FLIP or Flop
What’s Different? FLIP Learning is often described as “school work at home and home work at school,” (Flipped Learning Staff, 2014). FLIP Learning is different from traditional instructional practices, because it shifts the center of the classroom from the teacher to the student (Bergmann, 2014). Jon Bergmann eloquently explains to teachers that, “Flipping your classroom is a great way to move from ‘sage on the stage’ to ‘guide on the side,’” (Bergmann, 2014). Traditional instructional practices involve students obeying and listening to teachers while retaining information. While students are still expected to respectfully obey their teachers, FLIP learning gives students more freedom to creatively express themselves and discover new and interesting information. FLIP Learning differs from traditional instructional practices as it involves students learning at home and completing assignments at school instead of learning at school and completing assignments at home (i....