If you have a spare couple of minutes and you are feeling mischievous then you can quite easily stir up a hornet’s nest by Tweeting about education’s sacred cow – homework. People have strong opinions on this and they do not hold back...
We have a difficult relationship with homework. Teachers, parents and students all have a view on its effectiveness and those views are often highly charged and pull in different directions (Hallam, 2006).
Some say it is a harmful practice that sabotages family life (and it does). Homework is a parental ball and chain that often leads to meltdowns, tears and slammed doors. It can create anxiety, limit learning, overburden and disengage overloaded pupils and can have a negative impact on wellbeing (Kralovec & Buell, 2000). Alfie Kohn (2006) in The Homework Myth thinks schools should set their default policy to “no homework”.
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