Television's Impact on Children's Education
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Titulo
Influence of Television on the Education of the New Generation in the City of Chilpancingo
Warrior.
Statement of the problem
Nowadays, television is undoubtedly an important agent of socialization (Fuenzalida,
1994 cited in Medina 2000) and has both positive and negative aspects.
Within the daily television bar, there are very few programs that are well managed and
they contribute to the development of children's intelligence, the programs that stand out for covering
These characteristics are 'Blue's Clues', 'Sesame Street', and 'Dora the Explorer'. Another
A program with an important educational value is 'Guide for Parents', which is managed by the
federal government and provides information to parents, but despite having content
important, the topics are addressed in a way that can become tedious and therefore the
People often prefer not to see them.
In the words of Horton and Hunt (1988), "it is possible that television is the greatest educator not
"institutionalized." What is a fact is that regardless of race, religion, sex, age or
socioeconomic level of individuals, our society has come together around the experience
shared television culture (Levine, 1997 cited in Medina 2000). What is concerning is that
People spend a lot of hours watching shows that don't give them anything.
important teaching, and they are not interested in those programs that contribute to development and
feeding of the intellect.
Justification
The thesis topic 'Influence of Television on the Education of the New Generation in the City'
from Chilpancingo, Guerrero." aims to provide information about the type of programs
that favor the development of the intellect of new generations of children and the way in which
these can be used.
Una vez desarrollado este tema, la información podrá difundirse entre padres de familia para que
serve as a guide and be able to monitor the programs that their children receive on television and thus
to be assured that it will not affect their future academic and intellectual development.
Background
In Mexico in 1940, engineer Guillermo González Camarena, from an experimental laboratory,
launches the first television programs, 'Monologue of Terror' and 'Cooking Recipes', these
they lacked educational and cultural value. Commercial television emerged in Mexico in 1950 and in 1955
the Telecinema Mexican consortium is formed, which in 1968 becomes what it currently is.
Televisa, in 1967 the first color television appeared, in 1994 the governmental system
Imevisión is sold to Ricardo Salinas Pliego.
In Chilpancingo, the options for free-to-air television are Televisa with channels 2 and 5, and TV Azteca.
with channels 7 and 13, and the only channel that is received and contains cultural information is the
Once channel, however the transmission, in terms of image, is of poor quality, which prevents that
can be appreciated.
However, there is also what is called educational television, which encompasses the cultural,
Educational and school-related, when managed well, can be a very useful tool in terms of education.
A clear example of this are the telesecundarias, where students can take classes.
in distant places with the best teachers and only require the support of a single person
for all subjects.
Theoretical Framework
Television is a form of non-institutionalized education and is possibly the greatest
educator. At the age of 18, it is very likely that a young person has dedicated more time to the
television that relates to school activities (Horton and Hunt; 1988).
From an educational perspective, there are negative relationships between academic performance in
general -and particularly in certain areas- and the observation of television programs
(Cabero; 1994).
According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, those who watch too much television
are at greater risk of:
Getting bad grades in school.
Read fewer books.
Exercise less.
Being overweight.
"a sensational and empty television diet did not help much to open the appetite for the
writing, reading, and arithmetic. At a minimum, a true effort is required to return to the
studies, in a world that offers instant pleasure with just the push of a button” (Horton and Hunt;
1988).
Along with family and formal education (Primary and Secondary education), television
It is one of the main sources of knowledge and authority in Western societies.
through its content, the television medium disseminates models of life, norms of
comportamiento, valores sociales... a los televidentes de todas las edades y de todas partes del
world and to this it is added that not all programs are watched by young people, they are
specifically designed for them, but they tend to be observers of programs aimed at
adult audience with content that can often be aggressive.
science).
Television is part of the various modes of education, offering cultural content.
broad and educational orientation to parents and scientists, but it has the disadvantage of a limited
immediate motivation and it does not work in learners lacking study habits (Jiménez and
Moreno; 1997)
It is important to underline that television by itself does not teach anything, but rather acts more like
strengthening trends and supplementing shortcomings that act as a source of changes in attitudes and
behaviors. And the social, family, and economic context in which they are immersed
the young viewers, the decisive factor when assessing the effects of exposure in front of the
television (Ministry of Education and Science).
Research Objectives
Get a guide to choosing television programs that have a cultural and/or educational contribution.
To seek the improvement of quality in television programs so that children receive
appropriate information and reduce the risk of receiving data information that affects your
personal and social development.
Hypothesis
The information that children receive from television has a great influence on their
behavior, since they accept the behaviors acquired through this means
Methodology
To carry out the development of this research, it is necessary to resort to research.
bibliographic both in books, internet articles, magazines and newspapers, and field research, appealing to the
observation, the interview and survey directed mainly at children with exposure would say to the
television for more than 5 hours, using the snowball method as a detection medium.
Research questions
What impact do television programs have on formal education?
How can television be used to support formal education and not?
Does it hinder learning?
Why do children spend a lot of time in front of the television?
Variables to be used
Both objective and subjective variables will be used, such as:
Hours that children are exposed to television daily
School results
Changes in character
Degree of distraction
Preliminary outline
Introduction
I. Television: Friend or Enemy of Education?
The impact of television on children.
b. Television as educational support.
II. Regularly broadcast programs.
c. Characteristics of television programs
d. Infants and their degree of vulnerability to the messages broadcasted by television.
III. Television, a support in the education of children.
e. Television information guide.
Conclusions