The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738211117 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Americans in general advocate a tough-going approach to education and push teachers to give more drudgery nightly as a way of "building character." Yet Kohn shows that doing forced busywork only turns kids off to school and kills intellectual and creative curiosity. The American insistence on producing good worker bees "by sheer force or cleverness," notes Kohn, "reflects a stunning ignorance about how human beings function in the real world." Kohn pursues six reasons why homework is still so widely ac
So why do we continue to administer this modern cod liver oil-or even demand a larger dose? Kohn’s incisive analysis reveals how a set of misconceptions about learning and a misguided focus on competitiveness has left our kids with less free time, and our families with more conflict. Pointing to stories of parents who have fought back-and schools that have proved educational excellence is possible without homework-Kohn demonstrates how we can rethink what happens during and after school in order to rescue our families and our children’s love of learning.
"Takes the myth out of the homework question" according to David Jeffrey. Alfie Kohn does extensive review of the research performed throughout the 2oth century regarding the effectiveness of homework and makes a very viable argument that it has very little value, especially for elementary school children. He also points out the negative aspects of homework: the drain on free time and play, suppression of the natural love of learning in children and the trumping of innate creativity. My favorite part: Alfie points out that proponents of homework believe that if children weren't doing homework they'd be getting into troub. Mildred Diaz Montijo said Five Stars. Excelent!!. Nothing but 5 Stars! Amazing condition.