Nowadays, most professionals in educational field consider homework as quite pointless whereas some consider it as quite crucial part of student life. But when you consider a student’s point of view, most are least excited or interested in doing homework as students are many great distractions that seem more important to them. Their world of distractions includes social networking, multi-tasking, smartphones, games, texting, etc. So for most, homework is just an obstacle in continuing with their regular lifestyle.
Exceptions are always there. Some students who are very few considering total student population are interested in doing their regular homework. They believe that devoting some hours for doing homework is compulsory has homework has its own intrinsic value. So by doing it correctly and regularly they fulfil their responsibility. Whereas a huge percentage of students lie in-between, sometimes they think of doing their homework and sometimes they think of not to.
Types of Homework
One of the main reasons for homework is that students revise things done in class. There are basically three basic types of homework-
Benefits of doing homework
Homework isn’t popular anymore as many educational institutes are against the old trend of giving homework to students. But there are some schools that think homework can be beneficial to students in various ways. Here are some benefits of homework-
What can go wrong?
Well, sometimes giving homework to kids doesn’t really solve the purpose, instead it does more harm than good. It has been observed that children or even teen students when doing homework, just want to finish it. They look at it just like a responsibility instead of taking the opportunity to learn something new.
This scenario is very common in today’s competitive culture. Where teachers sometimes fails to understand that different student in the class have different level of learning capabilities. Homework must be given according to the student’s requirement. It’s for their benefit, it’s for them to learn and not some task which must be completed anyhow. Parents and teacher sometimes, thinking about the good of their children/student tries to make them do the vast amount of homework which ultimately doesn’t benefit them.
Students should be given homework which requires thinking and creativity. Teachers should come up with fun and innovative things for students to do as homework, which would keep them interested. When they take interest in their homework, they actually start learning.
How student must approach their homework?
Student must look at their homework, not only as a task but also as an opportunity to learn. They must give their best effort and do their best work instead of completing the work quickly. Some tips students might follow are:-
The main that you must remember as a student is that you should focus on just completing your homework, you should find quality time and learn from it. And teachers also need to remember that Homework given must not be a pressure on students, they must be enjoyable and fun which would make a good learning experience.
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