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Hollande to abolish homework

French President Francois Hollande potentially won the hearts of thousands of future voters on Tuesday by announcing he wants to abolish homework.

Unveiling a new education programme, Hollande said school work should ``be done at school, rather than at home``, to foster educational equality because some students do not have support at home.

He also however advocated a return to the four-and-a-half-day school week from the current four-day week in place in most French schools.

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  • soltair

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    Discussion 13 : 10 Oct 2012 at 14.5013

    While we are at it, it may be beneficial to have a similar "rule" in Thailand. I always pity and wonder why tiny little school children carry bags half their weight to and from school. Is this to train them to become street sellers? Some of them carry their ware with a bamboo stick heavier than I dare to lift. And then to think that one needs a University degree to have the simplest job. All this schooling is overrated, look at Bill Gates the dropout, look at the incompetence of our "educated" leaders.

  • DONHUAN

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    Discussion 12 : 10 Oct 2012 at 11.2412

    Home work should be kept to a minimum, say once a month, to allow students to have their own free time to explore other matters of interest to them. In this day and age, computers can help students source out information related to their home-work and submitted to the teachers via emails. The proposed half day in school can also be utilized as group discussion, with teachers and students, on completed school home-work so that students who have yet to complete their home work, can better crystallized and accomplish their assigned school home.

  • phetpeter

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    Discussion 11 : 10 Oct 2012 at 09.0111

    Homework is the tool for lazy teachers, (Go home do pages 5 up to 10). The teachers should encourage time manager skills allow enough time in class for students complete or start tasks. They need toask questions and get an idea of how it works/happens.Some assignments would require students to work at home, but, not 3or4 hours everyday.There has to be some periods in school for students to work together, and complete tasks, in homeroom Periods/study periods or as known years ago as free periods. I don't think seeing a teachers desk piled high with notebooks shows the Teacher is doing their jobs, has the students work should be done with instant feedback. not days later when their minds are already on other assignments.

  • bikeme

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    Discussion 10 : 10 Oct 2012 at 08.5410

    D6 - Are you proposing for the children to stay longer at school to have time for "in school" homework? Or do you want classes to be shortened to allow time for "in school" homework? I have to agree with D5, homework is part of the learning process and develops self-reliance in a student. Always having your teacher or friends to help you does not.

  • tabaluga

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    Discussion 9 : 10 Oct 2012 at 08.279

    D6 & D8
    When and where did I say that homework can not be done at school or has to be done by single students??? Of course is work in a team positive and productive, specially because some students would take over the part of a teacher, explaining to their friends who don't understand yet.
    D8
    "I also remember that parents always had to help their kids in doing homework."
    Always? That would mean that the kids had very bad teachers who could not make any student understand. As already said if a kid is unable to do his/her homework; it shows the teacher that he has not reached his goal yet. ( Making the student understand, enabling the student)
    D8
    "I also could imagine that often homework just doesn't get done because there are other, more interesting things available to to at home."
    Exactly ! Another reason why homework is important; to practice dicipline, to know your duties.

  • mitrapaap

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    Discussion 8 : 10 Oct 2012 at 07.488

    D5: I remember we had a lot of group-home-work during my study time. I think one can learn more in a group than sitting in front of a book all alone at home. Not everybody is a little researcher liking to sit alone and break his brain cells over some problems he can't solve. I also remember that parents always had to help their kids in doing homework. The problem often was, that the parents themselves did not understand it. So doing it on school premises with a teacher in the background sounds quite beneficial. I also could imagine that often homework just doesn't get done because there are other, more interesting things available to to at home.

  • mrsheen

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    Discussion 7 : 10 Oct 2012 at 06.517

    Hollande is a dreamer. Gonna see the results in a few years...

  • schuimpje

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    Discussion 6 : 10 Oct 2012 at 06.356

    D5, home work can be done after normal classes in school building to reach the same result.
    Additionally, it helps if fellow students can discuss amongst them about a problem. It's even more beneficial I'd say with teachers at hand to aid the discussion.

  • tabaluga

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    Discussion 5 : 10 Oct 2012 at 06.255

    I don't get it. Homework is a teacher's tool. Students get homework to train what the teacher thaught them at school. When homework is returned to the teacher, he will be able to see if the student understands the concept of the topic taught. There should be no help needed by the parents anyway. Homework helps students to develop skills in problemsolving, thinking out of the box and finding a new approach. Last but not least practice makes perfect.

  • Ramet in Dallas

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    Discussion 4 : 10 Oct 2012 at 05.264

    "to foster educational equality because some students do not have support at home." Sure, don't dare let one student learn more than another. Keep them all at the lowest common denominator. They will be so much easier to control as adult voters. Thailand has been doing this forever.

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