{"id":16609,"date":"2021-11-23T18:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owis.org\/sg\/?p=16609"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:41:42","slug":"the-benefits-of-homework-for-secondary-school-children-and-why-we-dont-call-it-work-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owis.org\/sg\/blog\/the-benefits-of-homework-for-secondary-school-children-and-why-we-dont-call-it-work-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Homework for Secondary School Children and Why We Don’t Call It Work Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

In One World International School’s Grade 5 to Grade 6 Transition Assembly for students, the most frequently asked question usually concerns homework. For this reason, it’s worth looking into the importance and advantages of homework and how it relates to a child\u2019s progress in school and beyond.<\/p>\n

At the outset, the OWIS approach to learning considers that children do better if they experience their own learning as something agreeable, something other than work. Consequently, the term \u2018homework\u2019 is replaced with the friendlier term \u2018learning at home.\u2019 Children love to share what they enjoy. If they enjoy learning because they don\u2019t regard it as work, they will want to share their enjoyment and enthusiasm with their parents.<\/p>\n

At OWIS, your child will spend several concentrated hours each day actively learning at school. However, a typical school day consists of co-scholastic learning, regularly scheduled breaks, lunchtime, and the time it takes to transition between classrooms and teachers. While these are all necessary, they lessen the amount of time children have to learn in school. This is where learning at home becomes an exciting supplemental resource, especially for secondary students.<\/p>\n

What Are the Benefits of Learning-at-Home for Secondary Students?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Attitudes towards learning-at-home (or homework as other schools call it) shift with time, and parents and their children may not always agree on its importance for learning. However, it does have clear benefits for the development of secondary students:<\/p>\n