How the Covid-19 shutdown revealed the effectiveness of a northern Nigerian educational media program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21190858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dina L G Borzekowski (0000-0002-6842-2571, University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), Lauren E Kauffman (0000-0003-0334-8443, University of Maryland, College Park), Lauren Jacobs (0000-0003-1770-2861, University of Maryland, College Park), Mamun Jahun (Baba Azimi Foundation, Kano, Nigeria), Hadiza Babayaro (Baba Azimi Foundation, Kano, Nigeria) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 373-388 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Children and Media (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-2798 • E-ISSN: 1748-2801 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17482798.2023.2222187 |
| OpenAlex | W4381337833 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
A team of researchers were investigating the impact of a Nigerian adaptation of Akili and Me when the COVID−19 pandemic struck. Schools shut down, interrupting the study’s quasi-experimental intervention design. Post-school reopening, researchers recontacted 363 children (mean age = 5.1, SD = 1.1 years) who had provided data at baseline and had completed the intervention. The analyses revealed that during the shutdown, participating children watched Akili and Me, beyond the exposure experienced through the study intervention. Across viewing groups and including the control group, researchers found the children knew the program’s characters using a program receptivity score. The researchers found no differences associated with study’s initial group assignments. Those children who could name more Akili and Me characters performed significantly better on the outcomes of literacy, numeracy, shape, socio-emotional development, controlling for sex, age, baseline score, and group assignment. This study offers promising evidence that locally-produced educational media interventions can impact early learning skills, especially during a crisis when children rely on educational media for home learning
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Nuclear engineering · Pandemic · Shut down · Shutdown · Child Development and Digital Technology · Engineering · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Virology
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Effects of Sesame Street
Defining Identification
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |