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Home/Teaching Tips/The Flipped Classroom in Church?

The Flipped Classroom in Church?

The following excerpt is from an article by Chris Wilson. Read the rest of Chris’ article, “Flipping Churches” here, including an excellent graphic/chart of what a “flipped classroom” looks like.

 

The “flipped classroom” is the idea that instead of learning about a topic in class and then practising the topic at home (for example, at school your teacher explains how to do long division and at home you answer problems on long division) students learn about a topic at home (via a cleaver and sometimes interactive video) and then practice the new learned technique in class.

This, in theory, means that a student can slow the video down or re watch a video clip to make sure that they have understood a lesson. The they have access to the teacher in class to help them out with any questions they still have.

Imagine that instead of coming to church, listening to a sermon for [insert your churches sermon length] ending with a few questions which no one talks about (except maybe a brief mention over coffee), the congregation listened to the sermon before coming (it could even be a famous preachers sermon or the pastor could record one). Once they turn up to the meeting, everyone discussed the implications for themselves, prayed for each other and perhaps, even, left the church building and put their ideas into action.

A small group would be another great setting for flipped learning. The members could watch a sermon or short message before hand and then share what they thought about it when they all meet up. It might also mean that instead of rushing the study, missing out on another aspect of the small group because of the time it takes to really look deeply into God’s word, people would save the time listening and reading the passage (and listen to a great delivery rather than the monotone readings that can occur.)

The flipped classroom has definietly raised questions about how schools teach students so maybe it’s time we started to ask those questions in churches. Is Flipping the Church service a better way for people to listen to sermons? What could that time be used for in a church service? And more questions.

 

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April 13, 2013 By BuildFaith Editors

Filed Under: Teaching Tips, Teaching Tips Formation Tagged With: adults, Christian formation, future, worship

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