I know a flipped classroom is a type of class where students learn the content at home via instructional and interactive videos, and then practice the materials in class. This alleviates the time spent going over the material in class, and having students do it wrong at home.
I agree that there are many benefits for students and teachers. It helps the students who miss class get the chance to learn the material. It gives students the opportunity to go back and re-listen to something the teacher said. I can see that it benefits teachers in the management part of class, because kids don't have time to get distracted while the teacher is teaching. And that it is great for teachers who are absent for kids to still get the material without having to rely on a sub trying to teach it.
I think there are drawbacks to a flipped classroom. I think that although it may be beneficial for students to be able to go back and listen to something they didn't quite catch the first time, they can't ask a question if they are still confused. And if they are confused on a concept, it may be hard for them to grasp the entire lesson as a whole. Teachers also don't have the opportunity to check in with students on the concept to see how they are understanding so far. Other drawbacks include not actually being able to implement this in classrooms. I feel flipped classes work well with certain content areas, but not all. Some classes are more structured based on the needs of the students, where material needs to be covered in class. I also think it is hard to mesh with some of the PBL practices we use in NVUSD because students spend so much time doing their own research and collaborating that there isn't a high need for flipped lessons.
I would not use flipped lessons in my class to help students learn because they would not work with my class and my community of students. I teach Read 180 which is a very structured and scripted program, with very little wiggle room for anything else. Also, the needs of these students are so high that we already work in small groups in class to get closer student to teacher interaction and help. They would struggle learning the material at home without being able to ask questions until class the next day.
I agree that there are many benefits for students and teachers. It helps the students who miss class get the chance to learn the material. It gives students the opportunity to go back and re-listen to something the teacher said. I can see that it benefits teachers in the management part of class, because kids don't have time to get distracted while the teacher is teaching. And that it is great for teachers who are absent for kids to still get the material without having to rely on a sub trying to teach it.
I think there are drawbacks to a flipped classroom. I think that although it may be beneficial for students to be able to go back and listen to something they didn't quite catch the first time, they can't ask a question if they are still confused. And if they are confused on a concept, it may be hard for them to grasp the entire lesson as a whole. Teachers also don't have the opportunity to check in with students on the concept to see how they are understanding so far. Other drawbacks include not actually being able to implement this in classrooms. I feel flipped classes work well with certain content areas, but not all. Some classes are more structured based on the needs of the students, where material needs to be covered in class. I also think it is hard to mesh with some of the PBL practices we use in NVUSD because students spend so much time doing their own research and collaborating that there isn't a high need for flipped lessons.
I would not use flipped lessons in my class to help students learn because they would not work with my class and my community of students. I teach Read 180 which is a very structured and scripted program, with very little wiggle room for anything else. Also, the needs of these students are so high that we already work in small groups in class to get closer student to teacher interaction and help. They would struggle learning the material at home without being able to ask questions until class the next day.