Young Children, Videos and Computer Games: Issues for Teachers and Parents

by Sanger,Jack

• ISBN13: 9780750707022
• ISBN10: 075070702X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book is based on two years' in-depth research, funded by the British Film Institute and the British Library, on a hundred children with entertainment screen technology in their homes, following them home to school and examining the difference in culture in two environments. The question asked is:are children developing the necessary ICT and other skills required from the maturing learner as we approach the twenty-first century? Issues such as gender, parenting, violence, censorship and the educational consequences of their screen-based experiences are at the forefront of the book's coverage.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Table	vii	(2)
Glossary of Terms	ix	(4)
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Chapter 1 The Land of H	13	(18)
Chapter 2 The Digital Curriculum: Computers in School	31	(20)
Chapter 3 Home Improvements: Domestic Computers	51	(12)
Chapter 4 Keeping IT in the Family: Computer Games and Families	63	(34)
Chapter 5 Who is Being Framed? The Use of Video in School	97	(16)
Chapter 6 Vexed Whys and Videotape: The Use of Video in the Home	113	(18)
Chapter 7 His and Hers: Screen-based Technology and Gender Issues	131	(22)
Chapter 8 The Enchanted World: Screen-based Entertainment Technology and Visions of Childhood	153	(16)
Chapter 9 To Boldly Go: Issues and Consequences	169	(10)
Chapter 10 The Crystal Maze: How the Research was Done	179	(22)
Bibliography	201	(4)
Index	205