Explain “Flipped Classroom”

Flipped classroom is a new strategy of student centered learning in which students gain knowledge of the subject at home through watching videos and come prepared to the class where they actively interact with peers and teacher and clarify and apply the knowledge. The significant difference between traditional classroom and the flipped classroom is that in the former  teacher is the active speaker and students are passive listeners but in the latter it reverses – students interact with peers in group and with teacher and learns more deeply,  being an active participant in learning. Information transfer can take place outside the class but information assimilation,  in the class. Allison King’s  “ From the Sage On the stage to the Guide on the Side”, Eric Mazur ‘s “Peer Instruction” and Salmon Khan’s Khan Academy are all based on the idea of Flipped Classroom.

How to implement the concept of flip classroom in your educational institution?

Topic: Use of Homophones
Time: 1 hour
Student strength : 60
Objective : To enable the students understand homophones distinctly and apply the knowledge to make sentences with the right homophones in real life situations.

Step 1
Ask the students to gain knowledge of homophones at home
(1)By watching YouTube videos on homophones
(2)By Collecting the list of frequently used 50 homophones
(3)By accessing online resource on the difference between homophones and homonyms

Step 2 (10 minutes)
On the next day,  divide the students in the classroom into 10 groups,  each having 6 members.

Give them the task:  Each group will be given one minute time.  Who writes more number of homophones without spelling mistakes will be the winner and will score marks accordingly 50, 40. 30, 20 and 10. (Only one in the group may write and others should assist.)

Step 3 (10 minutes)
Task :  Group 1 should say one homophone and group 2 has to say both homophones, their spelling and meaning.  If a group doesn’t answer, it will be passed to the next one.   Who says rightly will get the score 10 points. Each group has to get a chance to ask and answer.

Step 4 (10 minutes)
Task: Teacher should give a hand out with 5 questions with  homophones in brackets to each group. Members may discuss among them and find the answer..  Who finds answers for all questions first will get 50 points and the remaining in order of 40, 30, 20 and 10

Step 5 (20 minutes)
Task: The teacher may give any homophone and the targeted group’s any member has to make an example sentence with each homophone.  The members may give ideas and help in making into sentences.  Each right answer may be awarded with 10 points.  Passing the word to another group is same as in the other rounds.

Assessment of the Outcome : (10 minutes)

The teacher may assess their performance at the end,  offer suggestions and reward the winner with a small compliment.