The overarching goal of this Ph.D.-project is to broaden the understanding of homework as policy and as a school practice with the aim of providing an educational lens / framework for discussing homework policy and practice in different contexts. The project will contribute to the knowledge base on homework policy and practice through research on homework through practice-oriented document analysis of historic and contemporary curriculum and educational policies, literature review, and homework as a school practice through field research. Critical policy perspectives and curriculum and didaktik traditions frame the study theoretically. The overarching problem formulation is: How is homework positioned in compulsory schooling? In the first article, we are exploring the first research question: What pedagogical ideas are expressed through the way homework is referred to in schools governing documents from 1936 to 1998? Who are assigned roles, tasks, and responsibilities in relation to schools’ homework practice?

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Prof. Radhika Gorur, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.