What is happening? The world has changed a lot in the last twenty years that it is hard to recognize it. I remember when I was little I used to play things that don't exist anymore or that children nowadays don't know what they were (something that makes me feel really old and I'm only in my 20's). I also remember how I used to talk on the phone with my friends (yes, the one that worked with a cable and had buttons) and you had to know the number because there was not such thing as WhatsApp, which I find very handy, to communicate with them. There was something called Messenger, but you needed a laptop to use it, so talking to your friends wasn't as easy as it is nowadays. So as you can see, things have changed a lot and the world is adapting to new situations so, why not education?
Now that I'm studying to become a teacher I can see how different it is to be a student nowadays than when I was one. There are so many new methodologies that are mindblowing and very interesting like the one I want to write about today: Flipped Classroom.
What the heck is Flipped Classroom? Good you asked. I didn't know either, but after a fun class and some presentations that some colleagues did, I found it very fascinating. Being a teacher isn't easy, and they can get stressed if they aren't able to finish all the contents (something I'm nervous about too), so that is why Flipped Classroom is so convenient, because it allows you to work on the content in the clasroom while the students set their times to study the theory, as it is something they do at home.
One of the main advantages that I find in this methodology is that students don't feel that stressed about having to understand what the teacher is explaining, but they can go over the contents as many times as they need in their house. The "bad" aspect about this methodology is that if students don't do their study on their own, when carrying out the activities in the classroom, it is going to be useless because they will not learn anything, so it is not very convenient if students aren't responsible.
However, as I mentioned before, I find it very interesting and fun because the important things about learning take place in the classroom. What is the point of learning the theory about the Past Simple, for instance, if later at home students don't know how to use it? It is better if they read the theory at home so they can practice it in the classroom with their colleagues and the teacher.
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