Hi Ada,

I agree with Tracy, a supportive home life community is essential for this to work. If the student does not have access to a home community that is supportive towards their education this can be causing an even greater disservice to the child. Unfortunately I do not see the issue as easily fixable as offering 30 mins in the morning or after school to students. Many students at my school arrive chronically late to school making having actually class time with those students challenging. Many students must also leave immediately after school to help with familial obligations such as picking up younger siblings from their schools or guardians want their children home immediately after school to avoid gang violence. I think the flipped classroom can be great for some students but not all.

ED.893.645.9A.SU18 Samantha Barreiro

While I believe the flipped learning strategy may be beneficial for some students, as a whole I do not think it can be used effectively throughout k-12 public learning. I work with high school students who lack intrinsic motivation mostly related to severe trauma they have or are experiencing. Coupling the lack of intrinsic motivation with responsibilities such as, caring for sick guardians, younger siblings, living in a group home, or moving to a different homeless shelter. To add to some of my student’s challenges many of them do not have access to technology at home. If students are unable to complete the flipped lecture they can develop feelings of failure and shutdown. Even providing laptops for students to listen to in class would not rectify this, those students who are already unable to complete the work feel like they have failed, then they will feel like they are being singled out and can create a negative classroom culture. Students may feel so overwhelmed like they can never succeed and shutdown without even trying. As shared in the blog post Five Reasons I'm Not Flipping Over The Flipped Classroom “Many of our students don't have access to technology at home. The flipped classroom method does not have strong provisions in place for these children.”(Nielsen. L, 2011). Until something has been done to ensure that all public school children have equal access to equipment and resources necessary for a flipped classroom, I think it would be a disservice for some students educational journey.

Nielsen. L, 2011 retrieved from https://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/ 10/five-reasons-im-not-flipping-over.html

ED.893.645.9A.SU18 Samantha Barreiro