Is the Flipped Classroom a Better Version of a Bad Thing

My second article, Is the Flipped Classroom a Better Version of a Bad Thing?" by Hope Gillette, is a bit more critical of the flipped classroom.   The main criticism is that by switching homework to watching videos of instruction or lectures, the teacher is still relying to heavily on the lecture method.  The lecture method has been under fire for years as being archaic and for making the student a passive learner.   They also thought students might too easily get way with not viewing the teaching at all.   On the other hand, the article noted the obvious advantage of students being able to work through curriculum at their own pace.  Also noted is that all students got to go home with an expert, not just students with educated parents.

The example of the Physics teacher in Texas addressed this criticism nicely, I thought.   His interactive button provided both accountability and an open door to interact with the teacher about the ideas presented.   I thought the videos to be a bit different than the traditional lecture.  They were shorter, breaking information into chunks, inviting students to interact after each chunk.  I think science and math lend themselves to the flipped approach very nicely.  I'm interested to see how teachers of other grade levels and other subjects flip their classrooms.