You know what all this discussion made me think about? Reverse classrooms! It seems like it would really fix a lot of the issues all these parents are complaining about with traditional public schools.
For those unfamiliar reverse classrooms (at least in one definition) is where kids get the lectures at home (on video), and do the work in class (it's not really homework anymore because you're not at home...).
1. Kids wouldn't be bored in class, if they finished their work early there could be other opportunities/bonus work to help increase understanding.
2. If a subject is easy for the child to understand they could breeze through the lecture videos, if there is a sticking point perhaps they could watch it again, or look for more guidance elsewhere. Basically every child gets to learn at their own pace.
3. Children could help each other out in the classroom with their work. Best way to solidify learning = teach it to someone else.
4. Teachers could focus their attention on students who were having difficulties. I don't know any statistics out there but I would be surprised if one-on-one learning wasn't significantly more effective than classroom style lectures.
Maybe it doesn't work with every subject, but some it could really benefit.
I mean lots of colleges basically already do this. Have large lectures, and then breakout sessions to work on the work.
It's strange to me that this idea isn't more popular. Does anyone have any experience with this? Do they do it anywhere?
