Hello Everyone!
I recently came across this photo and I really wanted to share it! My encounter with the flipped classroom model in my Teacher's Education has been very enlightening. The Flipped Classroom allows teachers to work alongside students while they do their work in the classroom, rather than lecturing them and sending them home to do their work by themselves.
Kathleen Fulton (2012) listed the following as advantages of the flipped classroom:
(1) students move at their own pace
(2) doing “homework” in class gives teachers better insight into student difficulties and learning styles
(3) teachers can more easily customize and update the curriculum and provide it to students 24/7
(4) classroom time can be used more effectively and creatively
(5) teachers using the method report seeing increased levels of student achievement, interest, and engagement.
As a teacher in the 21st Century, what a great idea to film lectures, upload PowerPoint slides and create online forums! Students can go home and learn the material before coming to class, thus allowing for group work, communication and more active forms of learning. Also, the flipped classroom allows for teachers to figure out what individual students are struggling with, thus accommodating for everyone's individual needs. This Link illustrates the 7 Things a teacher should know about a Flipped Classroom.
Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aGuLuipTwg
This video explains the benefits of the Flipped Classroom very effectively!
There has been many studies that show the Flipped Classroom is extremely effective in assisting at risk students (This was retrieved from the link listed above:The Flipped Classroom)
Just a short post with a few beneficial facts!
With every good wish,
Miss Roberts
Work Cited
Fulton, K. (2012). Upside down and inside out: Flip your classroom to improve student learning. Learning & Leading with Technology, 39(8), 12–17.
Sarah Roberts,
ReplyDeleteYour hyperlink Knewton Infographics on a Flipped Classroom is an excellent supporting resource to your blog topic. It’s astonishing to see how in a traditional classroom more then 50% of freshmen students failed English, and then when implementing a flipped classroom this statistic dropped drastically to 19%. Although throughout my Concurrent Education program I’ve heard about the benefits of the flipped classroom I have never seen direct evidence associated to it. This method is not only remaining consistent with the 21st century prevalence of media, but is also found to positively increase learning outcomes. It’s important to note that if implemented correctly this method meets the needs of all students: auditory (able to listen to lectures multiple times), visual (rewatching lectures), and kinaesthetic (more in class application time). Conversely, if auditory and visual learners are meeting most of their needs through the video, as a teacher how will you ensure their attendance in class (especially at the high school level)? Personally as I teacher I would love to establish a flipped classroom, but I feel students need some sort of incentive to attend class, such as marks for group work or participation. I advice you to keep in mind reference to course material would greatly solidify the integrity of this topic; therefore, I encourage you to do so in future posts. Overall, great analysis and I look forward to reading your future blogs.
Ms. Rodrigues
Miss Roberts,
ReplyDeleteI had always wondered if there was evidence backing up the implementation of a flipped classroom and what you have introduced to me, shocked me. I was visually drawn to your blog post, as your use of images is appealing and insightful. I could not believe that through a flipped classroom approach, by allowing students to learn on their own time, drastically decreased the percentage of students failing specific courses and the amount of discipline cases. This in itself is evidence enough that students should be placed within a flipped classroom. It grants students the opportunity to be responsible and held accountable for their own success. Students need to come to class prepared in order to succeed. I love your idea of using the internet to prepare students for in-class time. As society is evolving within the 21st century, it is important for the teacher to be technologically literate to positively influence his or her students. I believe that it is important for the teacher to be confident in order to set a good example for his or her students. I enjoyed reading your post, I believe it is appealing to the eye, and the visual aids are highly correlated to your topic and summarize your point of view. The only critique I have for improvement is to use more resources in order to support your point of view; however, I am sure that there are many more articles supporting this perspective out there! I look forward to reading future posts!
Miss Robinson
Miss Roberts,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post! I can tell that you have a lot of faith in the flipped classroom method, much like our own classroom as we continue our studies. The statistics that you included in your illustration to me were staggering. They truly do prove that flipped classrooms help students in their learning, and actually engages them through their studies. This is demonstrated through the extreme drop of failures in the classroom, as well as in disciplinary action. I encourage you to push your thinking in the form of what this means for us as future teachers - will the flipped method of classrooms become the new way for us all to teach? Or will it simply just be for the select few who are brave enough to attempt it? I guess only time will tell.
The flipped classroom gives more freedom to teachers to decide upon how much time to spend with each student. Thanks for sharing an interesting blog.
ReplyDeleteLearn more about the same relevant topic - How flipped classroom works?