Including stakeholders in the flipped classroom
Updated: Apr 21, 2021
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A guide by Chip Heath & Dan Heath:
Adopting a flipped classroom model requires creating a new culture of learning
Flipped class stakeholders :
➔Students Transferring the ownership of learning to the students
➔Administrators Bring them into conversation
➔Parents Teaching them about a flipped classroom using a flipped classroom approach
Strategies to engage key stakeholders
Students
Students should be the most engaged participants in the learning process
It’s a sign that students are engaged and teachers are transferring learning ownership to students if they say “This is hard” or “It is unlike anything I have ever experienced”.
Tip
Students are doing all the work in class.
Administrators
Bring them into the conversation
Open and honest conversation is one of the great starting point with your administrators.
Talk to them about how this will increase the student engagement in the classroom and be communicative about the changes will be making in the classroom.
Or just take them to a flipped class.There is nothing like seeing the flipped classroom in action.
Tip
Have an open and honest conversation.
Take them to a flipped class.
Parents
Parents generally love the flipped classroom model because:
1.Their children gets more individual attention from their teacher
2.Parents does not have to be the content expert at home
It you find some parents are reluctant to adopt the flipped classroom model, you could
Teach them about a flipped classroom using a flipped classroom approach
Tip
What better way to teach parents about the flipped classroom model than flip the back to school night?
Making a video for:
Back to school night
Curriculum night
Open house
To explain how the class works and the parents could view ahead of time and bring questions to ask you when they show up
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➔Students Transferring ownership of learning to the students may prove difficult but in the end will be worth it
➔Administrators Invite skeptical administrators to observe a flipped classroom in person
➔Parents Use the flipped-classroom approach to educate parents
Transforming a culture of learning takes time and support from everybody involved.
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