This week our classmates introduced us to the active methodology of flipped classroom. Although this was not a new concept for me, it was very interesting to see the way they conducted the lesson.
I had never been a big fan of flipped classroom, because the student is supposed to prepare the lesson beforehand, and as everybody knows, not everyone is committed to doing it. A few years ago, before I started university, I felt like it was a waste of time to read papers or watch videos before the class because sometimes I did not really understand concepts without the teacher’s explanation.
Later on, in the university, I started getting used to this type of flipped classroom: reading papers in advance, and then discussing them in class. But as I have said, it was not my concept of the ideal lesson.
Nevertheless, and after seeing my colleagues’ presentations, my opinion on this topic has changed. Preparing a flipped classroom indeed requires a lot of preparation, but when class time comes, students already have an idea of the topic of the lesson, and the teacher becomes a kind of guide for the students. Also, as the long explanations are supposed to have been heard before class, the teacher has more time in class to devote to any kind of activities to reinforce the acquired knowledge.
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