Product reviews for Unhomework

Mark Creasy is absolutely correct in his assessment of homework, it must have value, purpose, and authenticity to students. The students should take the content in the direction that interests and gives power to the students who become vested in the learning process. Once this vesting occurs the learning becomes authentic. The teacher's role is to provide support, feedback, structure, and expansion of the student-directed learning -” this is the main premise of Unhomework.

The struggles with parents that Creasy describes are all too common. Parents and other adults believe that because they went to school -” the accidental apprenticeship of teaching -” they understand education today. These stakeholders want their children to have similar educational experiences -” HOMEWORK, traditional homework (e.g “complete math problems 1-48 on page 124”; “write your vocabulary words 10 times and place in a complete sentence”, etc.) Parents fail to understand that things have changed when it comes to learning -”the process, the tolls, the instructional methods, and the resources -” we as educators need to adapt to the change and continue to “push the envelope” as we educate our children. Mark Creasy is spot on in his process and the concept of “supported failure,” this makes mistakes/errors OK, as they are used as a new starting point -” not a road block to success. True educators support students through failures and demonstrate tenacity to their students.