Positive Role Modeling on TV.

Wright, Norton

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ERIC Number: EJ278336

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Publication Date: 1982

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Positive Role Modeling on TV.

Wright, Norton

Television & Children, v5 n4 p37-40 Fall 1982

Summarizes major findings of research report issued by Institute of Social Research (University of Michigan) on "Freestyle," a Public Broadcast System television program designed to counteract limiting effects of sexist stereotyping on career aspirations and life skills of boys and girls aged 9 to 12. Strategies in pro-social modeling are included. (EJS)

Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Childrens Television, Experiential Learning, Modeling (Psychology), Observational Learning, Preadolescents, Programing (Broadcast), Public Television, Role Models, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes

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