Mahovskaya, O. I., Marchenko, F. O. Psychological assistance of educational television projects for children

Abstract: the authors claim that child’s TV broadcast is becoming a very important mean of socialization under conditions of a fast social, economic and cultural stratification in Russia. The authors described the methods for social and psychological control of TV programs for children. The scenario is viewed as an instrument for forming basic orientation at cooperation with preschoolers, including cooperation with disabled and orphan children. The mentioned above methods were tested as a part of educational TV program “Sesame Street in Russia”. 60 children 4-6 years old from typical day-care centers in Moscow and Voronezh participated in the research. The data received allowed to reinforce the educational potential of such TV projects.

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