Television: The Far–Reaching But Short–Sighted Teacher
Ron Slaby
Monday, 11 Feb 1985 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Dr. Ronald Slaby is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and is involved in the Department's Center for Research in Children's Television. He has written on the developing child, effects of television on infants, sex-role development, and co-authored Social Development in Young Children.Part of the National Affairs Series: Growing Up in America.
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