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Analysis on the Enlightenment Effect of Sesame Street on Children's Personality Exploration and Self-identity
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Abstract
In recent years, with the progress of social economy and the development of education, children's mental health has increasingly become the focus of attention. As an important medium of children's education, TV programs are very popular with children, and have a profound significance in the shaping of children's health. American television program Sesame Street as a popular children's program, from the plot content, role setting, theme selection, present form, etc., conforms to the preschool children’s acceptance preferences, and successfully utilizes the medium for the key period of children’s mental development, accurately grasps the mental health characteristics of preschool children’s love of imitation. The program plays a good enlightening role in guiding children to discover their own personality and construct the self identity. The concept of "personality exploration and self-identity" is related to "self". In the pursuit of personality and self-positioning, children are guided to establish self-awareness, cultivate self-management ability and self-respect feelings. This paper mainly analyzes the enlightenment effect of Sesame Street on children's personality exploration and self-identity. The program promotes children to establish confidence, form self-identity, constitute the supporting conditions of mental health, for children to lay a solid foundation, and promote the formation of children's mental health and sound personality. At the same time, as a successful TV program that is deeply loved by children and has the significance of health education, it provides examples and references for creating more high-quality children's TV programs.
Keywords
Sesame Street, children's personality, self-identity, enlightenment education.
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Wang,M. (2024). Analysis on the Enlightenment Effect of Sesame Street on Children's Personality Exploration and Self-identity. Communications in Humanities Research,47,134-139.
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