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Toward an analysis of the educational value of film and television

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Kathleen Collins's From Rabbit Ears to the Rabbit Hole: A Life with Television is an adamantly subjective account of the writer's belief in TV's psychological, social, and cultural value.

While debates in psychological and sociological research on the effects of television–from Sesame Street to Dexter –continue, Collins offers a personal account of television's meaning in her life.

In our era of streaming, binge-watching, and pandemic viewing, her account offers a lively, consoling take on the pleasures and lessons of television.

Much research on TV offers statistical data for its effects, ranging from social ills, cultural benefits, psychological damage, and personal growth. The literature is voluminous, including research suggesting that, in the right circumstances, the TV may invite viewers to "undertake serious dialogue about personal intimacy ," particularly among black South African families (Ndlovu); that children who seek "prosocial" content on TV improve their social relations (Mares and Woodard); that violent TV increases stress and tension (Jahangir and Nawaz); and that Sesame Street may reduce gender stereotypes in children (Weisgram). The sheer amount of literature on Sesame Street 's impact on children–from understanding race to learning the basics of reading and math–is so vast it would require a dissertation to survey it. In fact, much of the research on television's effects focuses on children.

But Collins offers a personal take on Sesame Street in her development that also happens to mirror the data pretty accurately. She "learned to count to twenty in Spanish through Sesame Street and was introduced to diversity and creativity and the hippest entertainers." She credits Mr. Rogers with "sparking my imagination " and "instilling a base of self-esteem that really can, in part, be traced back to him." She even finds the seeds of her television career : "The genre of workplace comedies was where I likely began to imagine how might adult life might look." (Spoiler: She became a librarian.)

In a study about the benefits and limits of children's television viewing, Anderson et al. (2012) offered some conclusions that resonate with Collins's narrative. For TV to be valuable for children's education , they must "pay attention " with repeated viewing of particular shows–to watch, in a sense, metacognitively; they must comprehend what they watch, and they must "transfer" what they learn from the screen to life.

Collins documents her "consistent desire to talk smartly with smart people about TV." Her book fulfills the desires, showing, as it does, that "regardless of era or content, for anyone who watched TV throughout a lifetime, it has to be given some credit for shaping that life."

In other words, Collins paid attention; she watched a lot of TV! She comprehended what she watched and transferred it to her own life. For example, she credits shows like That Girl, The Mary Tyler Show , and, later, Murphy Brown with shaping her feminist perspective (and that of many of her generation). These same shows, along with Ally McBeal and others, helped her dream about the urban lifestyle she now lives). Absolutely Fabulous enlarged her sensibility–and fine-tuned her sense of humor .

Collins finds more difficult lessons in the saga of the O.J. Simpson trial (originally televised and more recently the subject of a high-profile documentary and serial narrative):

When you heard the Simpson verdict had the power to tell you far more about yourself and your cultural biases and assumptions than you ever wanted to know. I don't think I need to elaborate much more than to confess that I learned in the span of ten seconds that I'd been living under a rock until age thirty and that outrage and shame can exist simultaneously in the same dyspeptic gut.

Relatively recent TV shows like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend or Nurse Jackie

... boldly address formerly taboo subjects, especially daring for sitcoms, and they are entertaining, well-written, destigmatizing, and empathy boosting. And the pleasure I experience while watching them flood my bloodstream with serotonin, which makes me happier and therefore likely kinder and potentially adding more goodness to the world.

In her quest to "talk smartly to smart people" about TV, Collins documents TV's capacity to create social bonds in families and communities. She tells the story of a family that has "established an enforced TV-watching period. They watch together "as a corrective to antisocial bingeing and phone watching." (Recall the research on TV and interpersonal intimacy among Black South African families?)

She offers a highly entertaining account of a newsletter devoted to Beverly Hills 90210 that she and a group of colleagues published during the 1990s. She tells the simple story of bonding with a stranger in a cafe over his forgetting the name of a minor character on The Brady Bunch : "I found it galvanizing and profound that a TV show brought us together for a brief, cheerful moment of shared experience."

For Collins, "TV is fundamentally pleasurable." In her words, "I have relatively only lately recognized the physical and psychological value of pleasure and appreciate that TV has provided that for me all these years."

