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There seems to be two schools od thought on this from what I've learned from my wife's experiences. One school has been abdicating homework for more in-classro
by nunez 1y ago
There seems to be two schools od thought on this from what I've learned from my wife's experiences.
One school has been abdicating homework for more in-classroom practice, as homework adds more grading and scheduling load on the teacher for little overall benefit. The core idea behind this is that motivated students will always practice at home, even if they aren't explicitly asked to. Unmotivated students --- usually the majority in a typical classroom --- won't or will do a poor job of it.
Another school of thought is the "flipped" classroom. This approach doubles-down on homework by having teachers prepare a pre-recorded lesson for students to watch while they're home and using the classroom as a space for practice and retention. This increases the student's accountability for their own learning while decreasing the teacher's workload over time if they are teaching the same material for a long time (very high initially, of course).
- BrenBarn 1y agoWhat do they do in the flipped classroom when (not if :-) some students come to class having done absolutely nothing at home?
- nunez 1y agoDepends on the instructor, the school, the admin, the state, etc. This is actually a huge blind spot with the approach. We have a friend that's a college instructor that will turn students away if they don't do the material. Flipped works great in that environment. Not so much when you're a public school teacher in a state that cares about standardized test performance and advancement at all costs while also cutting their education budgets and, consequently, forcing teachers to wrangle 30+ student classrooms... Thread on the topic: https://old.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1958imi/what_are_your_thoughts_on_the_flipped_classroom/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1958imi/what_are_...