Interesting enough, I read on the Seaford Education Spotlight newsletter
that teachers are introducing a “flipped classroom method of instruction” (the
opposite of traditional learning).
Immediately, I became curious and read that this method is making an impact on
students’ performance. Since
technology draws students’ attention and seems to keep them engage in their
learning, teachers are utilizing this to their advantage. They are using technology
to reach their students and to maintain them active in every lesson.
How flipped
classroom works? Instead of teachers lecturing
students in the classroom and then assign homework, students first study a
topic on line at home or outside the classroom. Then they communicate with classmates
and teachers by hosting on line discussions.
This model of instruction encourages collaboration
and communication. Now teachers are able to learn in advance if students
understand the topics, and provide teachers the ability to address in the
classroom the concepts that students may have shown difficulty in making an academic
connection.
Vocabulary:
Flipped-
past tense; flipped. Verb; flip: Turn over or cause to turn.
Traditional- adjective: Long-established.
Lecturing- present participle; lecturing. Verb:
lecture: Deliver an educational lecture.
Hosting- present participle; hosting. Verb;
host: Act as a host at (an event) or for (a television or radio program).
Collaboration- noun: The action of working with
someone to produce or create something.
Performance- noun: The action or process of
carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.
Vocabulary Exercise: Please fill in the blacks with
the correct vocabulary words.
1.
Nowadays,
teachers are finding new methods to _______________ traditional education into
more practical instruction.
2.
_______________________
among students makes learning fun.
3.
When
students are exposed to study using ___________________ text content only, they
may become inactive learners.
4.
In
order to elicit more academic language, teachers need to______________ more
realistic events that can be related to the subject being taught.
5.
When
traditional ________________ is the only method being utilize to teach a topic,
the teacher needs to keep asking questions to check understanding.
6.
For
students to ________________well, the teacher needs to show a sample of what is
expected.
Grammar Point: Present participle, a verb form
that ends in “ing” and that is used with “be” to indicate action that is
happening at the time of speaking. Write two sentences incorporating in each one
a present participle from the vocabulary list.
