Homework-based learning resources

two distinct approaches to design and development

Autores

  • Susan Richardson Central Queensland University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v9i2.591

Palavras-chave:

Homework, Homework tasks, Primary (elementary) classrooms, Early years' teacher practice, Middle years' teacher practice, Homework design and development

Resumo

Homework can be described as an enculturated expectation of our schooling discourse both nationally and internationally (Horsley & Walker, 2013). There are universal understandings about homework. From country to country, classroom teachers respond to government homework policy to set homework for their
students, mostly using textbooks as the source of homework activity. However, in Australian primary school classrooms, the provision of homework tasks is not generally supported by the use of textbooks or by textbook activities. Rather, the classroom teacher is responsible for the design and the development of homeworkbased learning resources. This paper presents qualitative research that examined the ways in which, and the influences on, the processes used by primary classroom teachers in Queensland (Australia), to design and develop homework tasks. This paper foregrounds two distinct approaches to homework design and development that emerged through the findings; an early years’ teacher orientation and a middle years’ teacher orientation. These findings are significant because teacher homework practices have not been examined in this way before.

Biografia do Autor

  • Susan Richardson, Central Queensland University

    Dr. Susan Richardson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education & the Arts at
    Central Queensland University (Noosa, Australia). Susan has recently completed
    an Award winning thesis entitled “Teacher Homework Practices in Queensland
    State Primary Schools.” Susan in now publishing in the homework field as an early
    career researcher. Susan has presented her work through national and international
    conferences

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Publicado

2018-07-18

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Peer-reviewed research articles

Como Citar

Richardson, S. (2018). Homework-based learning resources: two distinct approaches to design and development. IARTEM E-Journal, 9(2), 5-29. https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v9i2.591