Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc...
by dorchadas on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:53AM
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This is the problem. I was a secondary maths/science teacher. 9 tried to implement a flipped classroom before the pandemic and, well, the kids did absolutely nothing. Most would come to school the next day having never read/watched (I linked videos and actual reading, trying to cover all varieties of ways kids prefer to learn) and be openly proud they didn't. It listed about two weeks before I just said screw it and went back to the normal model because I had to.
Lots of students simply aren't mature enough or lack the disciple/interest to do a flipped classroom - and this will apply to any online education as well. Tech isn't going to magically change education, sadly, at least not the way we conceive of it now.
Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc...
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @08:53AM
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Recruit parents? Use a tool that track viewership by student, send reports to parents, grade them on it? Block students from classroom if they haven't seen the lecture, and let parent's know?
There are traditional ways of motivating student, a combination of carrot and stick.
But yeah its not been solved yet.
In my experience (as a student), what actually ends up happening is that students don't do the lectures, which leads to low engagement with the classwork. This also tends to punish people who fall behind, since class time is useless without doing the prerequisite material.
On the flip side, your ability to do homework with the teacher is limited by class size, which have to be large unless you can find a large supply of teachers and buildings to put them in. So what ends up happening is that you teach yourself, which is great if you're smart or talented enough to do that. But if you're not, it's very easy to fall behind and stay behind with this model.