The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning - Couverture souple

Kralovec, Etta; Buell, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807042196 ISBN 13 : 9780807042199

Editeur : Beacon Press, 2001

Synopsis

Etta Kralovec and John Buell are educators who dared to challenge one of the most widely accepted practices in American schools. Their provocative argument first published in this book, featured in Time and Newsweek, in numerous women's magazines, on national radio and network television broadcasts, was the first openly to challenge the gospel of "the more homework the better."

Consider:
* In 1901, homework was legally banned in parts of the U.S. There are no studies showing that assigning homework before junior high school improves academic achievement.
* Increasingly, students and their parents are told that homework must take precedence over music lessons, religious education, and family and community activities. As the homework load increases (and studies show it is increasing) these family priorities are neglected.
* Homework is a great discriminator, effectively allowing students whose families "have" to surge ahead of their classmates who may have less.
* Backpacks are literally bone-crushing, sometimes weighing as much as the child. Isn't it obvious we're overburdening our kids?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Etta Kralovec, a recent Fulbright Fellow, took her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. She was a high school teacher for over twelve years and professor of education and director of teacher education at the College of the Atlantic for eleven years.

John Buell, author of Democracy by Other Means and Sustainable Democracy, took his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts. He has taught at the College of the Atlantic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beacon Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807042196
• ISBN 13: 9780807042199
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 132
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• Personne responsable: non disponible