ABSTRACT

Universities have traditionally made use of the face-to-face model of lectures and tutorials as a passive mode of course instruction. When lectures are made available online and class time is used for conceptual understanding and cognitive skills among students, the approach is known as ‘flipping’ the classroom. The purpose of this study was to explore students’ perceived experiences of flipped classrooms at a South African university. A quantitative survey method was used in this research study to elicit students’ perceptions about a flipped classroom. A structured questionnaire called the Student Perception of Instruction Questionnaire was used to collect data from 130 students enrolled for a Database course over a 4 week period. The results show that the students’ experienced the flipped classroom as positive and enjoyable. Even though they worked harder in the course and needed more technical assistance, most would opt for a similar course in the future.

摘要

传统上，大学利用面对面的讲座和辅导模式作为课程教学的被动模式。当讲座在线提供并且课堂时间用于学生的概念理解和认知技能时，这种方法被称为“翻转”课堂。本研究的目的是探索学生对南非大学翻转课堂的感知体验。本研究采用定量调查方法来了解学生对翻转课堂的看法。一份名为“学生对教学问卷调查”的结构化问卷用于在 4 周内收集 130 名注册数据库课程的学生的数据。结果表明，学生对翻转课堂的体验是积极而愉快的。