Closing the book on homework : enhancing public education and freeing family time / John Buell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buell, John.

Series:

Teaching/learning social justice.

Teaching/learning social justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Parent participation--United States.

Education.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Home and school--United States.

Home and school.

Homework--Social aspects--United States.

Homework.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this, the sequel to his critically acclaimed and controversial The End of Homework, John Buell extends his case against homework. Arguing that homework robs children-and parents-of unstructured time for play and intellectual and emotional development, Closing the Book on Homework offers a convincing case for why homework is an outgrowth of broader cultural anxieties about the sanctity of work itself. After the publication of Buell's previous book, many professional educators portrayed reducing homework as a dangerous idea, while at the same time parents and teachers incre

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Homework as an Issue in American Politics; 1 Revisiting the Evidence; 2 A History Lesson about Work and Homework; 3 Educating Global Citizens or Global Workers?; 4 Education at the Epicenter; Conclusion: On Character and Public Education in Democratic Society; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index.

ISBN:

9786611093631

9781281093639

1281093637

9781592137688

1592137687

OCLC:

437182570