教育学家称给低龄学生布置作业纯属徒劳

一炷香

教育专家们针对学校给低龄学生布置作业表示，这样做完全是浪费时间，尤其是对那些才5岁的学前班儿童。

Kathy Walker认为孩子最好的作业就是玩耍，放松，同家庭成员一起看书讲故事。但是由于不好家长通常觉得给孩子布置的作业越多，孩子掌握知识的程度就越高。然而到目前为止尚没有研究证实这一传统观念。

心理学家Andrew Fuller说孩子在小学二年级后独立完成课后作业有助于成绩的提高，但是在此之前，玩耍就足够了。

维州教育局对回家作业的相关规定是，学前班到小学四年级中间，回家作业不应成为孩子的负担。


Experts slam homework as a waste of time

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24986630-2862,00.html
Cheryl Critchley
January 31, 2009 12:00am

HOMEWORK is a waste of time in the early years, despite many schools starting it in prep.

Pushy parents have fuelled an environment in which schools feel they must give lots of homework, says education consultant Kathy Walker.

She believes it is unnecessary for five-year-olds.

"The best homework is playing, relaxing, spending time together as a family, and parents and children reading and sharing books together each day," she said.

Ms Walker said some parents mistakenly believed their child would do better if they did lots of homework. A child starting in prep would have no advantage over one who didn't, and would probably be turned off it by grade 4.

"Traditionally, many of us were brought up believing that the more homework you were given, the better learner you would be and the more prepared you would be for future life," she said.

"There is no research that indicates homework makes a happier or more successful learner or person in life."

In her book What's the Hurry? Ms Walker says she doesn't think homework is important at primary school.

"From grades 5 and 6it might be that some children may work on particular aspects of their learning at home as well as school in small doses," she said.

Psychologist Andrew Fuller said after grade 2 some independent homework time was "beneficial for academic outcomes". "Up until grade 2, basically you're better off playing," he said.

Apart from reading, retired teacher Monika Critchley did not give preps homework in the 12 years she taught them. But she said teachers felt pressured to do so by parents.

"I would start a little bit of homework, say in grade 4," she said. "Only because I think it does teach them to start organising their time and that does prepare them for high school."

State Government homework guidelines say prep to grade 4 homework should not be seen as a chore and should "enable the extension of class work by practising skills or gathering extra information or materials".

It should also include daily reading to, with, and by parents/care givers or older siblings, and generally not exceed 30 minutes a day or be set on weekends or holidays。

ilovefamily

嘿嘿，我觉得作业一直没啥作用
反正我从小学到大学，没完成几次作业，大部分时间都在课代表和老师的喊杀声中讨生活，可是大学该考上还是考上了，没耽误啥

jackma

对孩子有帮助的作业有点也是无妨阿，就害怕那些抄啊抄的作业。

天上的鱼

原帖由 jackma 于 2009-2-2 12:10 发表
对孩子有帮助的作业有点也是无妨阿，就害怕那些抄啊抄的作业。

作业确实不应该成为低龄学生的负担，但是适当的做点作业对学到的知识还是有巩固作用的。我觉得根据孩子年龄可以规定做作业的时间，例如1年级15分钟，2年级20分钟。。。。
这只是我个人的看法，在专家看来这15分钟，20分钟也许只是徒劳。

贝贝妈妈

关键不是作业多少，是一年年长大的自家孩子与其他国家同年龄的孩子相比，所掌握常识的多少，知识面的大小之间的差距。
现在的作业已不是俺们那时候的简单抄写，是很有趣味性的，容知识于游戏中的那种。
一，二年级适当作一点功课，如背背简单单词，网上数学竞赛，看看儿童书籍，拼拼搭搭各种形状的积木等都是可以的，学习习惯也不是一两天培养起来的。:)

西蒙

那要看跟哪个国家同年龄小孩比，反正跟中国大陆比是不行的。
我儿子当年2年级就要做作业做到晚上9点，我赶紧办移民走人。
现在我亲戚的孩子高中一年级，早上7点半到校晚上9点放学。

旋木

我觉得做功课是有必要的， 让孩子从小养成学习的习惯。
对学龄前孩子来说， 功课的内容很重要，抄， 背， 写我觉得不需要太多，应该着重在concept上。
学习也可以是很趣味性的， 例如小L现在在学基数和偶数， 不是靠死记硬背， 而是通过游戏来认知。比方说‘5’， 可以让孩子先拿用5个小卡片，然后每两个是朋友, 最后剩下一个没有朋友, 所以是基数， 如果大家都有朋友， 就是偶数。

alan

中国和澳洲社会制度不同，自然教育方法也不同。我总觉得，小孩子的吸收能力就像海绵一样，学东西很快的。适当的布置一些作业，未必是坏事情。两个国家的教育方式都有些走极端了。

飘啊飘

这几天我在想：
人家邓亚萍，伏明霞之类的，他们有多少基础文化知识，不也一样能够研究生博士生毕业？这样来说：我们的基础教育真的多余了？？
？

wangjing_ku

成才有多种途径，能在学业上做的好固然好，但是如果做不到很好，也不见得就是失败。
澳洲有一点比较好的地方是，如果不呆不傻，即使成绩差一点，也一样有你的出路。我LG单位是IBM，他们公司就有一些TAFE毕业的工程师做IT服务。TAFE也就相当于国内的中专，最多是大专吧，都是靠不上大学才上TAFE的。如果是国内，中专生想进IBM做IT，那是痴人说梦。

JuliaTung

TAFE不是都是靠不上大学才去读的。。。其实我感觉，TAFE的课程实用性更强。