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Direct linkForsberg, Eva; Hallsén, Stina; Karlsson, Marie; Bowden, Helen Melander; Mikhaylova, Tatiana; Svahn, Johanna – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: Taking läxhjälp/homework support in Sweden as a case, this article aims to further explore shadow education, especially as a pedagogical object from curriculum theory perspective. Design/Approach/Methods: Approaches including policy analyses, ethnomethodological work based on video-recorded interaction, and narratives have produced…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Governance, Equal Education, Homework
Svensson, Petra; Meaney, Tamsin; Norén, Eva – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2014
In Sweden often immigrant students' failure in mathematics is explained by referring to deficit discourses. To critique that our aim have been to highlight the complexity of the situation in which immigrant students are positioned, by interrogating their perspectives on mathematics homework and the importance of parental support, as well as how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Mathematics Achievement, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedWalberg, Herbert J. – School Community Journal, 1991
A survey of eighth graders in 11 countries showed that countries whose students averaged the most homework (8 to 9 hours weekly) also had the highest average test scores. Swedish and U.S. students did the least homework (4 to 5 hours weekly) and had the lowest scores. Japan's system is praised and U.S. youth's TV-viewing habits deplored. (MLH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
