years believes firmly the students who wound up doing best in school through college and into life did not watch much TV. It was limited by their parents. That observation crossed all demographics. In coaching football a player must spend the time in doing drills & lifting weights. Much of it is boring hard work, but that is what it takes to be good. Herschel Walker, one of the greatest college players, believed his body was army composed of soldiers and he was the General. You had to drill over and over to command his body to do what he wanted. As a youngster he tied a tire to his waist and ran up hills pushing his body. Edited by Baldo, Sep 12 2011, 11:26 PM.
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| foxglove | Sep 12 2011, 09:18 PM Post #4 |
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I agree, TV is a net drag on children's minds, morals, and motivation. Add to that computer and video games. I think these things change children's behavior as well. |
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| LTC8K6 | Sep 12 2011, 09:53 PM Post #5 |
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Spongebob is way over a 4 year old's head, imo. I can't think why they would have 4 year olds watching it. They wouldn't "get" it at all. The cartoon is for much older kids and adults. |
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| Baldo | Sep 12 2011, 11:30 PM Post #6 |
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....Kids who watched just nine minutes of the fast-paced children's cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants" did worse afterward at tasks requiring focus and self-control than did kids who watched a slow-paced cartoon and kids who entertained themselves by coloring. The study was small, and scientists weren't sure how long the brain-drain effect persists. But the research highlights the importance not just of how much TV a child watches, but of what kind, said Dimitri Christakis of the Seattle Children's Research Institute at the University of Washington. Christakis was not involved in the study, but penned an accompanying editorial appearing today (Sept. 12) in the journal Pediatrics. "It's not … all television that creates deficits in attention," Christakis told LiveScience. "It's the pacing of the program, what we call the 'formal features,' that actually matter...snipped http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0912/SpongeBob-study-Do-fast-paced-cartoons-impair-kids-thinking |
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