But reading her memoir is to be in the presence of a playful narrator with a sense of humor about her so-called "obsession" with television–an obsession that happens to mirror much of the research on the subject. In fact, what she's documenting is a lifetime metacognitive, prosocial affair with TV.

Anderson, Daniel R, Heather Lavigne, and Katherine Hanson. "The educational impact of television: Understanding Television's Potential And Limitations." The International Companion to Media Studies. New York: Blackwell (December 2012).

Ndlovu, Thabisani. "Fixing Families Through Television?" Cultural Studies, (Vol. 27, No. 3): 379 403.

Weisgram, Erica S. "Reducing Gender Stereotypes in Toys and Play for Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder Kids." American Journal of Play, (Vol. 12, No. 1): 74-88.

Farhana, Syeda and Jahangir and Nazia Nawaz. "Effects of Media (Television) on Mental Health." FWU Journal of Social Sciences , (Summer 2014, Vol.8, No.1): 97-107.

Mares, Marie Louise and Emory Woodard. "Positive Effects of Television on Children’s Social Interactions: A Meta-Analysis." Media Psychology (Vol. 7): 301–322.

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Full text of President Obama's speech on the importance of education

• Published: Sep. 08, 2009, 7:07 p.m.

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(Editor's note: Here are prepared remarks that President Barack Obama delivered Tuesday at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia.)

Hello everyone - how's everybody doing today? I'm here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I'm glad you all could join us today.

I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your first day in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now, with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could've stayed in bed just a little longer this morning.I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mother didn't have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday - at 4:30 in the morning.

Now I wasn't too happy about getting up that early. A lot of times, I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster."

So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I'm here because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year. Now I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked a lot about responsibility.

I've talked about your teachers' responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn.

I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox.

I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren't working where students aren't getting the opportunities they deserve.

But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world - and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.

And that's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.

Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.

Maybe you could be a good writer - maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper - but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor - maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine - but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.

And no matter what you want to do with your life - I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can't drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to work for it and train for it and learn for it.

And this isn't just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.

You'll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You'll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You'll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.

We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don't do that - if you quit on school - you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country.

Now I know it's not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.

I get it. I know what that's like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mother who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us things the other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn't fit in.

So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been. I did some things I'm not proud of, and got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.

But I was fortunate. I got a lot of second chances and had the opportunity to go to college, and law school, and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn't have much. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.

Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job, and there's not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right.

But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life - what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home - that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That's no excuse for not trying.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.

That's what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.

Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn't speak English when she first started school. Hardly anyone in her hometown went to college, and neither of her parents had gone either. But she worked hard, earned good grades, got a scholarship to Brown University, and is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being Dr. Jazmin Perez.

I'm thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who's fought brain cancer since he was three. He's endured all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer - hundreds of extra hours - to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind, and he's headed to college this fall.

And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods, she managed to get a job at a local health center; start a program to keep young people out of gangs; and she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.

Jazmin, Andoni and Shantell aren't any different from any of you. They faced challenges in their lives just like you do. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their education and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.

That's why today, I'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education - and to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book. Maybe you'll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you'll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all kids deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you'll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, I hope you'll all wash your hands a lot, and stay home from school when you don't feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.

Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it. I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you're not going to be any of those things. But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. You won't click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.

That's OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

These people succeeded because they understand that you can't let your failures define you - you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get in trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to behave. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.

No one's born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. It's the same with your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right, or read something a few times before you understand it, or do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in.

Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new. So find an adult you trust - a parent, grandparent or teacher; a coach or counselor - and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.

And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you - don't ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.

The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.

It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and found this nation. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.

So today, I want to ask you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country?

Your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I'm working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn. But you've got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don't let us down - don't let your family or your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.

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519 Words Essay on educational value of television

Television has become an important part of our daily life. It has both advantages as well as disadvantages. Television is not only a source of entertainment and advertisements but also an impressive teaching aid of education.

Its educational importance can not be underestimated. It is becoming popular in schools. Its audio-visual quality makes education programmes more effective and interesting. Hence schools are making full use of its potential for importing education. Most of the schools in Delhi have television sets.

A lesson in the class-room is often boring. It does not appeal most of the students. So they do not attend to it. To create interest in lessons television is a good source. In subjects like science and geography, there are many things which can be shown on television.

