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Education, Entertainment and Learning in the Home

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Education, Entertainment and Learning in the Home

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In recent years, the government has placed a growing emphasis on the need for parents to support their children's learning. Meanwhile, commercial corporations are increasingly targeting the educational aspirations of parents and children. New forms of educational media have emerged, which purport to "make learning fun" by using devices drawn from popular culture. In the process, the boundaries between homes and schools, and between education and entertainment, are becoming more and more blurred. This book is based on an extensive research project investigating the developing market in educational materials designed for use in the home. It considers the characteristics of "edutainment" in children's information books, pre-school magazines and CD-Roms. It discusses the economic forces at work in the production and marketing of these media, and the rhetoric of the sales pitches. Also, it considers how parents and children use them in the home. As learning itself increasingly becomes a commodity, this book addresses an issue of growing importance for parents, teachers and all those concerned with children's education.

Author Biography

David Buckingham is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media. He has directed several major research projects on young people's relationships with the media, and has lectured in more than 20 countries world-wide. His books include Children Talking Television RoutledgeFalmer 1993 #17.95. Moving Images Manchester University Press 1996 #15.99 and After the Death of Childhood Polity 2000 #14.99. Margaret Scanlon is a Research Officer at the Institute of Education, London University. She has worked in education for over ten years as a tutor, an administrator and a researcher. Her previous projects have addressed issues such as academic publishing, and the effects of OFSTED inspections on special measures schools. She is currently working on a new ESRC-funded project about e-learning in the home.
Release date Australia
November 1st, 2002
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
references, index
Imprint
Open University Press
Pages
208
Publisher
Open University Press
Dimensions
152x228x13
ISBN-13
9780335210077
Product ID
2042722

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