Homework
How to help your kids with homework - without doing it for them
How can parents find the delicate balance between helping a child with their homework, and overhelping - or even doing it for them? Education lecturer Melissa Barnes has analysed more than 400… Audio
Helping kids with homework (without doing it for them)
How can parents find the delicate balance between helping a child with their homework, and overhelping - or even doing it for them! Kathryn speaks with Monash University education lecturer Melissa… Audio
Schools encouraged to get sedentary teens moving
Australian researchers are concerned about the length of time teenagers are sedentary and are encouraging schools to help to get students moving. The Deakin's Institute for Physical Activity and… Audio
Homework: burden or benefit?
Children should be studying at home, and the way to get them into it is to create a family culture of learning, says education consultant Joseph Driessen. Audio
Homework - Useless or useful?
An Australian primary school has got rid of homework entirely and says the new policy has been a success, but in New Zealand there is no consensus. Audio
Teacher's no homework note goes viral
World renowned educationalist John Hattie says homework for school children doesn't always correlate with student success. Video, Audio
Insight, Sunday 23 January: Homework
Penny MacKay looks at a transformation in primary school homework, where life challenges are taking over from academic work. Audio
Insight, Sunday 16 May: Homework
Penny MacKay looks at a transformation in primary school homework, where life challenges are taking over from academic work Audio