Homework 'damages' children and creates family tensions

[aliceBB]

When you've done double maths in secondary school, what's the point of having another hour of the same stuff to do at home? That's just homework for the sake of having homework; and pretty pointless in my view.

 

That must depend on whether the child needs to practise the concepts and skills learnt in the lesson (to achieve sufficient speed and confidence in those operations to gain the GCSE or A level grade to which he or she aspires)) or not.

 

Apart from the four rules of number, fractions and decimals, much of what children do in maths at school is of no direct use in everyday life, but the thinking and problem solving skills it inculcates are valuable. Skills become sharp with practice and there is not always time in the lessons for every child to do the practice. If the child is clearly gifted in maths, they shouldn't just be doing 'more of the same', though, but appropriate extension activities.

[JFKvsNixon]

This kind of activity should be taking place at home anyway. Things like reading, drawing, counting and spelling, early years stuff, shouldn't feel like learning to a child, it should be fun.

 

Why do you differentiate between learning and fun?