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From Screen To School: Applications Of Children's Relationships With Film Characters To Elementary Curriculum Design, Rebecca Gayle Liss
From Screen To School: Applications Of Children's Relationships With Film Characters To Elementary Curriculum Design, Rebecca Gayle Liss
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Children have access to popular media characters virtually everywhere in their daily lives except within a school setting. With familiar animated faces on packages of food, art supplies, shoes, clothing, etcetera, children develop relationships with characters and view them as socially relevant. Given the struggling education system in the United States and the knowledge that social relevancy contributes to bettering academic engagement and achievement, this study examined how the relationship between children and media characters can be used in elementary curriculum design to potentially decrease cognitive load. This two-phased study began with semi-structured in-depth interviews with 8-11 year old children …