[etni] Goodbye and good-riddance to homework

  • From: Kindersite Joel <joel_josephson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:43:35 +0200

Joe Bower, a teacher in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada describes the fallacies 
and negatives effects of homework. He states,"Homework may be the single 
most destructive force on a student's attitude towards learning".

http://www.joebower.org/p/abolishing-homework.html

Time for a change in attitude, perhaps?

Joel H Josephson. Executive Director
http://www.kindersite.org
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