Students' responses to a flipped classroom model in a first-year university English class

概要

A flipped classroom is one innovative way to break out from the traditional learning environment. It has been gaining the attention of educators who are struggling to keep their classrooms active and engaging. Although its theory makes sense to spend time on engaging activities during the class instead of passive lecturing, many teachers fear the lack of the students’ preparation, resulting in being forced to have both lecture and activities in class within the limited time. In addition, although teachers believe that students would enjoy active participation in the class, there is a possibility that the students might prefer the traditional lecture style classroom after all. In this study, the responses to a flipped classroom model was surveyed with a questionnaire, and the model of the flipped classroom was analyzed from the students’ points of view. As a consequence, although many students preferred the flipped classroom model, they encountered difficulties with the pre-writing quiz that they were supposed to take as the preparation for the class. Therefore, the responses suggest that careful preparation for the pre-class assignment is an essential part of a successful flipped classroom implementation.
反転授業は、従来通りの教育指導方法を覆す革新的な方法の一つである。授業を躍動的、積極的なものに保つため日々苦労している教育者たちから注目を集めている。受動的な講義より、活動的なアクティビティを授業中に行うという理にかなった方法だが、多くの教師は、生徒の準備不足から、限られた授業時間の中で講義とアクティビティの両方を余儀なくことを恐れている。また、教師は生徒が積極的に授業に参加することを楽しんでいると信じているが、生徒は従来の講義形式の授業方法を好む可能性もある。本研究では、反転授業モデルへの生徒の反応をアンケート調査で収集し、生徒からの視点で反転授業を分析した。その結果、多くの生徒が反転授業モデルを好んだが、授業準備のためのライティング準備クイズで問題があった。そのため、反転授業モデルを成功させるためには十分な授業準備の課題の作成が重要であることを示唆している。

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