Closing the book on homework :
Buell, John.
Closing the book on homework : enhancing public education and freeing family time. John Buell. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2004. - x, 160 p. : 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references
A sequel to "The End of Homework", this work argues that homework robs children and parents of unstructured time for play and intellectual and emotional development. It offers a convincing case for why homework is an outgrowth of broader cultural anxieties about the sanctity of work itself.
1592132170 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781592132188
Education --Parent participation--United States.
Educational change --United States.
Home and school--United States.
Educational change
371.30281
Closing the book on homework : enhancing public education and freeing family time. John Buell. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2004. - x, 160 p. : 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references
A sequel to "The End of Homework", this work argues that homework robs children and parents of unstructured time for play and intellectual and emotional development. It offers a convincing case for why homework is an outgrowth of broader cultural anxieties about the sanctity of work itself.
1592132170 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781592132188
Education --Parent participation--United States.
Educational change --United States.
Home and school--United States.
Educational change
371.30281