Chuni--
Seems to me it would be more fun for the student to not have to struggle
through homework without any help at night, but to watch videos instead!
In any case, I have long felt that homework was not a very good use of
teaching or student energy. Said another way, if it can't be taught in
the school day, maybe it does not need to be taught. "Teach less, but
teach it better." Sorry if that offends some.
:- Doug. Germann
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On 10/24/2013 11:15 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Doug,
The New Milford High School in NJ was recently in the news for the
success of their pilot of the flipped classroom method. Students watch
the recorded lecture at home and do their homework in class so they
can get help when they need it. The average grade was A according to
the news report, compared to B of the traditional classroom. One
student's math grade went from C to A, and students' motivation and
engagement all went up.
Mastery learning becomes possible when the teacher can afford
individual attention to different students' needs. However, in our
current system, even in the flipped classroom, the curriculum is
defined for the students. The students still have to learn what the
system requires them to learn when the system requires them to learn,
and be tested accordingly. This at the lower grade may be
understandable, but becomes quite demotivating at the higher grades or
college level, especially when the class has to be curved.
In my college teaching, I use mastery learning with my students. Those
who are willing to work with me can keep revising their work until
they get an A. But the school doesn't like that as my class has
"inflated" grades. Earlier this year, I proposed to have a class where
the students would create the syllabus together by themselves. It was
shot down because the school policy requires the syllabus to be posted
weeks before the semester begins.
Do we not have a long way to go in letting education be the passion
and responsibility of the learners rather than the teacher?
Chuni
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*From:* doug <[email protected]>
*To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list
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*Sent:* Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:27 PM
*Subject:* [OSList] flipped mastery classrooms
Friends--
Take a look at flipped mastery classrooms and tell us just how open is
this space?
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/in-flipped-classrooms-a-method-for-mastery/?src=me
:- Doug.
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