“翻转课堂”翻转了什么?

What Is Flipped in a "Flipped Classroom" ?

近几年来,"翻转课堂"已成为教育界所关注的热门话题,这一依托信息技术为背景的教学模式自2007年初次应用以来,已经在国内外的中小学及高校课堂中被广泛实践,成功应用到数学、物理、生物、历史、英语等主要学科,而且课堂教学成果显著。那么什么是"翻转课堂","翻转课堂"又到底翻转了什么?本文将从以下四个方面对"翻转课堂"进行理解和诠释:课堂的组织形式,教师的角色,学生的角色,评价方式。

In recent years, ＂flipped classroom＂ has become a hot topic focused on by teachers and educators. Based on information technology, this new teaching model was first tried and experimented in America in 2007. Since then, ＂flipped classroom＂ has been widely applied to such subjects as math, physics, biology, history, English, etc. in primary schools, secondary schools and colleges both in China and foreign countries. Statistics have shown that a successful ＂flipped classroom＂ has, to some extent, greatly improved the students＇academic performances in a class. But what is a ＂flipped classroom＂？ And what is flipped in a ＂flipped classroom＂？ This essay intends to interpret a ＂ flipped classroom＂ in the following four aspects, namely the classroom organization, the role of the teacher, the role of the students and the evaluation system.