Sometimes students shock me.
A student made an appointment to talk to me about how to better serve their needs in class.
The concern boiled down to wanting to know the course material prior to coming to class. I like to assign reading as supplemental to the lesson in class. I have tried the flipped classroom model, but when the pre-work doesn't occur, things grind to a halt. I know this is a failure of my classroom culture and expectation setting, but I also enjoy watching the exploration and seeing the new information take root for the first time. Selfish, I know.
Still, I make readings available ahead of time, have recorded all my lectures through Christmas, and have made available a wealth of video resources for curious students. My advice was to progress at their own pace. Maybe the student just wanted to know that was ok. I invited the student to follow up in a week so that if there was more confusion, we could make other arrangements.
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The concern boiled down to wanting to know the course material prior to coming to class. I like to assign reading as supplemental to the lesson in class. I have tried the flipped classroom model, but when the pre-work doesn't occur, things grind to a halt. I know this is a failure of my classroom culture and expectation setting, but I also enjoy watching the exploration and seeing the new information take root for the first time. Selfish, I know.
Still, I make readings available ahead of time, have recorded all my lectures through Christmas, and have made available a wealth of video resources for curious students. My advice was to progress at their own pace. Maybe the student just wanted to know that was ok. I invited the student to follow up in a week so that if there was more confusion, we could make other arrangements.
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