Children react differently to different methods of teaching and all children have different levels of teaching needs.
For some the current method of teaching in the UK will work best. For others the methods employed in Sweden may prove to be more beneficial. However it's impractical to have a mix-and-match approach to teaching children on a national scale. A national policy therefore needs to be decided upon and implemented to ensure children get the best possible educational experience. Homework, unfortunately, is essential for development and transition into the working world. Unless you're in a low-paid, dead-end job with no prospects you'll soon find out that homework pervades into working life. If one decides to venture into the world of academia - at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels - homework is essentially all you do. Doing homework at school prepares children for this and encourages the development of a broad range of transferable skills relating to time-management and work prioritisation.