The demonstration of the real things is sure to have a lasting impression on the minds of the students, rather than merely telling them or teaching them about those things. Likewise scientific experiments can be demonstrated on the television for benefit of the students. Even the dullest student will understand something and has a smile on his/her face. His/her smiling face shows that his / she is not wasting time but learning something.

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The celebration of Independence Day and Republic Day are televised, which contains much educational value. The students get grand opportunity to watch various programmes related with the importance of these historical days.

They also get the opportunity to listen to the speeches of our Prime Minister and President. The actual scene along with the particular gesture of our leaders will be remembered more vividly by the students.

Selected teaching programmes are broadcasting time to time. In addition, there are special programmes dealing with cooking, knitting, stitching, decorationg etc. on television. These programmes are of great value for the girl students.

These are the serials based on the Ramayan and Mahabharat-the great epics of India. The young generations watches them with great curiosity and get knowledge of their country’s culture and civilisation.

There are various types of quiz-programmes shown on the T.V. which provide extra knowledge to the students. The students’ general awareness increases. Not only this they also learn the art of speaking by watching these valuable programmes.

Thus television is the most wonderful invention of mankind. It is a blessing in diguise. One can hear as well as watch the live programmes taking place at far off places. It has made education easy and efficient.

The various educational programmes not only impart education but also entertain the students. Even the weak students learn easily the lesson which otherwise seem to them difficult in classroom.

On the whole television is a big source of education. Now it is up to our discretion whether we are making good uses of T.V. or we are wasting our time in watching those programmes which are not mean for us the students.

The western civilization has invaded the Indian culture. Nudity, obscenity and violence put a lasting and degenerating effect on young mind. The students should avoid them. Only educative programmes and a few good serials should be viewed by them.

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Value of Education Speech for Students and Children

Value of education speech.

Good Evening, Ladies and gentlemen. I am here before you today to present the Value of Education speech. Education is the basic human right. The value of education is very essential for the exercise of all other human rights. It provides freedom and empowerment to all individuals. Education is the most powerful tool by which economically and socially backward adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty line. It is the foundation of our society. Education helps to stimulate our minds and mold curious minds into intellectuals. Education takes the intellect to the next level. It provides a deeper understanding of the world around us. It forms the very essence of our actions.

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Our behavior, our perception is what we have learned, either through instructions or through observation. Education is a ladder that can carry us to high limits. Without education, without knowledge, you cannot contribute to the world or earn money. Knowledge is power.

The value of education helps you know what you can do, and so you can go that extra mile. The value of education is much higher than we can express in words. It helps to remove dirt from our mind, doubts and fears what could lead us in backsteps. It helps to makes us happy and successful and makes us better human beings. The light of education removes the darkness, and suddenly we find how beautiful this world is.

Types of Education

We can divide the education system into 3 types; formal, informal and non-formal education. What we learn from school, colleges or universities gives us formal education. Informal education can be earned throughout our life. It doesn’t follow any specific syllabus or time table.

Learning informal education is endless and we continue to learn it as our lives go on. Non-formal education is often used interchangeably with terms such as community education, adult education, continuing education, and second-chance education.

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Importance of Education in Life

Reading, writing, and understanding is the first value that we receive from Education. Most information is done by writing. Without writing skill we will miss out on a lot of information. Consequently, Education makes people literate. Above all, Education is extremely important for employment. Proper education gives us a great opportunity to make a decent living.

We understood the values of education when we see people with a high paying job. Uneducated people have a huge disadvantage when it comes to jobs due to a lack of education. Better Communication is yet another role in Education. It enhances and improves the speech of a person. Educated individuals can express their views efficiently and in a clear manner.

Importance of Education in Society

The values of Education lies in spreading knowledge in society. Spreading of knowledge creates our environment and this is perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of Education. Education brings in the development and innovation in fields of technology, medicine, lifestyle, etc.

The more the proper education we get, the more technology will spread. Apart from this the value of education plays a very crucial role in securing a country’s economic and social progress and improving people’s income distribution.

The value of Education is the most important ingredient to change the world. It helps us to gain knowledge and that knowledge can be used to make a better living. Most importantly the value of education is something that can never be destroyed by any type of natural or manmade disaster. It plays an important role in an individual’s life. Education is the path for the development of society and the overall development of the Nation also.

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