Purposefulness of Homework Writing and their Impact on the Educational Achievements of Primary School Students

Pitanje koje se proteže kroz generacije glasi: imaju li učenici koristi od pisanja domaćih zadaća te ispunjavaju li domaće zadaće svoju svrhu? Učenici u većini slučajeva prigovaraju i nisu oduševljeni ovom aktivnošću te je smatraju besmislenim naporom, a sve češće to čine i roditelji. Učitelji pak, imaju potpunu slobodu u izboru aktivnosti za vrijeme odgojno-obrazovnog procesa pa isto tako imaju i slobodu zadavanja domaće zadaće učenicima. Glavni cilj domaće zadaće nije dodatno opteretiti učenike, već unaprijediti njihovo znanje i sposobnosti. Osim uvježbavanja, domaća zadaća učenicima olakšava i kasnije učenje jer su određeni sadržaj već barem jednom ponovili kroz zadatke. Na učiteljima je izbor zadataka i aktivnosti koje će odrediti za domaću zadaću te koliko će opteretiti svoje učenike. Osim učitelja, važni čimbenici u odgojno-obrazovnom procesu su i roditelji koji se ponekad previše uključuju u obveze svoje djece jer misle kako će time uštedjeti na vremenu, ali nisu svjesni da tako svome djetetu uskraćuju razvoj sposobnosti i samostalnosti.The question that runs through the generations is: do students benefit from writing homework and do homework fulfill its purpose? In most cases, students complain and are not enthusiastic about this activity and consider it a meaningless effort, and more and more often parents do the same. Teachers, on the other hand, have complete freedom in choosing activities during the educational process, so they also have the freedom to give homework to students. The main goal of homework is not to further burden students, but to improve their knowledge and skills. In addition to practice, homework makes it easier for students to learn later because they have already repeated certain content at least once through assignments. It is up to the teachers to choose the tasks and activities they will determine for their homework and how much they will burden their students. Apart from teachers, important factors in the educational process are parents who sometimes get too involved in their children's responsibilities because they think it will save time, but are not aware that they are depriving their child of the development of abilities and independence