Tuesday, 21 October 2014
What Is Flipping?
Flipped learning or flipped classroom means many things to many people. How would you describe flipped learning? Do you think there is a distinction between flipped learning and a flipped classroom? Did anything in the readings or the TED talk surprise you? Before leaving your comment, check out the definition and four pillars of flipped learning created by the folks at the Flipped Learning Network. Does this align well with all of the descriptions you've explored? Have your thoughts on what is flipped learning changed?
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Flipped learning is for me where the kids are given the tools to learn for themselves outside a traditional classroom environment. When they then re-enter the classroom, differentiation is easier as they can self evaluate where they are in their learning. This means I, as a teacher, can spend more time with the kids that really need my help whilst at the same time have in place a range of activities to stretch the other kids who will then be learning independently. After having read the article I feel that my ideas about flipped learning were correct.
ReplyDeleteNo surprises, but after revisiting the Khan video and reflecting upon it, he really touches on a strategy which allows differentiation to occur. I always struggle with allowing mastery to occur with the need to move forward to cover additional curriculum. Many “experts” on the classroom can chastise teachers for not be able to find the proper balance for this to occur. The MYP math teacher at MIS uses the Khan Academy in order to help students master some basic concepts that they are missing, but also moves forward with new concepts. I really appreciated the clear definition of flipped learning as it clearly articulates all that is required.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I am over generalizing here, but most of the readings seem to be based on Math studies. Where is the place for arts and the humanities? Are these less easy to quantify and so less applicable to a flipped classroom? It is difficult to see Salam Khan’s YouTube clip applied to an arts subject. Although nothing about teaching the arts or humanities goes against the 4 pillars of the F-L-I-P ed learning, I feel that math and science would be more easily approached. I am still sorting out my understanding here – so this is not a definitive critique.
ReplyDeleteAs a languages teacher, I also wonder if the flip model may be best suited to subjects such as Maths (although I hope to be proved wrong!). In my classroom I like to use the target language as much as possible, but obviously I am there for clarification if a student does not understand. With the flip model, it is inevitable that some students will struggle with the content at home if it is delivered in the target language. My concern is that when they come to class, I will then have to use the time revisiting the content with the less able students while the more able students get to engage in independent inquiry.
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