Different Opinions on Homework
The conflict over what or how much homework should be comes partly from the fact that people can’t seem to agree on the purpose of homework.
What do teachers think? Some teachers think that homework is necessary to reinforce what is learned in school. And so they ask their students to memorize what was discussed in class through homework. Some teachers think the point of homework is to cover material that the class didn’t have time to get to, so their homework is to let students learn additional things. Other teachers like homework simply because they want students to form work habits and still others believe homework is necessary because it is the best way for parents to learn what their children do in school.
Parent’s opinions? But many parents seem to have different ideas. Elissa Cohen, who has twins at Lafayette Elementary School, doesn’t like the fact that the third-grade students in elementary schools are asked to write about 25 book summaries a year. "They do the same thing over and over without really getting into altertnate ways of thinking about books and thinking about reading and writing."
Experts’ opinions? Some education reformers, such as Howard Gardner, a Harvard University professor, well-known for his theory on multiple intelligence, think that Cohen is on the right track.
But it is often hard to persuade overworked teachers to give much thought to homework tasks.
對作業(yè)的不同看法
關(guān)于應(yīng)該留什么樣的作業(yè)或者留多少作業(yè)的爭論，部分源自于人們似乎無法就作業(yè)的目的達(dá)成一致這一事實(shí)。
老師們怎么想呢?有些老師認(rèn)為需要作業(yè)來鞏固在學(xué)校中學(xué)到的知識，所以他們讓學(xué)生通過作業(yè)記住課堂討論。有些老師認(rèn)為作業(yè)的意義在于覆蓋那些課堂上無暇涉及的知識，所以他們留的作業(yè)是讓學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)額外的知識。 另外有些老師喜歡留作業(yè)就是因?yàn)樗麄兿胱寣W(xué)生形成工作的習(xí)慣，還有一些老師相信有必要留作業(yè)是因?yàn)檫@是讓家長了解孩子在校學(xué)習(xí)情況的最佳途徑。 ：
家長的意見呢?但好多家長似乎對此有著不同看法。依莉薩·科恩有一對雙胞胎在雷菲特小學(xué)讀書，她就不喜歡小學(xué)三年級的學(xué)生被要求一年完成大約25篇讀書總結(jié)。“他們重復(fù)做著同樣的事情，而并沒有真正把思考書本與思考閱讀和寫作的方法結(jié)合起來。”
專家的意見呢?有些教育改革家，例如以多重智力理論著稱的哈佛大學(xué)教授霍華德，加德納，認(rèn)為科恩的想法完全正確。
但是通常很難說服那些過度辛勞的老師們?nèi)プ屑?xì)思考家庭作業(yè)的問題。
