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Rua Sésamo (series)
''Sesame Street'' international co-productions are adaptations of the American educational children's television series ''Sesame Street'' but tailored to the countries in which they are produced. Shortly after the debut of ''Sesame Street'' in the United States in 1969, television producers, teachers, and officials of several countries approached the show's producers and the executives of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), renamed Sesame Workshop (SW) in 2000, about the possibility of airing international versions of ''Sesame Street''. Creator Joan Ganz Cooney hired former CBS executive Michael Dann to field offers to produce versions of the show in other countries. The producers of these shows developed them using a variant on the CTW model, a flexible model of production based upon the experiences of the creators and producers of the American show. The model consisted of the combination of producers and researchers working together on the show, the development of a unique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Television
Educational television or learning television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that are often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel providers. There are also adult education programs for an older audience; many of these are instructional television or "telecourse" services that can be taken for college credit, such as the Open University programs on BBC television in the UK. Many children's television series are educational, ranging from dedicated learning programs to those that indirectly teach the viewers. Some series are written to have a specific moral behind every episode, often explained at the end by the character that learned the lesson. In the social aspects of television, several studies have found that educational television has many advantages. The Media Awareness Network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
