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200 10$aClosing The Book On Homework$b[electronic resource] $eEnhancing Public Education
210   $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (173 p.)
225 1 $aTeaching/Learning Social Justi
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-59213-217-0 
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aIn 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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606   $aEducation - Parent participation - United States
606   $aEducational change - United States
606   $aHome and school - United States
606   $aHome and school
606   $aHomework - Social aspects - United States
608   $aElectronic books.
615  4$aEducation - Parent participation - United States.
615  4$aEducational change - United States.
615  4$aHome and school - United States.
615  4$aHome and school.
615  4$aHomework - Social aspects - United States.
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856   $ahttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/plymouth/detail.action?docID=298857
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