Getting the buggers to do their homework / Julian Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Julian.

Series:

Getting the Buggers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homework.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did you realise that properly structured homework can add the equivalent of one year to a student's full-time education?. In this fully updated new edition, Julian Stern provides teachers with a wide range of practical techniques that can be used to motivate pupils of all ages to do their homework. He equips teachers with a variety of strategies for setting more effective, interesting and differentiated homework. Julian offers dozens of examples of homework tasks covering every subject in the curriculum. Brimming with innovative ideas, this book will prove essential reading for every teacher a

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: hate homework, love homework; 1 Expansion homework: extending the school; 2 Application homework: making school subjects important; 3 Capture homework: bringing the world into the classroom; 4 Homework that dares not speak its name; 5 Resourceful teachers; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-131) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-87135-8

9786612871351

1-4411-1090-9

OCLC:

676700626