Homework is harmful Sometimes‚ I feel as if I have been doing homework my entire life. As a child growing up‚ I moved from worksheets‚ dioramas and book reports to essays‚ major projects and term papers. When I began teaching‚ I had lessons to prepare and my students’ homework became my homework for grading. (And‚ on occasion‚ it was quite obvious that I was putting a bit more effort into MY homework than they put into theirs!) As my children reached school age‚ “Mom’s rules” on homework included:
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No-Win Situations1 Alfie Kohn 1.I learned my first game at a birthday party. You remember it: X players scramble for X-minus-one chairs each time the music stops. In every round‚ a child is eliminated until‚ at the end‚ only one is left triumphantly seated while everyone else is standing on the sidelines‚ excluded from play‚ unhappy…losers. 2.This is how we learn to have a good time in America. Competition 3.Several years ago‚ I wrote a book called No Contest‚ which‚ based on the findings of several
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on how a child learns. Alfie Kohn‚ author of The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards” and Punished by Rewards‚ writes extensively about the influence of grades on learning. We asked him to articulate how grades impact a student’s education‚ as well as what adults can do to minimize the negative effects. What effect does handing out grades have upon the student when it comes to motivation and learning outcomes? Kohn: The research suggests three
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than likely know someone who would fit the common catch phrase of being very well educated but having absolutely no common sense .Alfie Kohn’s article “What does it mean to be well educated?” elaborated on this topic wonderfully. Moreover‚ Kohn added‚ familiarity with lists of words‚ names‚ books and ideas is a poor way of judging whether one is well-educated. (Kohn‚ 2003‚ p. 3) I would definitely have to agree. A person who may fit today’s standard definition of well-educated may very well find
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Necessary? Are grades really necessary? Alfie Kohn attempts to persuade in his article called “From Degrading to De-grading” from Acting Out Culture‚ how he believes grades are ineffective‚‚ and should no longer exist‚ for many reasons. Kohn thinks grades are degrading and he provides examples and reasoning in support of why he thinks grades and de-grading (abolishing grades) is necessary. How does the mass of people think about this issue of de-grading? Kohn provides examples and reasoning to argue
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person to one type of task. This goes against the “roles” (pg 171) The team has a reward system that allows for positive feedback more often then negativity; they use extrinsic motivation‚ which goes against the “cognitive evaluation theory” Alfie Kohn Everyday the team sits to talk about the goals- this help with team efficiency and cohesiveness. Ben Kaufman who is the CEO of Kluster- he has everybody finish a to do list he is very hand on and does not share his leadership roles with his
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Competition for Children Growing Up Competition is something that drives a person to do better at something. Today competition is being taking away from kids who are growing up at the ages of five and up. In schools gym classes are turning into an “everyone wins” ordeal‚ instead of a basis of competition for a child growing up. In little leagues every player is starting to get trophies‚ instead of just the winning team. Sports are a big thing in America‚ as many young kids who are growing up get
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teach to aid their students to work well and learn. Colleges‚ however‚ do have sport teams‚ more competitive than high school. Alfie Kohn‚ in “The Case Against Competition‚” suggests that “It’s remarkable‚ when you stop to think about it‚ that the way we teach our kids to have a good time is to play highly structured games in which one individual or team must defeat another. (Kohn)” However‚ this competitiveness remains healthy because coaches teach their teams to lose
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Cited: Nair‚ Kamala. “Too Much Homework: Bad for Kids?.” parenting.Web. 29 Nov. 2014 Pilgrim‚ John. “Homework: Harmful or Helpful?” eduflow.Web. 28 Nov. 2014 Kohn‚ Alfie. “Down With Homework!” Scholastic.com. Scholastic.Web. 26 Nov. 2014
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Professor Taylor Winning vs. Losing It’s been said that in a game there is always a loser. Alfie Kohn‚ the Author of the reading in the book the Remix‚ No Contest: Play‚ Fun‚ and Competition argues the commonly accepted assumption that competitions makes us better but in his view‚ rather than building character in game play‚ competitions damage self-esteem and inhibit our social relationships. According to Kohn the word play to him is intrinsically gratifying‚ it an end in itself. Play must be chosen
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