I have taught second grade for the past few years. Every year I either make homework less in amount, fewer in days, more repetitive in format (more predictiable) which only requires the parents to grab a sheet and get the kid to work. I have found that written directions for an assignment at home where the parents have to lead the child to make or create something (even very quick ones) is ignored or overlooked. I hear excuses: they do homework at the day care center and they (either the kid or the daycare worker) forgot to tell me that it was not finished, kid lost their homework sheet, they were at their Dad's or Mom's (in the case of divorced/ seperated). Homework seems to be a nussiance, if not a very low priority for many people. What will the role of homework be in the next few years, and more importantly what do parents want?
2007-01-04
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