Some people believe that children can learn effectively by watching TV and they should be encouraged to watch TV both at home and school. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is believed that children can learn productively
by
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from
watching television and they be stimulated to watch
tv
at home and school. In my opinion, watching
TV
can benefit the learning process,
however
, I disagree that children be motivated to watch
TV
both at home and school. I shall put forth my arguments to support my views. There is no doubt that
TV
can be a powerful tool of delivering information and a nice part
of
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Of
learning process. Being an audiovisual medium more effective result can be achieved.
information
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Information
seen on a screen can stay longer in the minds of children. There is something that can be easily taught by visual illustrations. Even boring subjects like history can be made interesting with the help of
TV
.
However
, if
TV
is used as an educational
tool
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tool, then
then
a strict monitoring needed as what children watch on
TV
. All those talk shows and soap operas we can see every day are a complete waste of time and even can have negative effects by distracting
children
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Children
from their studies.
Moreover
, the most of so-called educational programs like National Geographic cannot replace books and academic lectures because they tend to
entertain
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Entertain
people and do not have an aim to give deep and concentrated knowledge. It is highly unlikely that
TV
channel directors would abandon their profits and change talk shows to lectures and video lessons.
Furthermore
, if children watch
TV
in school
also
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also, then
then
their interaction with the teacher would be limited. Teachers teach a lot of things apart from academics. They can come down to the level of the student and can
also
stimulate children to learn. What is more, children would read less when they learn everything from
TV
. Reading is an active activity as compared to
TV
which is a passive activity. So, it would be detrimental to the holistic development of children. To conclude,
although
TV
is a very good educational medium, it should be used within limits and whatever children learn from
TV
should
also
be carefully monitored by parents and teachers.
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