The Flipped classroom suggests that there is a steering away from the conventional concept of a classroom . More and more the classroom walls are being broken down by the integration of technology and expanded more opportunities for learning. In seeking to create a knowledge building environment I have developed a check list for myself:
1. It must first cater to 21st century learning:The class should make provision for critical thinking, analysis, problem solving, collaboration, communication.
2. Lots of opportunities for student engagement.
3. Lots and lots of discussion through Socratic Questioning
4. Synchronous Interaction as well as Asynchronous interaction
5. The teacher must change roles and become the guide on the side,, whilst students take more ownership of their own learning environment.
6. The class caters for differentiated learning.
7. Incorporates opportunites for media literacy development.
8. The class is structured to facilitate project based learning which addresses authentic and real life issues.
9. The curriculum is structured to incorporate the voices of expertise from the community.
10. Where technology is concerned- All schools should have a learning portal where students can access homework and submit homework and interact in chat rooms. These portals can provide students with email accounts so that teacher and students can interact during and after school. Interactive whiteboards are a must have. Opportunities to share and publish students' work will build the knowledge building environment that thrives well in a flipped classroom.
11. Class rooms will need to be re arranged to create an atmosphere that is collaborative.
It may seem much , but I am think that the greatest challenge is a change of mindset. A number of the above lists can begin even as I speak. The paradigm must start with the teacher. Our classrooms are products of ourselves. Therefore, flipped mindset = flipped classroom.
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