Traditional classrooms are where teachers lecture in front of the students depending on the grade level some students are writing notes, following along in a book or not even paying attention. Now lets flip this classroom and change the whole outlook. When we flip a classroom it gives teachers and students to have more one on one time. Teachers are helping students with homework and problems they are having with the subject they are learning. Students get to watch videos of their teacher in a creative and engaging way. Many teachers are in and want to flip classrooms and others want to stay in the traditional ways.
My personal thought about flipped classroom is back and fourth, I want to like it but I go back to not agreeing with it. It is a great idea to have more personal one on one time with the students but it takes more time for the teachers to create these videos. Teachers are spending more time on the videos and when they play it students are just watching but are they really paying attention? "As the student is watching the video, there is no inquiry, no collaboration-it's passive" (Conley, 2012, 7). If classes do not have any collaboration in classrooms can we agree they are learning? But on the other hand students can work in groups with their problems or learn from one another. One positive that I love about Flipped classroom is that it will engage all different kinds of learners. I feel that if the teacher wants to make a flipped classroom in can be up to the parents and students and how they feel towards the topic.
Reference:
Conley, Kate. (2012, June/July). Learning and Leading: To Flip or Not to Flip. pg. 7
Reference:
Conley, Kate. (2012, June/July). Learning and Leading: To Flip or Not to Flip. pg. 7
Anna, you bring up a great point that I had not previously considered. In a flipped classroom, the students are passively watching the lecture video at home without any collaboration. This can definitely bring up some serious implications for this method of teaching. If a student has a question during the middle of the lecture, they cannot just raise their hand and ask the teacher. Instead, they would have to wait until class the next day. If the student never wrote the question down, they may have forgotten what it was by this time. I think the traditional classroom setting allows the students to receive more immediate feedback from the teacher.
ReplyDeleteI also see another major issue with the flipped classroom. The students are assigned to listen to podcasts or watch videos at home. This means that the school is assuming each and every student has access to both a computer and the internet. This cannot be an assumption that the school makes. If a school really wanted to experiment with flipped classrooms, they must provide all students the technology necessary to complete the assignments.
-Scott
I am on the same page as both of you, I can see many benefits to flipping a classroom, but also many issues. I think whether the student is in class listening to the lecture or at home listening to the lecture, certain students will always find a way to be distracted from the learning. It makes it a little easier to avoid learning if a student is at home and it is their responsibility to watch a video or listen to a podcast. But a good teacher will teach in class, engage the students, make the lecture interactive, and ask questions to make sure everyone is following along. I think a flipped classroom would be great for certain students but not for everyone. One way to ensure students are learning in the flipped classroom would be to assess their learning in class and hold them responsible for retaining the information. If they know they need to know the lecture in order to be successful in class it would provide a great incentive for them to study along.
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