Reclaiming the Wasteland: TV & Gifted Children

ISBN-10: 1572730145
ISBN-13: 9781572730144
Category: Psychology / Developmental / Child
Pages: 233
Language: English
Published: 1995
Publisher: Hampton Press
Author: Robert Abelman

Description

Reading Reclaiming the Wasteland will give parents and teachers a greater awareness of their children's televiewing and offer a prescription for how to neutralize or avoid the more negative outcomes and maximize or accentuate the more positive ones. This book is based on the belief that television viewing need not be a dysfunctional or mindless activity for gifted kids; it can and should be enriching, mind-expanding, instructional, and fun ... if used correctly.

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