Reforming Homework: Practices, Learning and Policies

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he book promotes the view that there are different ways of approaching homework as a cultural practice and that there are different ways of ways of organising homework for different school and cultural contexts. Mike Horsley From CQU, and Walker from University of Sydney.

Mike Horsley and Richard Walker Mike Horsley is an Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Central Queensland University Richard Walker is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Postgraduate Coursework and Professional Education at the University of Sydney In addition to their academic affiliations, the authors manage learning and homework centres for Sydney's disadvantaged and islander communities and have conducted research on homework in these communities and schools generally for the last decade.