TY - JOUR
T1 - “A problem shared is a problem halved”
T2 - Supporting early career science teachers to implement flipped learning
AU - Griffiths, Steve
AU - Campbell, Chris
AU - McDonald, Christine V.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Year 9 science subject at Silky Oak High School was supported with an extensive collection of flipped learning curricular resources. The resources included video lessons and workbooks that contained worksheets, activities and experiments. At the start of their first year of teaching, the flipped learning curricular resources were demonstrated and explained to the teachers. Teachers were advised to use any of the resources they felt were appropriate for their classes and were encouraged to seek clarification and assistance if required, and to provide feedback on the resources for continuous improvement. The teachers were supported with regular face-to-face mentoring, classroom visits and email support by the first author. Mentoring sessions focused on the use of the curricular resources and implementing flipped learning pedagogy. In their second year of teaching, the teachers collaborated with the first author to create a unit of work for Year 9 science and each teacher developed a unit within their area of expertise.
Includes bibliographical references.
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PY - 2021/6/19
Y1 - 2021/6/19
N2 - There is widespread support in the educational reform literature for learner-centred teaching practices, such as flipped learning, that emphasise academic rigour in a caring, supportive environment. These practices are typically emphasised during teacher training. However, when faced with the myriad challenges of beginning to teach, the early career teacher will often avoid ambitious, learner-centred pedagogies and revert to less challenging, teacher-centred practices. This study employed a longitudinal, case study research design to investigate how three early career science teachers implemented flipped learning, when supported with flipped learning curricular resources. Results indicate that the teachers were successful in implementing flipped learning and learnercentred practices in their first year of teaching. The flipped learning curricular resources supported the professional learning and learner-centred teaching practices of all of the early career teachers. This research has implications for sharing of curricular resources to support teacher professional learning and learner-centred teaching practices. From this study recommendations have been made for implementing flipped learning during emergency remote teaching.
AB - There is widespread support in the educational reform literature for learner-centred teaching practices, such as flipped learning, that emphasise academic rigour in a caring, supportive environment. These practices are typically emphasised during teacher training. However, when faced with the myriad challenges of beginning to teach, the early career teacher will often avoid ambitious, learner-centred pedagogies and revert to less challenging, teacher-centred practices. This study employed a longitudinal, case study research design to investigate how three early career science teachers implemented flipped learning, when supported with flipped learning curricular resources. Results indicate that the teachers were successful in implementing flipped learning and learnercentred practices in their first year of teaching. The flipped learning curricular resources supported the professional learning and learner-centred teaching practices of all of the early career teachers. This research has implications for sharing of curricular resources to support teacher professional learning and learner-centred teaching practices. From this study recommendations have been made for implementing flipped learning during emergency remote teaching.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109415912
VL - 31
SP - 495
EP - 512
JO - Issues in Educational Research
JF - Issues in Educational Research
SN - 1837-6290
IS - 2
ER -