ERIC - EJ792320 - Down with Homework, Instructor, 2006-Aug.
The Homework Myth — Alfie Kohn. Alfie Kohn says that homework is worthless. According to his book, there is no evidence that typical homework is beneficial in any way for junior schoolkids, and minimal evidence that it’s worthwhile for any students at all. In fact, there is evidence that it can be harmful to the kids’ attitudes to learning and stress levels. Homework also has opportunity.
Alfie Kohn has a lot of unique beliefs in regards to classroom management. Kohn does not believe in homework or tests. He believes that students should learn from their interests and doesn't believe in a curriculum. Kohn is a believer in strong classroom community. A strong classroom community includes a teacher's respect for the students, the teacher helping students connect with each other.
The Homework Myth by Alfie Kohn. So, maybe it's like this. You hated homework as a kid. You hate making your kids do their homework. They hate doing it. When they don't have homework, you're as happy as they are, maybe happier, because for one blessed evening you don't have to argue about it and watch them stretch a 15-minute assignment into a 45-minute tear-studded marathon. But. You don't.
The predictable results: stress and conflict, frustration and exhaustion. Parents respond by reassuring themselves that at least the benefits outweigh the costs. But what if they don't? In The Homework Myth, nationally known educator and parenting expert Alfie Kohn systematically examines the usual defenses of homework--tha.
Down With Homework! By Alfie Kohn Do bulging backpacks mean learning? With his new book, The Homework Myth, expert Alfie Kohn says no. Here's why. Taking homework for granted would be understandable if most teachers decided from time to time that a certain lesson really needed to continue after school was over and, therefore, assigned students to read, write, figure out, or do something at.
Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behaviour, education, and parenting. The author of eleven books and scores of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations.
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