My Flipping Failure I run a reasonably successful YouTube channel that contains videos for Higher Level International Baccalaureate Chemistry that are used by thousands of kids each day. The head of science, Brian Kahn, even managed to get some of us time off during the week to make them. I put the favorable reception down to the fact that the course is complete, I have experience actually teaching the material for years, and I have made extensive use of video games to teach with. Zombies, explosions and aliens have all made appearances. There are even some 3D videos and augmented reality. Chemistry students have flocked to Richard Thornley's YouTube videos, but trying to use them to implement a flipped classroom was harder than he expected! Trying the Flip Some teachers emailed me that they were using my videos to flip the classroom with success, so I thought I would give it a try. I had no time to sit with the kids that required help – my attention was always split ten ways.
Flipping the Biology Classroom | The journey of a former gymnast as she turns learning in her biology classroom upside down. Flipped Learning, Competency & Mastery Research | News New Report Shares Global Practices for Competency-Based Ed By Dian Schaffhauser10/14/14 Finland chooses its teachers from the top 10 percent of high school graduates and requires them to attain a research-based master's degree at state expense. Swedish students learn according to clearly articulated national standards, and can break down and express the standards for each week, such as, "During this week my goal will be to understand and be able to..." Teachers in New Zealand, who have a great deal of autonomy, participate in curriculum co-development, establishing student assessment methods and ensuring fairness in grading. Those are a few of the international aspects of delivering competency-based education around the world as outlined in a new report published by CompetencyWorks. "Almost without exception, education leaders across major world economies share the same goals: to improve student performance and increase equitable outcomes," said Patrick. About the Author
Why I Gave Up Flipped Instruction A little over a year ago I wrote a post about the flipped classroom, why I loved it, and how I used it. I have to admit, the flip wasn’t the same economic and political entity then that it is now. And in some ways, I think that matters. Here’s the thing. When I wrote that post, I imagined the flip as a stepping stone to a fully realized inquiry/PBL classroom. What is the flip? The flipped classroom essentially reverses traditional teaching. When I first encountered the flip, it seemed like a viable way to help deal with the large and sometimes burdensome amount of content included in my senior Biology & Chemistry curricula. My flipped experiments I first encountered the flip in a blog post. My students loved the idea of trying something that very few other students were doing. We began to shift As I shifted my classroom from teacher-centred to student-centred, my students began to do lots of their their own research. What was my role? The flip faded away The flip is gone for good No.
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