Flip, not flop, learning

Posted by: Dr Ashley Tan on: January 23, 2015

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Today I deliver my talk at Bett 2015 on righting the wrongs of flipping. Not all the wrongs because there are way too many.

I focus on just three and these are the themes I shared on Twitter before I left Singapore.

A slide from my presentation on Righting the Wrong Flipping Ideas #Bett2015 #Bett15 #flipclass pic.twitter.com/RLYgM9gCOa

— Dr Ashley Tan (@ashley) January 12, 2015

Another slide from my presentation on Righting the Wrong Flipping Ideas #Bett2015 #Bett15 #flipclass pic.twitter.com/DAmWfQqNZT

— Dr Ashley Tan (@ashley) January 14, 2015

Still another slide from my presentation on Righting the Wrong Flipping Ideas #Bett2015 #Bett15 #flipclass pic.twitter.com/DlnwZfGnii

— Dr Ashley Tan (@ashley) January 16, 2015

The tweets were a shorter version of what I need to say in less than 15 minutes after a more than 15-hour flight.
• There is no point in flipping if teachers do not change their mindsets and practices.
• It is not fair or logical to push kids into a curricular race they are not prepared for or do not need to run AND insist that they sacrifice their own time to keep running in.
• Requiring learners to consume videos outside of class might just be changing the nature of homework instead of asking if homework is necessary and well-designed in the first place.

If I was allocated more time, we could explore how some teachers make the mistake of equating flipping only with video-based instruction, not focusing on better classroom interactions, or not actually changing anything by not requiring learners to create and teach.

Tags: bett, classroom, fc, flipped, flipping, learning, righting, seminar, talk, wrongs