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The flipped classroom model doesn't work with unmotivated students.

• erentz 8y ago
  You seem to be invalidating your own argument that we don't need teachers.
  • Kephael 8y ago
    No, I'm saying there's no need to throw resources at the lower 40% of the student population. The educational system is already babysitting for them. The smart and motivated students can already learn far more on their own from textbooks and online resources such as KhanAcademy, edX, Cousera, etc.
    • eesmith 8y ago
      Right, so how do you tell which are the "lower 40%"? And how do you ensure that it isn't really just a proxy for being poor? Since hunger, lack of a long-term home, parents who need to work multiple jobs to support a family, etc. are things which make it difficult even for smart and motivated students to learn. Of course there are some smart and motivated students who can learn from books and online resources. But is that all of the remaining 60%? Or is it 5% Bear in mind that Khan Academy disagrees with your assessment that it can be a general purpose replacement for teaching. Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy#Criticism : "Khan Academy positions itself as a supplement to in-class learning, with the ability to improve the effectiveness of teachers by freeing them from traditional lectures and giving them more time to tend to individual students' needs", so KhanAcademy" (emphasis mine).
• 0815test 8y ago
  It's a lot better than the status quo. What's easier for the teacher, motivating a student during practice or getting them to pay attention to the lecture?