Homework has been a staple in the education system for decades, with the belief that it helps

students reinforce their learning and develop important skills. However, recent research has shown
that homework may not be as beneficial as we once thought. In fact, the idea of homework may be
more of a myth than a reality.

According to education expert, Alfie Kohn, the idea that homework improves academic performance
is simply not supported by evidence. In fact, Kohn argues that homework can actually have negative
effects on students, such as causing stress and reducing their love for learning.

One of the main arguments against homework is that it takes away from important family time and
extracurricular activities. With the increasing pressure to excel academically, students are often left
with little time for hobbies, sports, and spending quality time with their families. This can lead to
burnout and a lack of balance in their lives.

Another issue with homework is that it often reinforces inequality. Students from low-income
families may not have the same resources and support at home to complete homework assignments,
putting them at a disadvantage compared to their more privileged peers.

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Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this
erosion of humanistic education. Many people can see how homework takes up so much of kids time,
destroys their natural motivation to learn and affects their mental health. Me: Just because we did it
doesn't make it good for students, especially since younger and younger students are being assigned
more and more work. I feel more empowers and justified in the education choices I will now make
for my children. One does wonder how one is to grade without homework however. We should do
more for our kids, and we should stop treating them like if they don't know anything at all! Is
learning regarded as a process that's active or passive. We should disccus about this subjects with our
schools and see what can be done. For young kids - parents should lead the way at home. Fast
forward to 2022, ETML became among the top EdTech blogs with over 7000 published blog posts. I
am on my fourth year of NO “graded” homework, homework for points, etc., and my students have
been great (I do assign readings, some simulations, and a few practice probs several times a week,
but - except for the readings - all else is optional). However, he fails to look at the same issues in the
research that opposes homework. Kohn's incisive analysis reveals how a mistrust of children, a set of
misconceptions about learning, and a misguided focus on competitiveness have all left our kids with
less free time and our families with more conflict. It includes honest reflection on what makes
ungrading challenging, and testimonials about what makes it transformative. He claims counter
studies are flawed becaue they're pass fail option. Like Comment Displaying 1 - 30 of 153 reviews
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what you're looking for. Teachers create intellectual environments that produce not only technically
competent students, but also caring, secure, actively literate human beings. What I did feel good
about was the section where Kohn describes how we should rethink homework. I am keenly aware
that students I work with get better grades on their homework than students whose parents don’t hire
a tutor. However, as a gifted student, she already understood the material and only ended up
frustrated at having to spend more and more of her spare time doing work she already knew. I’ve
been impressed with every book of his I’ve read, so I came to The Homework Myth: Why our kids
get too much of a bad thing with high expectations. As a parent, I'd prefer my kids had time to mess
about, play games, lie on the sofa creating maps to fantastic worlds from the cracks in the ceiling and
simply being kids. We miss out on so much and potentially cause damage if we only focus on giving
homework to kids and making them complete it instead of working with them, listening to them and
learning with them - not necessarily learning the same things, just that learning is a life-long journey,
sometimes we forget that parents and teachers are still learning too or at least we try to avoid letting
children see that. Every counterargument that someone mentioned in my conversations, Kohn
addresses. I thought it made its point way better than The Case Against Homework. 1 like Like
Comment Amy 35 reviews 2 followers June 15, 2015 This book really made me think about my
teaching. I meet with my child's teachers when such issues arise (fortunately not often) and I work
out a way to understand their (the teachers) homework goals and make them as pleasant as possible
for my child. Loading interface. About the author Alfie Kohn 39 books 490 followers Alfie Kohn
writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. We miss out on so much and
potentially cause damage if we only focus on giving homework to kids and making them complete it
instead of working with them, listening to them and learning with them - not necessarily learning the
same things, just that learning is a life-long journey, sometimes we forget that parents and teachers
are still learning too or at least we try to avoid letting children see that. Some people's argument in
this modern age is that if kids are not given homework (or made to do something adults deem
worthwhile, hard work, grind, setting up their future etc. Assessed? NO. Etc, etc, etc. Kohn's book is
a plea to consider these things and not only consider them but to really think about what good
education looks like and what we want the quality of our lives and our kids' lives to be.
Me: Actually, it isn't true that lots of other countries give a lot of homework. Children come into this
world burning to learn, equipped with the curiosity, playfulness, and sociability to direct their own
education. This one leans a little heavy on the elementary level, and I'm more concerned with
secondary. Surprisingly, many of these ideas remain unknown to most of us. Perhaps the assertion
that homework is 'practice for life' is a partial truth: It's really practice for a life spent working in
corporations. What I appreciated most about his book is that he doesn't take the argument that HW is
inherently bad and should be repudiated at all costs, but rather that everyone just assumes HW is a
fact of life and therefore it must have some redeemable quality. While I agree with some of the
substance Kohn presents against homework, I could not buy into it 100% due to his biased,
pretentious writing. 3 likes Like Comment Benedict 46 reviews 2 followers July 25, 2007 As a kid I
never understood why after 6 to 8 hours trying to sit still and absorb a constant one-way stream of
