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Autore |
Buell John |
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Titolo |
Closing the book on homework : enhancing public education and freeing family time / / John Buell |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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9786611093631 |
9781281093639 |
1281093637 |
9781592137688 |
1592137687 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 p.) |
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Collana |
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Teaching/learning social justice |
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Soggetti |
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Education - Parent participation - United States |
Educational change - United States |
Home and school - United States |
Homework - Social aspects - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Homework as an Issue in American Politics; 1 Revisiting the Evidence; 2 A History Lesson about Work and Homework; 3 Educating Global Citizens or Global Workers?; 4 Education at the Epicenter; Conclusion: On Character and Public Education in Democratic Society; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this, the sequel to his critically acclaimed and controversial The End of Homework, John Buell extends his case against homework. Arguing that homework robs children-and parents-of unstructured time for play and intellectual and emotional development, Closing the Book on Homework offers a convincing case for why homework is an outgrowth of broader cultural anxieties about the sanctity of work itself. After the publication of Buell's previous book, many professional educators portrayed reducing homework as a dangerous idea, while at the same time parents and teachers incre |
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