Monday, September 29, 2014

Flipped Classroom, cons and prons?

Flipped classroom is popular topic right now.
To be frank, I still doubt the feasibility of such methods in class.

First, I believe that both the teachers and the students are self-disciplined. They both should obey the rules of the "games"-- that is to say that teacher will have to do much work to prepare the relevant teaching material, videos or lectures, etc. and they also have to answer the questions from different students;therefore, the working load is becoming more   

On the other side, students have to learn critical thinking. Only when they get familiar with critical thinking can they learn the subject by themselves according to their own pace. Such Flipped Classroom has proposed high requirements for the students. they have the ability to control themselves, and learn something new by themselves. However, most students are reluctant to spend after school time leaning and studying more.  It is not difficult to think that if students don't work after school or before the class, teachers will have to spend more time explaining those materials.

I have found some links which illustrate some points against Flipped Classroom:


http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2012/12/12/the-flipped-classroom-what-are-the-pros-and-cons-

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/2011/10/five-reasons-im-not-flipping-over.html