pre-dictated information I had to go home and do it all over again. Videos Help others learn more
about this product by uploading a video. If you don't read it and complain now, your child will lose
more and more of their free time as they get older. As it turns out, academic rigor, as measured by
student ability to do well on standardized tests or attain higher education is not affected by
homework. I have watched my daughter do homework from the time she was in kindergarten and
wondered at the point of it all. Kohn has been described by Time Magazine as “perhaps the country’s
most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades and test scores.” He has appeared twice on
“Oprah,” as well as on “The Today Show,” NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” and on many other TV and
radio programs. He spends much of his time speaking at education conferences, as well as to parent
groups, school faculties, and researchers. Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same
coin—and the coin doesn't buy much. It's widely assumed that parents are both permissive and
overprotective, unable to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. In fact, a sample of star teachers
from across the country found most don’t give any homework. Ale nemelo by - domaci ukoly velmi
vyrazne zasahuji do zivota deti a rodin, tim vic, cim jsou deti starsi. Indeed the test are often yoked
to grade-by-grade standards that explicitly say 'All nth graders will be able to... ' This is a dubious
proposition where n equals 10. So, she is doing more work in high school than would be expected in
college. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how
faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. In Ungrading,
15 educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. If you don't read it and complain
now, your child will lose more and more of their free time as they get older. I’ve been impressed with
every book of his I’ve read, so I came to The Homework Myth: Why our kids get too much of a bad
thing with high expectations. How much time students should be spending on HW? NO. However,
has doing hours of homework made any of us better students or more knowledgeable in the subjects
we are learning. One does wonder how one is to grade without homework however. To calculate the
overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Parents respond
by reassuring themselves that at least the benefits outweigh the costs. Parents respond by reassuring
themselves that at least the benefits outweigh the costs. He also critisizes his opponents use of
citiations, while flaunting his own out of text citations. Homework seems to leave little time for other
creative pursuits and seems to suck away intellectual curiosity from young burdened students.
If this is truly what the science shows, and it appears to be so (the book is fairly well referenced)
then it’s worth considering changing it. The resolution of this file is 500x500px and its file size is:
367.74 KB. This PNG image is filed under the tags. Pointing to parents who have fought back -- and
schools that have proved educational excellence is possible without homework -- Kohn shows how
we can rethink what happens during and after school in order to rescue our families and our
children's love of learning. Read more. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. That is,
families who don't drink milk with mom and dad after school while embroidering pillows praising
God and the government of yore. As a teacher, I'm not a fan mainly because I'm a parent. When I
switched to Nancy Atwell's reading and writing workshop, I didn't do that anymore. Pointing to
parents who have fought back -- and schools that have proved educational excellence is possible
without homework -- Kohn shows how we can rethink what happens during and after school in
order to rescue our families and our children's love of learning. Read more. First, he states that we
should reset the default so that homework isn't a given. It is engaging, informative, and exudes the
passion that drives him to write. Homework seems to leave little time for other creative pursuits and
seems to suck away intellectual curiosity from young burdened students. How much time students
should be spending on HW? NO. Today they outperform men in nearly every measure of social,
academic, and vocational well-being. Is it about wrestling with ideas or following directions. The
predictable results: stress and conflict, frustration and exhaustion. Motivation isn't the special sauce
that we require at the beginning of any major change. If you're particularly interested in homework
itself read this one, I don't remember the other two books going into depth about that. We miss out on
so much and potentially cause damage if we only focus on giving homework to kids and making
them complete it instead of working with them, listening to them and learning with them - not
necessarily learning the same things, just that learning is a life-long journey, sometimes we forget that
parents and teachers are still learning too or at least we try to avoid letting children see that. Why
should school be allowed to dictate so much of our after-school time. Kohn's incisive analysis reveals
how a mistrust of children, a set of misconceptions about learning, and a misguided focus on
competitiveness have all left our kids with less free time and our families with more conflict. Like
Comment Displaying 1 - 30 of 153 reviews More reviews and ratings Join the discussion 11 quotes
Start a discussion Ask a question Can't find what you're looking for. This is a shame because the
question of homework is intimately connected with the question of what kind of relationship you
want your child to have with knowledge. Children just need to be given more input and control into
whether, how much, when and what that homework looks like. So, she is doing more work in high
school than would be expected in college. One states that to get an A in a three credit course, the
student is expected to do 7. The predictable results: stress and conflict, frustration and exhaustion. It
drives me nuts when my kids bring home busywork or work that they CAN'T do and then I have to
spend my evening freetime instead of enjoying my kids, dealing with their homework frustrations.
What I appreciated most about his book is that he doesn't take the argument that HW is inherently
bad and should be repudiated at all costs, but rather that everyone just assumes HW is a fact of life
and therefore it must have some redeemable quality. Me: Just because we did it doesn't make it good
for students, especially since younger and younger students are being assigned more and more work.
It also provides a powerful picture of the positive changes that can occur when we rethink our
approach to homework.