Education

[Cyril Haearn]

Remember Malala?

[reohn2]

....... I was once ever so young and did tend to be elsewhere than doing me homework or writing an essay....... .

I've always seen homework as a preperation for getting people in a mindset that they'll need to work at home without pay later in life,which is something that should be outlawed.
As if children and teenagers don't do enough work at school.

[Carlton green]

....... I was once ever so young and did tend to be elsewhere than doing me homework or writing an essay....... .

I've always seen homework as a preperation for getting people in a mindset that they'll need to work at home without pay later in life,which is something that should be outlawed.
As if children and teenagers don't do enough work at school.

Not so sure about that take on things. It’s just my experience but what’s learned in the classroom does need to be digested away from it and preparation for lessons has made them more successful for me. I don’t believe in burdening child or adult learners with homework, but in moderation it does make a positive difference to academic success. Surely preparation and revision are part of the learning process.

[reohn2]

....... I was once ever so young and did tend to be elsewhere than doing me homework or writing an essay....... .

I've always seen homework as a preperation for getting people in a mindset that they'll need to work at home without pay later in life,which is something that should be outlawed.
As if children and teenagers don't do enough work at school.

Not so sure about that take on things. It’s just my experience but what’s learned in the classroom does need to be digested away from it and preparation for lessons has made them more successful for me. I don’t believe in burdening child or adult learners with homework, but in moderation it does make a positive difference to academic success. Surely preparation and revision are part of the learning process.

I just think it's training kids up to work longer hours.

[pwa]

I just think it's training kids up to work longer hours.

Schools are trying to turn children into independent learners who can work on their own. They are also trying to get the kids through much more material than they can possibly do in school time. This all means homework. And of course homework generates yet more work for teachers, so they don't set it without good reason.

[reohn2]

I just think it's training kids up to work longer hours.

Schools are trying to turn children into independent learners who can work on their own. They are also trying to get the kids through much more material than they can possibly do in school time. This all means homework. And of course homework generates yet more work for teachers, so they don't set it without good reason.

What youre telling me is that there is either there's not enough school hours or enough necessary learning can't be packed into a school day/week/term,so that being the case need to work at home.
IMO there's something qrong with that model.

[Carlton green]

I just think it's training kids up to work longer hours.

Schools are trying to turn children into independent learners who can work on their own. They are also trying to get the kids through much more material than they can possibly do in school time. This all means homework. And of course homework generates yet more work for teachers, so they don't set it without good reason.

What youre telling me is that there is either there's not enough school hours or enough necessary learning can't be packed into a school day/week/term,so that being the case need to work at home.
IMO there's something qrong with that model.

If that is what you have heard then I believe that you are mistaken. I see no evidence that it’s about getting kids used to working longer hours. I mentioned further back in the thread that I don’t like excessive homework, but part of the learning process is independently doing things and consolidating information given in lessons.

As a parent I’ve notice that homework is often not done well, is done late and is done in a break time. Focusing children isn’t easy, and they need play time too, but when focusing is done in a sympathetic and caring way it’s a part of lovingly developing your child. When my children left school they were amazed at just how hard University was and when they left University they were amazed that employed work was harder again.

[Mike Sales]

I used to do my homework on the school bus. Only the reading!

[pwa]

I just think it's training kids up to work longer hours.

Schools are trying to turn children into independent learners who can work on their own. They are also trying to get the kids through much more material than they can possibly do in school time. This all means homework. And of course homework generates yet more work for teachers, so they don't set it without good reason.

What youre telling me is that there is either there's not enough school hours or enough necessary learning can't be packed into a school day/week/term,so that being the case need to work at home.
IMO there's something qrong with that model.

Well if you want kids to keep up with kids in other nations, that's what it takes. And they won't be much use when they go to Uni if they aren't in the habit of home study.

[Carlton green]

Well if you want kids to keep up with kids in other nations, that's what it takes.

And they won't be much use when they go to Uni if they aren't in the habit of home study.

Personally I think that as a Nation we need to both accept that others will overtake us and balance quality of life with academia. Relentless focus on education and the profits produced from it is a race to the bottom, well that’s my perspective. However, I’m also a strong believer in the value of education, a rounded and well informed person is best placed to support them selves and their family and to live a happy life.

Outside of school, and to some extent even in the 6th form, the ability to study at home (ie. outside of the classroom) is a very necessary skill.

[reohn2]

We'll have to agree to differ.

[pwa]

For anyone who doesn't know, there are specified target hours that a child is meant to use for homework, and schools are meant to provide work for those hours. Teachers who don't set the required amount of homework get an easier life, but they are deemed by school inspectors to be failing the child. A teacher found to be not supplying and marking enough high quality homework will be labelled "unsatisfactory" in an inspection, and the school's rating will suffer as a consequence.

[reohn2]

For anyone who doesn't know, there are specified target hours that a child is meant to use for homework, and schools are meant to provide work for those hours. Teachers who don't set the required amount of homework get an easier life, but they are deemed by school inspectors to be failing the child. A teacher found to be not supplying and marking enough high quality homework will be labelled "unsatisfactory" in an inspection, and the school's rating will suffer as a consequence.

What are those hours?
And why can't those hours not be incorporated into the school day?

[pwa]

For anyone who doesn't know, there are specified target hours that a child is meant to use for homework, and schools are meant to provide work for those hours. Teachers who don't set the required amount of homework get an easier life, but they are deemed by school inspectors to be failing the child. A teacher found to be not supplying and marking enough high quality homework will be labelled "unsatisfactory" in an inspection, and the school's rating will suffer as a consequence.

What are those hours?
And why can't those hours not be incorporated into the school day?

My missus may teach a child for an hour and a half in a week and set another hour's homework to take them on further. That is how kids learn all the stuff they are required to learn. The bit they do at home is meant to be without the distraction of having a class full of kids around them, and it is meant to help them learn to stand on their own two feet when they study. I don't know what the hours of homework are, but they are spelt out to parents when their kids move up to the big school.

While the kids are at home doing their homework my missus is at home doing hers, something she would not be able to do if she were still in school with a class in front of her.

[reohn2]

It's the system,it's flawed.