SOCIAL ENGINEERING
22 January 2005
SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Dr Hazlewood, the headmaster of St John’s School and Community College, has abolished homework for all 12 year olds, dismissing it as an outdated ‘dinosaur’ which generated more work for teachers. Instead he is carrying out an experiment designed by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), which has received a £40,000 government grant towards its ‘curriculum network’ project.
The experiment aims to encourage pupils to understand the ‘importance of managing their own time’. It is hoped that pupils will have ‘learned to learn’ and will acquire ‘a sense of ownership over their own learning journey’.
Dr Hazlewood said: ‘We are rebranding homework for the 21 century. We are trying to show children that homework is not an imposition, but a free-thinking learning process’, and that there is ‘no such thing as wrong’ on the learning journey.
The RSA said that 50 schools were participating in the experiment.
SOCIAL ENGINEERING
Dr Hazlewood, the headmaster of St John’s School and Community College, has abolished homework for all 12 year olds, dismissing it as an outdated ‘dinosaur’ which generated more work for teachers. Instead he is carrying out an experiment designed by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), which has received a £40,000 government grant towards its ‘curriculum network’ project.
The experiment aims to encourage pupils to understand the ‘importance of managing their own time’. It is hoped that pupils will have ‘learned to learn’ and will acquire ‘a sense of ownership over their own learning journey’.
Dr Hazlewood said: ‘We are rebranding homework for the 21 century. We are trying to show children that homework is not an imposition, but a free-thinking learning process’, and that there is ‘no such thing as wrong’ on the learning journey.
The RSA said that 50 schools were participating in the experiment.
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