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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Homework is quite handy, but homework should not be the "making" part, but rather the "info" part. Teachers should rather spend time doing stuff in class in stead of presenting and explaining when students could easily read a book at home or watch a video. The paractical stuff is much more important and the guidance of a teacher is much more valuable in the practical part of the lesson.

[–] ModsAreCopsACAB@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No that wouldn't work at all. Kids would show up without having learned the concepts, except for the most studious.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Education at later levels is pretty much all homework. Teachers go over tricky to understand parts and practical explanations whilst the child does the actual studying independently.

My kids grew up with homework and it was never received as much of a chore. Mostly was completed in less than an hour. The trick is to pay attention in class and do the homework pretty much as soon as it is assigned.

Now they are at university, having the ability to study independently is paying off.

[–] Duranie@literature.cafe 5 points 8 months ago

Not sure of the ages of your children, but as a 52yo who grew up in the States, I averaged 2-3 hours of homework a night in grade school. They'd tell us "oh, it's only about 15-20 minutes per class" which doesn't sound terrible, except that it was more like 20-30 minutes of work x 4-6 classes. By 7th grade I burned out and realized that the world didn't end if I started skipping homework, and my test grades remained about the same. I just had to live with the stifling anxiety over getting in trouble for not getting my homework done.

Thankfully by the time my kids came along schools started pulling back on the volumes of unnecessary homework. I also never pressured them to get every assignment done, but instead asked them if they understood what they were doing. As adults having completed further educational programs, they did just fine. I'm glad that as time goes on, kids are getting more of a chance to be kids.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

I can't imagine learing math without running equations myself. Once reading and math skills are proficient students need to be doing some independent study.

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Good luck trying to watch over 30 kids doing the practical part.

The biggest problem is the size of classes imo. If you have 10 pupils you don't have the same pressure to neglect children who can't match the speed of the curriculum.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Agreed. Teaching is a fun job, but not getting to do the best parts because of bad funding, more administration, bigger groups, bad salary, etc.. is sucking the fun out of it.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember when I was a kid and we were learning algebra and no one ever explained why on Earth we would ever need it. It would have been vastly more helpful if practical examples had been given rather than us being given a bunch of homework.

A much better homework assignment would be "These are the scenarios under which you would need algebra. See if you can find them in your everyday life." But nope, just more arbitrary questions.

[–] anlumo@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

It’s probably something personal, but I never questioned that. For me it was an abstract challenge, and that was rewarding enough.

I also intentionally moved into a field that heavily relies on math afterwards (computer graphics), so maybe I’m just weird like that.