Dynamism of education changed a lot
in past one or two decades, classic teaching methods and ways are now followed
nowhere, today education is all about involving technology and getting more
interactive. Two decades ago classroom was just
a classroom, today it has various terms related to it, E-learning,
virtual classroom, etc are pretty famous, one of these popular terms is flipped classroom.
Flip teaching (or flipped
classroom) is a form of blended learning in which students learn new content
online by watching video lectures, usually at home, and what used to be
homework (assigned problems) is now done in class with teacher offering more
personalized guidance and interaction with students, instead of lecturing. This
is also known as backwards classroom, reverse instruction, flipping the
classroom and reverse teaching.
Classic and Flipped Classroom
The traditional pattern of teaching
has been to assign students to read textbooks and work on problem sets outside
school, while listening to lectures and taking test in class. Whereas Flipped
pattern is more about discussing topics and things in the class.
In classic pattern teachers used to
teach a topic in class and students were supposed to work on the lecture’s
learning as assigned homework at their homes, but flipped teaching has changed
it, now students will prepare the lessons at home and then it will get
discussed in class, where teacher will work moreover like a judge in a debate
and provide valuable inputs at different times during the class.
Key Features:
Student Centric:
Flipped classrooms are called so,
because in this method of teaching the center of classroom has been changed.
Usually in a class the center of everything in teacher only, but that have
changed in flipped classrooms, now teacher is only the guide of the center and
center is ever shifting in class and it is only students who are playing the
role of center of attraction or attention in the class.
Responsible Student:
Class sleepers are facing the
hardest time in flipped classroom models, students have to prepare for the
class at their homes, now teacher are not busy in teaching on board or in book,
he is organizing talks and discussions in class, so buddy! Forget about sleeping
in class and prepare for the class, because you ain’t wanna look bad in front of
your pals, right?
Exploration:
Here is a greater focus on concept exploration, meaning making and demonstration or application of
knowledge in the face-to-face setting.
