The benefits of this are that students can learn at their own pace and pause teaching as needed so they can absorb what they heard. Or they do not experience frustration if they are ahead of the rest of the class and have to constantly slow down for others to learn.
Possible challenges go with some of my personal thoughts about this. I love it and I hate it at the same time. The reason is the same thoughts I have about homework. I don't believe in it. School should be for learning and after school, a child should be able to relax and play and not have to have the pressures of school. This is the only time in life when one can experience the carefree aspect of life and I feel homework hinders this. Flipping a classroom just a new form of homework in my mind.
However, it is also a brilliant way to learn how to learn individually and without the pressure of measuring up in school when a student's individual pace may be slower than someone else's. This is what I love about a flipped classroom. It is a new way of teaching and learning and as with anything, there is good and bad that comes along with it.
References:
What is a flipped classroom? (in 60 seconds). (2019). Retrieved 14 November 2019, from https://youtu.be/r2b7GeuqkPc
Dear Laura,
ReplyDeleteYou have included some excellent points in your blog post. I particularly appreciate your discussion of how childhood experiences, such as activities after school time, should be for all children. You made an excellent argument that activities after school should not be entirely about school-based learning.
Good job with your blog post!
Dr. Helen