A study of the use of educational television in parent education

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Martha Gallimore Easter (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Irwin Sperry

Abstract: In this country, efforts to conduct various types of educational services for parents have been noted as far back as 1800. These educational services conducted in an effort to increase parental competencies nave been referred to as parent education. Auerbach said: Parent education is a general terra used to refer to a wide range of activities which make use of educational techniques to help parents develop sounder and more effective methods of child care.2 Brim has defined parent education as "an activity using educational techniques in order to affect change in parent role performance."3 For this study, parent education has been defined as programs for parents designed to increase their understanding of children and of their parental role.

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Publication
Thesis
Language: English
Date: 1962
Subjects
Television in education
Parenting $x Study and teaching

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