Getting the Buggers to Do Their Homework

by Stern, Julian

• ISBN13: 9780826473998
• ISBN10: 0826473997
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

Did you realise that properly structured homework can add the equivalent of one year to a student's full-time education? This invaluable guide provides teachers with a wide range of practical techniques that can be used to motivate pupils of all ages to d

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction: hate homework, love homework	1	(20)
Why we hate homework: issues in time management, mistrust, administration and punishment	2	(6)
Why we love homework: issues in applied learning, individual interests, and inclusion	8	(9)
Homework is as homework does	17	(4)
1 Expansion homework: extending the school	21	(18)
'Keep going' homework	24	(4)
'Help me' homework	28	(6)
'Hammocking' homework	34	(5)
2 Application homework: making school subjects important	39	(20)
'Apprenticeship' homework	41	(6)
'Couch potato' homework	47	(6)
'Wandering about' homework	53	(6)
3 Capture homework: bringing the world into the classroom	59	(24)
'Chat show' homework	62	(4)
'Hobby' homework	66	(5)
'Inclusion' homework	71	(12)
4 Homework that dares not speak its name	83	(20)
'Abolition' homework	84	(6)
'Homeless' homework	90	(4)
'Holiday' homework	94	(9)
5 Resourceful teachers	103	(28)
Homework centres and study support	104	(5)
Making new and exploiting old resources	109	(4)
Finding out about homework	113	(18)
Acronyms and abbreviations	131	(2)
Bibliography	133	(4)
Index	137