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Flipping the Classroom: How to Optimize Learning in the Didactic Setting
Joshua L Hermsen1, Nahush A Mokadam2, Edward D Verrier3
1University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Clinical Sciences Center, H4/352, Madison, WI 53792-7375, USA.
Abstract:
Classic classroom education emphasizes the teacher imparting knowledge, experience, or wisdom (pedagogy). Adult educational theory indicates learning is optimized in an experiential setting, where the learner prepares, the session is case based, and the responsibility of the educator is to teach what the learner does not know. This is referred to as "flipping the classroom." Flipping the classroom is not simple, as the historical educational culture often changes; and, at least early in the transition process, different expectations, preparation, or training are essential for both the learner and educator for this approach to be effective.
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