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RE: Homework to improve learning or safeguard jobs of teachers & school management?
This was an interesting post to read. To some degree, I feel like the opposite has happened. I agree with you though that an excessive amount of homework is detrimental to the students. The opposite of which I referred to is not enough homework. In many schools homework is not assigned, but is taken home only if the student didn't finish it during the school day like the other students. Unfortunately many of the students who are not able to finish during school, don't have the support at home to get it finished there either. It ends up becoming a viscious cycle and struggle for those students. Thanks for this post!
Those teachers are the one to blame. That’s definitely school work not homework. Students are supposed to receive guidance at school to complete school assignments. Guidance in written form should be extended to “homework”.
I am actually a fan of flipped instruction though not many teachers use it in the district where I work.
Those students needing to do 'homework' are probably falling behind, to help them finish at home, they need explicit hints than other students who were able to wrap up all work at school.
Written instructions are explicit and can be effective in helping them catch up. This is probably something related to student-centred learning (I guess?) where learning/teaching can be slightly customised to fit students at different levels. Less capable students are not left behind.