PEDAGOGY Once you get them started how can you keep them going? 1. Highlight intrinsic rewards e.g what has been satisfying in completing your homework 2. Surprise students with rewards e.g giving students merits/points for the habit of completing homework. 3. Build a community through collective activity e.g celebrating when 100% of the class has completed the homework. 4. Empathise students success and its significance e.g asking students what they achieved this term as a result of completing homework and how its increased their progress in your subject 5. Check what the barriers are to give a more targeted form of solution In conclusion, although there are recognisable barriers in the setting, completing, and following up on homework there are ways we can dismantle these barriers. Homework is worth setting, reflecting upon & refining and is a vital component in every curriculum.
“Homework is commonly self or peer marked at the beginning of the lesson. However, if I do not have time for this, I would live mark students’ homework whilst they are working independently on the main task.”
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