December 21, 2018
What are you waiting for?
Don't you think it's time to start modernizing the way we teach in the 21st century? Many educators are still teaching using the traditional lecture-based model that has been around since the beginning of education. My vote is for the....
Flipped Classroom Model
As a math teacher I find that I have very little time to work with my students on a daily basis when I'm teaching (using the traditional lecture-based model) a new skill every other day, on average. The first day I introduce the content I lecture for about 30 minutes leaving only a handful of minutes for practice before sending students off to practice more at home. I've found that students get stuck at home with the practice and their parents are not able to help them, especially in math, so they don't do it. So the next day I'm going over their homework and using a lot of class time to do this leaving maybe 30 minutes to do more. Students again have little time for active learning as this method provides a teacher-centered environment. This is a never ending cycle leaving no time in the classroom to really understand the content and to really dig deeper with more difficult problems.
How do we modernize the way we teach in the 21st century? The answer is using the flipped classroom model... as the definition of teaching in the 21st century is to develop the skills of collaboration, communication, critical thinking, character/self-confidence, and creativity. You got it!! A flipped classroom will allow just that providing a student-centered environment.
How do we modernize the way we teach in the 21st century? The answer is using the flipped classroom model... as the definition of teaching in the 21st century is to develop the skills of collaboration, communication, critical thinking, character/self-confidence, and creativity. You got it!! A flipped classroom will allow just that providing a student-centered environment.
A flipped classroom allows students the flexibility to learn the material whenever and wherever they want outside of the classroom by watching or listening to the pre-class lesson and when they come to class afterwards they are able to explore the material right away with their peers and their teacher. Students are provided a lot more time in the class to work collaboratively within groups discovering a deeper knowledge of the content as they help each other "figure it out" along with the teacher facilitating.
So... What are you waiting for?
I've done a lot of research on the flipped classroom and I'm excited to share my findings and get started. Take a look at my proposal, my literature review, and my implementation plan (links are also available on the images below).
This is my proposal to my campus principal to implement the flipped classroom at McDonald Junior High.
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Here is a review of literature on flipped classrooms that supports why we should implement a flipped classroom.
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This is how I plan to implement the flipped classroom within the math department here at McDonald Junior High.
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Additional Resources
I am not an expert on the flipped classroom "yet", but through hard work and trial and error I plan to get there one day as I continue researching and developing my skills. I plan to continue reading and researching the flipped classroom as much as I can and here are a few resources I either plan to or have already read/watched and I'd invite you to as well (click the image to go resource).