tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post2447898029102248693..comments2023-11-04T01:21:59.562+13:00Comments on Creative Learning Systems: Learning Styles Blog: Homework not working?Yvonne Eve Walushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-80192574960548789272007-03-08T14:58:00.000+13:002007-03-08T14:58:00.000+13:00Thank you for all the excellent ideas and feedback...Thank you for all the excellent ideas and feedback. I was particularly surprised (in a pleasant way) that parents in New Zealand high schools demand homework.Yvonne Eve Walushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04040752476245534744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-30419473906425705712007-03-02T22:05:00.000+13:002007-03-02T22:05:00.000+13:00Well I think primary age children shouldn't get a ...Well I think primary age children shouldn't get a lot of homework - the sort of things that are mentioned, reading a book, learning some spelling, sounds about right.<BR/><BR/>I don't honestly remember doing homework from primary school - but if it was reading I wouldn't have thought of it as a chore. My mum tells me I had to practice a lot to learn my spelling as I had extremely mild dyslexia. IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-28889661244201644792007-03-02T21:02:00.000+13:002007-03-02T21:02:00.000+13:00Our child is only five so has to read a small read...Our child is only five so has to read a small reading book each night and swot up the letter of the week. <BR/><BR/>I think it a) teaches a good homework habit e.g. do homework straight after school and b) connects school with home e.g. we know how his reading is going/how he's doing.<BR/><BR/>I'd be pretty appalled if the homework load got any heavier for this age group. Up to around the age Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-56884742778839011522007-03-02T14:58:00.000+13:002007-03-02T14:58:00.000+13:00As far as I can tell, NZ primary schools don't loa...As far as I can tell, NZ primary schools don't load children with a lot of homework. In fact it looks like considerably less than I had to do in SA, which was already a lot less than Yvonne had to do in Poland.<BR/><BR/>I don't think this is a bad thing, because I also think you're only a child once, and there should be time for play as well as other extra curricular interests.<BR/><BR/>That saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-53682261601598230132007-03-01T18:18:00.000+13:002007-03-01T18:18:00.000+13:00I find it makes me feel guilty... our nearly seven...I find it makes me feel guilty... <BR/><BR/>our nearly seven year old gets homework each night. nothing too terrible - basically reading a book or doing some spelling each night.<BR/><BR/>But the thing is he is quite busy each day. Monday afternoons day he has basketball, Wednesdays he has a swimming lesson, Thursdays he has his piano lesson which homework needed to be done during the week. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19195827.post-25606861795314282772007-03-01T15:28:00.000+13:002007-03-01T15:28:00.000+13:00Too much homework is bad imho. Let children be ch...Too much homework is bad imho. Let children be children for a little while. It is the time people learn fastest, and according to new scientist, we're the only species that puts development on hold (to reach sexual maturity) to just learn.<BR/><BR/>But what of the value of learning? Who is to say that it should be mathematics or literature or reading and writing that is important?<BR/><BR/>Peter de Vochthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16068953689665553199noreply@blogger.com