Exit Slip: Flipped Classrooms

Flipped classrooms have been a topic of debate in education of late. It has its advantages which include more teacher-to-student time in practical applications of topics including math. Students will watch videos on lecture content at home while problem solving in class with the aid of teachers and peers. The disadvantages include the increased screen-time in the era of technology, and also the fact that making sure these students actually watch the videos is very difficult.

My stance on flipped classrooms is that facets of this should be used in schools. In this, I mean that videos are a great method to assist learning and increase class time for teacher-student interaction and problem solving. Furthermore, I believe some subjects would be better off without much use of the flipped classroom style at all such as English where a lot of the learning already occurs in class through discussion. Overall, I hope to see some aspects of the flipped classroom style introduced into classes, but not completely changed in flipped classrooms. This balance is one that we as teachers wil have to explore.

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