The world is going through a continuous process of transformation from standardized to technologybased education. A flipped classroom (FC) is a new pedagogical model of delivering educational content. This model employs the most varied means to deliver a message to the most varied audience – students. In the flipped classroom the control of instruction is no longer solely in the hands of a teacher. The increased level of independence in the ways how and when to study new material attracts students, they are engaged in a highly interactive, logical constructive environment. According to Hawks (2014), a flipped classroom represents the unique combination of constructivist and behaviorist principles, which suggests the answer to the shifted educational paradigm of the era. Behavioral learning theory is based on traditional classroom instruction, while constructivism highlights individual’s personal experience on constructing and understanding knowledge (Hawks, 2014). Therefore, the combination of these two approaches spiced up with modern technology gives us a universal tool to instruct students as individuals ready to interact with the world outside the classroom. The flipped classroom – overview The flipped classroom model takes its roots in the problem of absenteeism. In 2007 two high school teachers developed a model as a way out to instruct athlete students who were constantly missing the classes due to competitions (Hawks, 2014). Little did they know that the model would
Volume 7, No. 2). Behaviorist theory of education has proven to be the most effective
Terry Fox Do you think you could run 3,336 miles with an amputated leg? Perseverance is the willingness to keep going no matter how hard or how long you will have to wait to achieve your goal. Passion is a very strong emotion to do something. Effort is the attempt to try something.
The inverted classroom – The flipped classroom model began over 15 years ago in higher education and spread to k -12, it allows for more interactive learning in the classroom.
Learning Theory: Behaviorism is constructed upon stimulus-response actions and the way in which things learn from what is around them. It shows how the environment is something that can affect future actions of a being and how people develop habits of thinking and doing. Word Count:
The epic The Iliad by Homer argues that Achilles reaction in many situations is rage. Achilles choice to respond in such a way is very significant. It shows that this emotion is very influential in his day-to-day life. However, there has been much discussion as to whether Achilles’s rage is a virtue or a vice. Other characters throughout The Iliad have commented on his rage, such as Athena, who says, “I came to see if I could check this temper of yours,” (Homer, 235) in a discussion she has with Achilles about his quarrel with Agamemnon. Athena’s comment suggests that it takes a lot of effort to put Achilles’s rage into check. Achilles seemingly uncontrollable rages creates a man throughout The Iliad who “like[s] fighting and war” (234). Most men in this epic longed to end the war; Achilles on the other hand yearned for more battle. Achilles drive for battle makes it evident that his rage and the manifestation of it in other characters as seen throughout The Iliad is not a virtue, but a vice.
Behaviorism is a theory mostly developed by B.F. Skinner. Three basic assumptions are held to be true. Learning is manifested by the change in behavior, the environment shapes behavior and the reinforcement essential in explaining the process of learning. For behaviorism learning
I choose to the flipped classroom, first thought you think it’s a classroom that has their class organization of furniture moved around, but that is not it at all. After reading about the flipped classroom, I found that it is a great aspect to assist students that can’t come to class daily. This sin my opinion enables students to be able to not be fall behind in their studies, should they become ill for any unforeseen reason. But after reading the article I found a great key to making sure the students are learning.
The idea of every student fitting into one box is long gone in education. More and more schools and organizations are putting their efforts into providing individualized learning that will allow students to work at their own pace and achieve success. With this is the growing use of technology to achieve the goals of proficiency and to provide students with effective and engaging lessons to master content. Technology in education is continuing to grow each school year causing state and local school districts to form policies to support the effective and transformational use of technology and its impact in classroom instruction.
Constructivism is a learning theory describing the process of knowledge construction (Major & Mangope 2012:139). Borich and Tombari (2004 as cited in Booyse, 2010:10) described constructivism as an approach to learning in which learners are provided with the “opportunity to construct their own sense of what is being learned by building internal connections or relationships among the ideas and facts being taught. Therefore constructivism is based on a learner’s own construction of knowledge. Learners use their prior knowledge to make sense of new information by relating them together (Stavredes, 2011).
Behaviorism focuses on behaviors and not cognitive or abstract activities. It involves thinking, remembering and problem solving. Additionally, behaviorism relies on expressed, measureable behaviors and the repeat stimuli that cause behaviors. Students respond to the conditions in the environment. Therefore, knowledge is given and absolute. Learning occurs when students are able to provide the proper response to the given stimulus. The methods used by the teacher are the use of instructional cues, reinforcement (both positive and negatively) and practice. When this learning theory is used, the students learn basic skills before moving on to more difficult skills. The role of the teacher in the behaviorism approach is to be the transmitter of the knowledge. He/she is the expert that knows the material. The
In its most general sense, Behaviorism, also known as behavioral psychology, is a theory of learning developing as a result of the propositions and beliefs shared by a group of people who has influenced educators’ view of learning. The term behavioral psychology refers to a psychological approach which principally concerned with stimulus-response activities and emphasizes the role of environmental factors in a learning process, to the exclusion of own free will. There is a tenet of behavioral psychology that “only observable, measurable, an outward behavior is worth investigating” (Bush, 2006, p. 14). Historically speaking, behaviorism was originated in the 1880s and develops gradually in the twentieth-first century and beyond. Skinner and Watson were categorically the two major behaviorist
Another reason why the flipped classroom can help is the improved interaction between student and teacher. In the typical classroom, students
Behavioral Learning Theories Most theorists agree that learning occurs when experience causes a change in a person's knowledge or behavior . Behaviorists emphasize the role of environmental stimuli in learning and focus on the behavior, i.e., an observable response. Behavioral theories are based on contiguity, classical and operant conditioning, applied behavior analysis, social learning theory and self-regulation/cognitive behavior modification. Early views of learning were contiguity and classical conditioning.
Great facilitators’ implement effective learning by introducing and perfecting different instructional lessons to meet the emotional, social, and academic needs of all their students. Research into teaching practices allows educators to customize learning for every one of their students. Today’s classrooms, students work both independently and in groups to demonstrate what they have learned. Learners now have choices over how they summarize their understanding of the lesson material. The teacher paces the lesson based on the students understanding and needs, providing appropriate learning experiences for different learners providing a path to reach all learners in the most effective way. This paper will explore ‘Cooperative Learning’, ‘Learning by Teaching’, and ‘Flipped Classroom’ as just a few of the numerous ways educators can explore new and effective forms of disseminating educational material and instruction.
Flipped classroom can be defined as (school work at home and homework at school) this means that students can do their school work and their study at home by using technology through computer or any other device by using Internet. Flipped classroom is considered a great instructional strategy and it is considered one of the types for blended learning that invert the traditional learning environment by delivering instructional contents online outside classroom.