Last night's presentation on Flipping the Classroom by Dr. Lodge and Katie Gimbar made me think that flipped classrooms may (in addition to many other potential benefits to teachers, students and parents) help decrease teacher burnout.
As a special educator, I want to have longetivity in the field and stay happy and healthy while being effective in the classroom. Might flipped classrooms help educators avoid the "Teacher at the end of the school year" look below? What are your thoughts?
I just blogged about the flipped classroom too! One of the most appealing things about it is the decreased stress. Katie Gimbar was so good, and so passionate about her cause. I'm doing more research on how flipping works in elementary grades, because I'd like to try it! Love your graphics too. The teacher at the end of the school year is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kate! I have been doing some research too. It would be interesting to see how it works in the Elem. Ed classroom, I agree. I am also curios about application in Special Ed. classrooms. I have been talking with a lot of people about the flipped classroom recently, and one constant in my conversations with educators in Higher ed. is the lack of research (or conclusive research) available on the outcomes. I guess that's something we have to learn to ask with new educational innovations -- "What does the research say?" The thing about new, however, is that there isn't much research to be found. We are going to have to get our own data for now! Thanks for your thoughts :)
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ReplyDeleteI also feel as though flipping a classroom will decrease stress for teachers. I had been familiar with the concept before Ms. Gimbar spoke to us, but had never considered it for elementary grades. It truly intrigues me and I plan to also do some research into exactly how it is implemented in K-5.
Keep us updated, Lynn! Thanks for your thoughts :)
DeleteI definitely think flipped classrooms can help the teacher do more with less, so in that case, yes I think flipped classrooms may prevent teacher burn-out. That being said its sad that teachers have to do more with less - less resources, less teacher assistants, more pupils per teachers, less classroom space, less wifi, less professional development opportunities, less time! So flipped classrooms in effect allow the teacher to clone themselves. The clone, (through a flipped video), can teach a lecture, provide center directions, demonstrate how to perform a science experiment, provide updates to parents, read a story, etc. I really hope the enthusiasm for flipped classrooms won't require even more from teachers when administration and the general public realize that teachers can be cloned through flipped classrooms.
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