Homework vs Learning at Home
Why do we do homework?
What are your thoughts/memories?
Teacher: Where's your homework?
Me: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren’t the best teacher in the school.
What is Homework?
Does it help?
What do we know about the brain?
The brain holds onto what is meaningful and what it values.
In test situations the brain stores information until it’s not needed
What motivates us?
Daniel Pink
What does the Research say?
A 2006 study by Duke University psychology professor Harris Cooper found that;
With two exceptions, homework for elementary children is not beneficial and does not boost achievement levels. The first exception is in the case of a student who is struggling to complete classroom tasks. The second is when students are preparing for a test.
Some homework can help students to achieve but
Professor John Hattie studied the effect of various factors on learning by analyzing data from over 800 million students over a 15 year period and found that homework has very little effect on achievement.
So is homework bad???
Learning at Home
What does purposeful learning at home look like?
· Supports lifelong learning�· Is based on individual learning needs�· Encourages positive family dynamics�· Acknowledges all the great learning experiences that happen beyond the school gates
Ideas
How can we support purposeful learning at home for our kids???
Support your child’s writing at home...
-Publish a piece of writing from school
-Write a shopping list
-Write down a favourite family recipe
-Keep a diary
-Write a letter to a friend, family member, or an idol
-Talk about things together. Writing is the written form of the spoken word
-Develop vocabulary, talk about the meaning of words
Support your child’s oral language development at home...
-Talk about things together. Writing is the recorded form of the spoken word
-Develop vocabulary, talk about the meaning of words
- ask questions
- seek children’s opinions
- play games like charades
Support your child’s reading at home...
Making Reading Fun or interesting
-Choose an interesting book from the library
-Read to your children
-Research about a topic of interest
-Read a magazine to find out about latest kids news, games, or shows
-Read a recipe and do some baking.
-Read about the news on wonderopolis
Support your child’s maths at home...
-Do a weekly budget/ shopping list
-Save pocket money for a special item
-Work out best deals while shopping
-Time activities
-Practise basic facts
-Create a holiday budget
-Map out a road trip
-cooking together - measurement, time, temperature (doubling recipe)
-play board games, monopoly scrabble, family feud
What else?
Thanks!
Any questions?