Direct linkERIC Number: ED528460
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Aug
Pages: 256
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ISBN: 0-230-53729-4
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Children and Media outside the Home: Playing and Learning in After-School Care
Vered, Karen Orr
Palgrave Macmillan
Karen Orr Vered demonstrates how children's media play contributes to their acquisition of media literacy. Theorizing after-school care as intermediary space, a large-scale ethnographic study informs this theory-rich and practical discussion of children's media use beyond home and classroom.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Media Literacy, Mass Media Use, Mass Media Effects, Children, After School Programs, Child Care, Play, Learning Activities, Video Games, Television, Film Production, Video Technology, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
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Publication Type: Books; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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