Brave new world: Traditional classrooms, lessons - and even homework - have been expelled - Schools, Education - The Independent

This country in an experience and never stops me surprising. I know, that UK government has gone wild with too many initiatives and pilot schemes and many different changes so teachers have very little time to settle down and digest what is actually going on. but in the same time, in this environment there are many interesting experiments happening, which would not be possible otherwise.

Three hours long lessons are interesting concept. I just wonder, whether they do give little breaks after different activities, or just keep going... or it is that student decides that he cannot be asked to work just now and takes a break at any time.

Homework? All stress coping strategies, or most of them, would suggest, that you have to leave your work at work and stop bringing it home. Or that you should create some 'time envelopes' dedicated to certain activities and make sure that the work isn't just one big parcel across your all day. So why do we force student to take work home? (I will be contradicting myself now, but for revision I see a strong argument, to do it at home as well). With all information available in School Resource Centres and on the Internet, we should transfer homework to 'school research and independent work time envelope'. What do you think?

Brave new world: Traditional classrooms, lessons - and even homework - have been expelled - Schools, Education - The Independent