WSQ02. Flipped Classroom

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I think it is interesting how this is starting to be used as a teaching method. The way how students have to watch the class at home, to then, ask questions and interact with the teacher at school is a great idea because, it goes from a class only focused and centered on the teacher, to a completely different kind of classroom where students can be relaxed and even have fun during class.

I don’t know if it’s just me but, although it could sound innovative and everything, I think I would prefer the normal kind of classes and, it is not because I don’t want to get out of my comfort zone, it is because I think that the way it is has worked for me.

One of the problems that I see on this new teaching way is that if the student doesn’t have time to see all the videos of all the classes (because he has to go to school the whole morning and then watch 6 hours of video at home), he won’t understand anything at the moment of being in class. The good thing that I see of this, is that I won’t miss any class again, because even if you don’t watch the video the day you had to watch it, you can always watch it later, and understand the topic before the test.

Another important reason of why I shouldn’t like to be on a flipped classroom is that in a common classroom, you can always ask the teacher any doubt about the topic he is teaching at that moment, something that would be impossible on a flipped classroom, where you have to wait until the next day to ask your doubts, which you may forget.

I’m not saying that the flipped classroom is a bad idea, it could work for some subjects, but in my opinion, I wouldn’t like to be on a flipped classroom of math or something like that. Maybe the way I think is because I haven’t tried it before, it would be great to try it once and then I can decide if it is a great or a bad idea.

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