| Description |
xix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Perspectives on creativity |
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Perspectives on creativity.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Ruthan Brodsky -- 1. Kill the Messenger: The TV Effects Controversy -- 2. Facts About Giftedness/Questions About TV -- 3. Why TV Fails Gifted Kids -- 4. The Reluctant Regulators -- 5. Parental Discretion Advised -- 6. The ABCs of TV Literacy -- Epilogue: Hello, I Must Be Going |
| Summary |
Reading Reclaiming the Wasteland will give parents and teachers a greater awareness of their children's televiewing and offer a prescription for how to neutralize or avoid the more negative outcomes and maximize or accentuate the more positive ones. This book is based on the belief that television viewing need not be a dysfunctional or mindless activity for gifted kids; it can and should be enriching, mind-expanding, instructional, and fun ... if used correctly |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Gifted children -- United States.
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Television and children -- United States.
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| LC no. |
95033355 |
| ISBN |
1572730145 |
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1572730153 |
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