Over 200 Teachers and educators have taken the National Educator Survey on Children’s Television Viewing and the Classroom.

Here at the Smart Television Alliance we consistently receive anecdotal evidence from teachers about how inappropriate, indecent, and violent programming or too much television viewing by children plays out negatively in the classroom. We called on educators across the nation to share their views on this critical issue and they have.

We’ve had many insightful responses here are just few:

“Children are great observers but poor interpreters.  Television shows them things about the world that directly impacts their worldview.  They are unable to discern right from wrong, appropriate from inappropriate ways of being.”
“I can tell who watches the wrestling shows within a day of getting a new class.  I can tell what type of shows they are watching by their language.”

The National Educator Survey on Children’s Television Viewing and the Classroom is designed to evaluate the impact that children’s television viewing has on the classroom from an educator’s perspective.

If you are a teacher or educator we ask you to take the survey.  If you’re not a teacher please forward it to one you know!  In a few weeks the Smart Television Alliance will publish a report that will highlight the fantastic feedback we received from teacher all over the country.

http://www.smarttelevisionalliance.org/site/PageNavigator/Alliance%20Site%20Get%20Involved/teacher_survey

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