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Sylwester, Robert – 1997
This videotape explores the influence of electronic media on children's cognitive development. Posing the "cyberworld" as both a window to the greater world and a mirror to the students' world, the first part of the video examines electronic media and the brain's response systems. This part notes the brain's two response systems--the…
Descriptors: Brain, Children, Computers, Emotional Response
1997
The third of three interactive staff development units on discipline in early childhood classrooms, this multi-media pack explores a technique to help early childhood teachers discern what a child is trying to communicate through disruptive behavior, so they can resolve such behavior rather than just react to it. The 25-minute teaching videotape…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Childhood Needs
Download full textAgency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, IN. – 1987
This report describes the results of a field test of "Federalism", a program from "The U.S. Constitution", an instructional video program series for secondary school students developed by the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT) in association with Project '87. The participants of the preview are teachers and students in…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Federal Government, Field Tests, Instructional Films
Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, IN. – 1987
This research report describes the results of a field test of "South Asia: Nepal--Why are the Forests Disappearing?", a video program from "Global Geography", an instructional video series (available January 1988) for students in middle and junior high schools. The results from the teachers and students surveyed indicate…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Audiovisual Instruction, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
1997
The first of three interactive staff development units on discipline in early childhood classrooms, this multi-media pack explores how to evaluate the attitudes teachers take into the classroom, and how to "reframe" those attitudes so teachers can effectively manage--rather than try to eliminate--conflict. The 25-minute teaching videotape examines…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
1997
The second of three interactive staff development units on discipline in early childhood classrooms, this multi-media pack explores the importance of the relationship between the teacher and child to discipline. The 25-minute teaching videotape notes the need to build a relationship with a child by interacting at times other than when the child is…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Childhood Needs, Classroom Techniques
