The Flipped Classroom: A Twirl on Pedagogy

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue V, May 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

The Flipped Classroom: A Twirl on Pedagogy

Semiu Olawale Makinde, PhD

Science Education Department, Faculty of Education, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria

Abstract:-The traditional classroom has applied the “I Achieve”, “You Achieve”, “We Achieve” as an approach for teaching and learning for many years. The flipped classroom turns around the table. The teacher utilizes “You Achieve”, “We Achieve”, I Achieve” as a substitute. Flipped classroom “upturned” classroom where homework, investigation and further readings occurred in the classroom. In addition, students involved in preliminary class activities at home such as watching lesson videos, PowerPoint and summary readings. After this, students come to class not as students but as “teachers” ready to start solving problems, probing solutions and appraising text. However, the flipped classroom is still very new in the teaching profession as a strategy for teaching. Although, it has been in use from primary school to the higher institution in many nations of the world. As with most strategies, the flipped classroom has numerous ways of application in schools. This paper is a position paper on the flipped classroom. It studies and illustrates the implementation and perception of the flipped classroom. Furthermore, the paper provides various methods of implementation and tools applicable in a flipped classroom. Also, the explanation was given on the merits and demerits of the flipped classroom as applicable to all teaching techniques.

Keywords: Flipped classroom; teaching techniques; pedagogy

I. INTRODUCTION

Pedagogy is broadly referring to the theory and practice of education, and how this inspires the growth of learners. Pedagogy, as an academic discipline, is the study of how skills and knowledge are interchanged in an educational context, and it views the interactions that take place during learning. Variations in pedagogies reflect the differences in social, political, cultural contexts from which they emanate (Li, 2012). According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, pedagogy is the act, science, or profession of teaching. Pedagogy theories progressively identify the student as an agent while the teacher as a facilitator of teaching and learning. Teaching and learning in conventional institutions usually take place in the classroom. Learning nowadays cannot be effective without innovative technology. Innovative technology is a very essential tool in education for the benefit of every individual and society at large. No country can proud to be educationally advanced without encouraging technology in her educational activities in the classroom.

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