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Flipped classroon
Started by Tiffany Ridings
I think a lot students would benefit from the flipped classroom method of teaching. While this doesn’t address testing or other major issues, this could really revolutionize the educational experience of our students.
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The flipped classroom may be a great thing if it is done correctly. But in my experience with the flipped classroom, teachers wasted the class time, actually getting angry when students asked questions. Actually told students, ” It was all in the video, watch it again. ” High school students spend at least 7 hours a day at school and then if they have to go home and watch videos and teach themselves, we shouldn’t require that they spend 7 hours in the classroom. About every other year, there is some “new trend” in education. They all get results if used correctly. But in mass marketing these ideas, something gets lost and usually the students get the short end of the deal. My daughter had a flipped classroom for 10th grade honors geometry and she will have a flipped classroom for AP psychology this year and I am not happy about it. Her test grades dropped in geometry last year when they started the flipped classroom and we paid for a weekly tutoring to keep a B. This trend requires more study and better teacher training before it should be used extensively.
Tiffany Ridings, 12 years ago
I completely agree with you. For the flipped classroom to be effective, teachers need to be trained on how to utilize it. And, yes, it would reduce time on campuses as they would be home viewing the videos, etc and then asking their questions and completing homework at school with their teachers, the experts. If the teacher is saying to watch it, again, instead of answering questions then they are missing the point of the entire concept of flipped learning. We have used this method in my post-graduate work and have found it to create much more meaningful class discussions and alleviates the stress of trying to figure out the homework when you don’t have a clue what the video or topic is about.
Tonia Roemmich, 12 years ago
This is a very interesting idea. I think one of the concerns is the students that simply do not do the homework (reading, watching the video, etc..).
Personally, this looks like a great plan. However, if there is nothing but the knowledge in the children’s heads to prove that they bothered to do the homework, wouldn’t it be tempting for many children to just skip that homework and try to wing it in class?
One teacher I knew used to say, ” You expect what you inspect.” For example, if you give an assignment to write the spelling words 3x each knowing that a number of students benefit in this memory aid, but do not actually look to see that the kids did what you asked. Most will stop doing the assignment because there is no accountability.
I love this idea, I just am wondering how all the “kinks” are being worked out of the overall idea.
