Getting the Buggers to do their Homework 2nd Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 10. January 2009
146 pages
978-1-4411-1090-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 and trainee teacher.
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 and trainee teacher.
Reviews / Votes
'A particularly interesting member of the series, this book offers a wealth of tips that teachers of many subjects, including foreign languages, may find useful.'More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-1090-9 (9781441110909)
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Additional editions
Julian Stern
Getting the Buggers to Do Their Homework
Book
01/2009
2nd Edition
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€20.00
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Person
Julian Stern is Professor of Education and Religion at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. He is President of ISRS: the International Society for Research on Solitude.
Content
Introduction: Hate homework, love homework
1. Expansion homework: extending the school
2. Application homework: making school subjects important
3. Capture homework: brining the world into the classroom
4. Homework that dares not speak its name
5. Resourceful teachers
1. Expansion homework: extending the school
2. Application homework: making school subjects important
3. Capture homework: brining the world into the classroom
4. Homework that dares not speak its name
5. Resourceful teachers
