New Teaching Method Flips Traditional Pedagogy
Some Flint Hill teachers have started to lecture through podcasts, using class time for homework
Most lesson plans follow the same basic formula: lecture students on new material in class, allow time for questions from students, have students apply those lessons through homework. But some teachers at Flint Hill School are embracing technology to mix up the traditional teaching method with a "flipped classroom," or assigning podcast lectures for homework then applying the lessons during the school days. Spearheading the effort at the Oakton private school is chemistry teacher Kim Duncan, who has been hearing about this teaching approach for years. When Flint Hill launched its 1:1 technology initiative, which provides each student with a MacBook Air, Duncan knew the time to flip her classroom had come. She and three other Flint Hill …
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