Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework
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Re: Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework
#2National income is correlated with percent of population in workforce. Poorer countries are correlated with lower levels of total employment. Assuming all else being equal then parents with less time involved in employment will have more time for other activities, including spending time with children. Is this right?
Re: Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework
#3National income is correlated with percent of population in workforce. Poorer countries are correlated with lower levels of total employment. Assuming all else being equal then parents with less time involved in employment will have more time for other activities, including spending time with children. Is this right?
please don't think about it in terms of first world problems of time management. it is more like, they are poor and they want kids to get a solid education and get good jobs and lead a happier, fulfilling life compared to them. fyi: username is a function of yours'.
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#4It's important to add here that homework has never been shown to improve grades or educational outcomes generally, and it's a very well-studied topic.
Re: Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework
#5National income is correlated with percent of population in workforce. Poorer countries are correlated with lower levels of total employment. Assuming all else being equal then parents with less time involved in employment will have more time for other activities, including spending time with children. Is this right?
please don't think about it in terms of first world problems of time management. it is more like, they are poor and they want kids to get a solid education and get good jobs and lead a happier, fulfilling life compared to them. fyi: username is a function of yours'.
please don't think about it in terms of "the virtues of unfortunate". Everyone wants "kids to get a solid education and get good jobs and lead a happier, fulfilling life".
please, rather, try to think about it in terms of what best-explains the difference.
this data seems highly inversely correlated with productivity, in countries with lower productivity, people spend more time with their child. Time available seems to be the best explanatory factor.
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#6It's important to add here that homework has never been shown to improve grades or educational outcomes generally, and it's a very well-studied topic.
On the other hand, parental involvement in their children's education has been shown to have a positive impact on children's development.
Re: Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework
#7It's important to add here that homework has never been shown to improve grades or educational outcomes generally, and it's a very well-studied topic.
On the other hand, parental involvement in their children's education has been shown to have a positive impact on children's development.
How did they distinguish parental involvement specifically in education from the fact that supportive, encouraging parents are likely to engage with their child's education? I ask because my instinct is that emotional stability and encouragement are probably more important than homework.
Re: Parents in poorer countries devote more time to their kids' homework
#8It's important to add here that homework has never been shown to improve grades or educational outcomes generally, and it's a very well-studied topic.
Are there also studies on the effects of parents' addiction to social media and other forms of screen time?
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#9It's important to add here that homework has never been shown to improve grades or educational outcomes generally, and it's a very well-studied topic.
Really? Never?
I find that hard to believe.
Writing, to take one example, requires practice. The amount of practice you can get in a single academic year maxes out at 180 hours without homework and you would have no time to actually teach.
I can imagine that 5 hours a week of writing homework in English rapidly exceeds the amount of time you could ever spend in class.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
please don't think about it in terms of first world problems of time management. it is more like, they are poor and they want kids to get a solid education and get good jobs and lead a happier, fulfilling life compared to them. fyi: username is a function of yours'.
please don't think about it in terms of "the virtues of unfortunate". Everyone wants "kids to get a solid education and get good jobs and lead a happier, fulfilling life". please, rather, try to think about it in terms of what best-explains the difference. this data seems highly inversely correlated with productivity, in countries with lower productivity, people spend more time with their child. Time available seems…
Does reduced productivity at work correlate with more available time though? Take subsistence agriculture, which is very common in poor countries - it is usually done inefficiently, and yet it is very time consuming. In my experience, it's more the leisure time that gets sacrificed - parents have almost no social life while their child is growing up.