Flipped Classroom

Several teachers consider that generating or discovering sources for students to use outside of class is the most complex part of carrying out a flipped classroom. However, most of the positive results of a flipped classroom are subject to what happens in the classroom rather than in the lecture. A flipped classroom model involves a lot of work on the part of students outside of class. Students will resent this work if they don't see how it frees up time in class to do things that support their learning.

Steps to follow to use flipped classroom method:

 

Decide how you will use your class time and design those activities. Again, if you do not have a reason to flip your course, you should consider other active learning strategies or wait until you have an idea for how you could better use your class time.

 

 

Find or create resources for students to use at home. These could be readings, audio files, websites, or videos. You do not need to create these sources, but you must make sure that all students have a way to access these materials. If you create the materials for students to use at home, use their feedback to revise it.

 

Teach students how to use the material at home. Unlike when they are in a lecture, students cannot ask question as they arise, making note taking especially important. Working on their own, students will likely have distractions. Although students engage with media all the time, they may not know how to use educational audio or video clips. Make sure students have an incentive for doing the work on their own.

 

Some of the benefits of a flipped classroom are:
1.     It's flexible
2.     Students can learn at their own pace
3.     Students take responsibility for their learning
4.     Students learn rather than encounter material in class
5.     There are more opportunities for higher level learning
6.     It does not waste time transferring information to students when that information is available to them in books or online (Mazur 2009)
7.     Instructors and TFs work more closely with students, getting to know students better and providing better assistance

8.     Increased collaboration between students

Flipped Classroom Activity for Kids:

 

1.     Pair – Group – Class Discussion: Thinking, discussing and solving problems in a group of more than two will help the kids see issues from different angles. The answer to the problem is not always in books or theories, but might show up during the process of analyzing it. For example, you can show the kids a video on YouTube talks related to the lesson’s subject. Then, let the children freely speak and show what they think. There might be no ultimate right or wrong answer.

 

2.     Quizzes and Game: Forget about the lengthy lecture with tons of information. Try turning your class into a quiz contest, solving a game, along with attractive gifts for the winning kids. This will definitely boost the children’s learning spirit and help them remember knowledge longer, especially with wrong answers.

 

3.     Teacher Role Play: Means teachers and students exchange roles for each other. This role-play method not only strengthens the knowledge base for young children but also helps them perfect soft skills such as presentation, analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

 

4.     Station Learning: Basically, stations are centers placed around the classroom with specifically different activities. Students need to move around these stations and join each of them to fulfill the final goal of the lesson. Each station can be in any theme, for example, language, science, math, art or communication. It depends on the teachers’ target and lesson plan.