Dive Brief:
- Assigning homework has been a practice teachers have followed for years, attributing it to helping students build strong study habits and practice what they’ve learned. But amid remote learning, Mary Davenport, an English teacher at an international school in Brazil, writes in Edutopia that she is shifting how she thinks about assignments, preferring to give less work and even adjust what she assigns if needed.
- The English department at her school is working together to modify homework, with the entire high school agreeing not to give students more than 30 minutes of work per class at home.
- With less homework, students are spending less time on screens. And Davenport believes students trust her more as they see her adjusting to their needs.
