ERIC Number: EJ992829
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
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Students, Parents Give Thumbs-Up to Flipped Classroom
Pearson, George
Education Canada, v52 n5 2012
The Flipped Classroom isn't for everyone, but it's been well received by Math and Biology students and their parents at Okanagan Mission Secondary School (OKM) in Kelowna, B.C., and was strongly supported by the OKM principal, Scott Mclean. As teacher Graham Johnson noted in his personal account of his first year using the Flipped Classroom approach to learning, the feedback he has received from students and parents has been "overwhelmingly positive." Carolyn Durley, OKM Biology teacher, says she has had no negative feedback from parents. Both teachers experienced student pushback in the early days of introducing the Flipped Classroom approach, which puts students largely in command of their day-to-day learning. Principal Mclean said he views the Flipped Classroom as "a potential game-changer" because learning takes place before the student enters the classroom, allowing the teacher "to broaden and deepen" the learning. He added that it's the way learning should be for kids because they take control of their learning and they can work at their own pace.
Descriptors: Biology, Feedback (Response), High School Students, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Blended Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Positive Attitudes, Student Centered Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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