Flip Your Classroom Quotes

“The present model of education reflects the age in which it was designed: the industrial revolution. Students are educated in an assembly line to make their standardized education efficient. They are asked to sit in nice neat rows, listen to an “expert” expound on a subject, and recall the learned information on an exam. Yet somehow, in this climate, all students are expected to receive the same education.”
― Aaron Sams, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day

“One of the greatest benefits of flipping is that overall interaction increases: teacher-to-student, and student-to-student.”
― Aaron Sams, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day

“Flipping the classroom is more about a mindset: redirecting attention away from the teacher and putting attention on the learner and the learning.”
― Aaron Sams, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day

“Many struggling students who genuinely want to learn fall behind instead. Others are so busy that they miss out on key concepts. Still others learn how to “play school,” but never really learn important objectives in their courses.”
― Aaron Sams, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day

“Although they felt pretty good about their “traditional” teaching, they knew they could do better. The flipped classroom approach, like all good educational ideas, stemmed from the needs of their students.”
― Aaron Sams, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day

“Teaching in the flipped-mastery model is tiring, and our minds have to constantly switch between one topic and the next, and from one activity to another.”
― Aaron Sams, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day

“Basically the concept of a flipped class is this: that which is traditionally done in class is now done at home, and that which is traditionally done as homework is now completed in class.”
― Aaron Sams, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day