| Is flipping for you? |
Is flipping the class the perfect answer for today’s educational climate?
The concept of flipping is driven by answering two fundamental questions:
- Am I teaching to the group from the front far too much?
- Am I using my face-to-face time with my students well enough?
When teachers begin to unpick and answer these two questions, their practice begins to change and the elements of good teaching come to the fore.
In the simplest of explanations flipped learning is essentially where:
- The student absorbs the lesson at home and does the homework in class
- Learning not teaching is the centre of the classroom
- The teacher makes the best use of face to face class time
- The ownership of the learning is transferred to the learners, personalising learning for all learners
- Teachers get the time to explore deeper learning opportunities and pedagogies with their students
- Technology is central. Identifying the right technology, the right technology providers and securing the necessary technical training are vital. Flipped learning takes advantage of the seductive and pervasive nature of digital technology.
Do you think flipped learning meets most of the demands of today’s educational climate and stakeholder expectations for improving learning outcomes?
