This is an article i saw on page 45 of the PUNCH newspaper published on friday 24th of April, 2009.it reads:

        "some  teachers in Liverpool during association  of teachers and lecturer conferences claims that homework is a waste of their own time and the children's time.they said it is a a time that could be used for more profitable on effective learning both in and out of the classroom."

          My own view of this is that in Nigeria, most homework given to children are puzzles meant for the parents since thy help their ward in solving the question without many students actually grabbing the problem in question. nairalanders, what are your own views?

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i dont think its a waste of time but rather an opportunity for parents to help their children understand their studies better.Because the classroom environment is such a a charged and very competitive atomosphere,some children may find it difficult to understand things properly and fast enough.

in support of chaircover and[b] chyket [/b] Its not a waste of time.

nwajohn:

in support of chaircover and[b] chyket [/b] Its not a waste of time.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to have time going through children's workbooks. The veracity of this statement is therefore doubted.

medically, at that stage of brain development, the brain retains over 90 percent of its information by repetition, so I'm shocked teachers want to do away with home work!!

homework has never been and can never be a waste of time cos it's a way of testing the student's understanding of the work being done in school or keeping the student busy by giving him/her work that is yet to be covered.

I am shocked this is even a question for debate.
Homework? Waste of time??
The BEST advice I was ever given was: Do your homework.

I have applied it beyond primary school. Doing my homework has helped me made success of my life and career. I learnt it at an impressionable age, thankfully.

It is most definitely not a waste of time; it gives kids an oppurtunity to practice what they learnt in class and give the parent the oppurtunity to see what progress the child is making in school work.

It's not a waste of time rather it keeps the children busy.

Homework keeps children from watching too much television shows and computer games. TV and computer games shorten their concentration spans for school work.

definitely not a waste of time but in nigeria una too dey over do am. can someone tell how having 3 or 4 good. abeg 1 or 2 is ok but 4 c'mon. the thing na se if una no complete am dey go beat u wicked teachers

I believe homework is a way of refreshing the memory of the child on what the child has learnt at school.

It also gives parents an idea on what the child has been taught and on how well the child understands what he or she is taught.

I support homework and lots of it too, to keep the child busy and far from unnecessay TV's and games.

no, its not a waste of time. they are at an impressionable and highly distracting phase in their lives, so revisiting their school work goes a long way to help them remember things
its also a time for bonding with their parents.

If homework is a waste of time then where did I get my groove from?

No, homework isn't a waste of time. It's key to reinforcing valuable concepts that you pick up in coursework. kids especially need to d things over and over before they know it so home is a good pratice for them

but here in nigeria, we find out that it is the parents that actually solve the question and not the student itself. the student does not really unstand the subject matter. take for instant, a parent once came to me to give an answer to a qualitative appitute test meant for a pry 2 student. me that can solve any question in mathematics at school cert. level had to think for more than an hour to get some of the solutions to the problem. i told myself that wa o, !, of what use is these exercises to the childrens learning? this applies to many verbal apitude and quantitaive apitude. in many cases, i just tell them the answer. i know that if i explain, its a mere waste of time because the task are more difficult than their understandings.

Lekside44, I agree with you, your view had actually been raised in PTA meeting in my children's school, some of the questions are more or less assessment of parents' or guardians. However it is not a waste of time but need to be a test for the child alone. My own contribution at the meeting was that parents should not solve the problems or go on the internet for the kids, if they went back to the school with their own effort solutions alone the school would be able to measure their understanding.

Is Homework A Waste Of Time For Primary School Children?

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I can't believe that somebody can even say this with a straight face!!! Unbelievable, how could homework not be necessary for primary school students? Children learn by repitition. If there is one thing about learning, it is that, it is one thing to learn something in class, it is another to be able to do it on your own, geez, this is common sense people, just because some oyinbo teachers (who are in the extreme minority in the academic community ) think it is useless does not mean that we should adopt there views. By the way, this teachers are lazy.

Gosh! Dis question iz gettn on my nerves.ITS NOT & CAN NEVER BE A WASTE OF TIME.insead it keeps the child busy and it also give d teacher access to know the students' IQ.

Gosh! Dis question iz gettn on my nerves.ITS NOT & CAN NEVER BE A WASTE OF TIME.insead it keeps the child busy and it also give d teacher access to know the students' IQ.

Is a compusory for us to respond to every question?

Gosh! Dis question iz gettn on my nerves.ITS NOT & CAN NEVER BE A WASTE OF TIME.insead it keeps the child busy and it also give d teacher access to know the students' IQ.

Gosh! Dis question iz gettn on my nerves.ITS NOT & CAN NEVER BE A WASTE OF TIME.insead it keeps the child busy and it also give d teacher access to know the students' IQ.

No it is not

see! I couldnt even type correctly because of the prepostrous question. how do some people think!

lekside44:

This is an article i saw on page 45 of the PUNCH newspaper published on friday 24th of April, 2009.it reads:

"some teachers in Liverpool during association of teachers and lecturer conferences claims that homework is a waste of their own time and the children's time.they said it is a a time that could be used for more profitable on effective learning both in and out of the classroom."

My own view of this is that in Nigeria, most homework given to children are puzzles meant for the parents since thy help their ward in solving the question without many students actually grabbing the problem in question. nairalanders, what are your own views?

I think the purpose of homework which is to :

chaircover:

I don’t think homework is a waste of time.

• It teaches the child discipline to work without someone breathing down their neck in the classroom.

• It gives the kid an opportunity to realise that work doesn’t only have to be done in school

• It gives the parent & child an opportunity to bond; the child asks questions and the parents answer/discuss homework and are able to talk about other things relating to school.

• It helps give the parents an idea on how well or not the child is doing at school and to offer help if the child needs it

• It takes the kid away from watching too much TV in the evening

• Yes - sometimes some home work is even challenging for parents to work out the answers but that can only be a good thing as it is enhances parents knowledge. One can learn new things an any time of their lives

has been defeated in most cases in Nigeria.
Reasons(esp in govt owned schools):
Teachers dont teach in school,they wud rather load the students with assignments and homework of Topics they have never heard of/treated in class.
Students most times don't do the homework,they look for an erderly person to help them do it,or copy the answers/solve the problems from their textbook.
Sometimes,students are loaded with lots of homework u wud begin to wonder if they do anything at all in school.How do u justify a child coming back from sch. with like 7 homeworks for 7 diff. subjects?
Not all parents even have time to go through the kids homework.mad rush for money.
The teachers sometimes "might" not even look at the homework the next day.It wont stop them from assigning a new one the next day too.
Dont know abt Nig. Private schools though.

they aren't a waste of time. they just need to changed rather than regurgitating old stuff.

homework keep kids active.

The problem with a lot of Nigerians is that they swallow hook,line and sinker all the white man says. I believe we ought to be contextual in our day to day life. Haba ! Home work fa! How can anyone say it is a waste of time?

Homework is not a waste of time period!

Not subject to discussion.

A larger picture.

As adults, even after work, if we do not do our homework to either be better at our present jobs or future dreams, we will be nowhere.

In fact, homework is more important than school work.