"Barney and Friends" [electronic resource] : An Evaluation of the Literacy Learning Environment Created by the TV Series for Children / Guofang Wan.

This study involved a content analysis of 25 episodes of "Barney and Friends," a popular children's television series by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The study examined the literacy elements of "Barney and Friends" through the perspectives of emergent literacy theor...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Wan, Guofang
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000nam a22000002u 4500
001 b6426896
003 CoU
005 20080220161149.3
006 m d f
007 cr un
008 000221s2000 xx |||| ot ||| | eng d
035 |a (ERIC)ed438900 
040 |a ericd  |c ericd  |d MvI 
099 |f ERIC DOC #  |a ED438900 
099 |f ERIC DOC #  |a ED438900 
100 1 |a Wan, Guofang. 
245 1 1 |a "Barney and Friends"  |h [electronic resource] :  |b An Evaluation of the Literacy Learning Environment Created by the TV Series for Children /  |c Guofang Wan. 
260 |a [S.l.] :  |b Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,  |c 2000. 
300 |a 23 p. 
500 |a ERIC Document Number: ED438900. 
500 |a ERIC Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 19-23, 1999).  |5 ericd. 
520 |a This study involved a content analysis of 25 episodes of "Barney and Friends," a popular children's television series by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The study examined the literacy elements of "Barney and Friends" through the perspectives of emergent literacy theories. The purposes of the study were: (1) to find out what opportunities for literacy learning are offered by "Barney and Friends"; and (2) to evaluate how literacy messages conveyed by the show reflect current understanding of the process of becoming literate. Four dimensions of the show were examined as part of the content analysis: physical setting, reading activities, writing activities, and listening and speaking activities. Findings showed that, in general, "Barney and Friends" provided children with rich literacy learning experiences. In particular, the show provided children many listening and speaking opportunities, such as storytelling, dramatization, and singing along to nursery rhymes. The study suggests that the show would benefit from more reading aloud, writing activities, and attention to environmental prints displayed during an episode. (Contains 13 references.) (EV) 
650 1 7 |a Childrens Television.  |2 ericd. 
650 1 7 |a Content Analysis.  |2 ericd. 
650 0 7 |a Educational Television.  |2 ericd. 
650 1 7 |a Emergent Literacy.  |2 ericd. 
650 1 7 |a Television Research.  |2 ericd. 
856 4 0 |u http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED438900.pdf  |z Full Text (via ERIC) 
907 |a .b64268962  |b 11-10-22  |c 10-16-10 
998 |a web  |b 10-25-12  |c f  |d m   |e -  |f eng  |g xx   |h 0  |i 1 
956 |a ERIC 
999 f f |i d5a6128f-0a3d-56e7-9a20-c2278e170bce  |s f30b5ebe-390c-5df8-9ec5-b765b0399d72 
952 f f |p Can circulate  |a University of Colorado Boulder  |b Online  |c Online  |d Online  |e ED438900  |h Other scheme  |i web  |n 1