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Alfie Kohn Lecture
THE HOMEWORK
MYTH:
Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing
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Alfie Kohn
Saturday, April 17
8:00 – 10:00am
Naropa University
Nalanda Campus Events Center
6287 Arapahoe
(NW
corner of 63rd and Arapahoe Ave.)
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THE
HOMEWORK MYTH
After
spending most of the day in school, children are typically given additional
assignments to be completed at home - a remarkable fact, when you stop to think
about it. What's more, homework in most schools isn't limited to those times
when it seems appropriate and important. Rather than saying, "Doing this
particular project at home may be useful," our message seems to be,
"We've decided ahead of time that students will have to do something every
night. Later on we'll figure out what to make them do." We know it causes
stress and conflict, frustration and exhaustion. But at least, we tell
ourselves, it teaches them independence and good work habits,
"reinforces" what they've been taught, and helps them to become more
successful learners.
Alfie
Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The
latest of his eleven books are
THE HOMEWORK MYTH: Why Our
Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing (2006) and UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING:
Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (2005). Of his
earlier titles, the best known are PUNISHED BY REWARDS: The Trouble with
Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (1993), NO
CONTEST: The Case Against Competition (1986), and THE SCHOOLS OUR
CHILDREN DESERVE: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher
Standards" (1999).
Kohn
has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most
outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores." His
criticisms of competition and rewards have helped to shape the thinking of
educators -- as well as parents and managers -- across the country and abroad.
Kohn has been featured on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including the
"Today" show and two appearances on "Oprah"; he has been profiled in the Washington
Post and the Los Angeles Times, while his work has been described
and debated in many other leading publications. He has written many articles on education
during his career.
Tickets for this
event are $25.00
We will have a limited amount of
Student Tickets available for $10.00
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Tickets
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For questions or to
volunteer: Betsy Fox, PEN Lead Coach, Foxbetsy123@msn.com
, 720.563.7007 or
Deborah Young, PhD.
Chair Department of Education, dyoung@naropa.edu 303-245-4681
Spanish
Interpretation: RSVP to Eugenia Brady Eugenia.brady@bvsd.org or 720-561-5150
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