Flipped Classroom

Flipped Classroom

1. Definition

   • Berenguerhe (2017) says flipped classroom is a teaching method whose main objective is for the student to assume a much more active role in their learning process than the one they had traditionally occupied.
   • Berruecos ( 2018) mentions that he flipped classroom is an educational modality in which online and face-to-face environments are mixed and in which the times and places to carry out the activities are changed.

2. Characterístics

   • -Increase the commitment of the students because they become co-responsible for their learning and participate in actively through problem solving and collaborative activities and class discussion. -Allows students to learn at their own pace since they have the possibility to access the material provided by the teacher whenever they want, from where they want and as many times as they want. -Favors a more personalized attention of the teacher to its students and contributes to the development of talent. -Encourages critical thinking and analytical of the student and his creativity. -Improves the environment in the classroom and turns it into a space where ideas are shared.

3. Origin

   • Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams are two high school teachers who decided to change the way they taught their classes. In this way they became the pioneers of the educational modality known as flipped classroom

4. Importance

   • This teaching method has gained importance in recent years due to the need to change the traditional learning system to adapt it to current needs and, above all, to the children of the twenty-first century. With the Flipped Classroom you learn by doing and not memorizing.