Reverse education is an educational method in which students receive concepts and information from home by watching educational videos that are broadcast over the Internet.
In its report, the Italian magazine "Lamente e Mirafiliosa" said that inverted education is considered an educational model that transports some stages of learning outside the classroom. In contrast, classroom time is used to work on aspects that need teacher assistance and experience.
The magazine pointed out that the student prepares lessons outside the classroom, where he will be able to access the contents of each discipline from his home, and then perform the tasks and activities that are more participatory in the classroom, to analyze or discuss ideas with his colleagues, using the help of new technologies, as well as an assistant teacher.
The principles of reverse education
Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams, two chemistry teachers at Woodland Park High School (Colorado), coined the concept of "reverse education". Overall, the teachers noted that students often missed some lessons for a variety of reasons. In an effort to help them, the two teachers promoted the recording and distribution of videos. Then, they noticed that this model allows the teacher to invest more energy in the specific needs of each student.
An alternative methodology for the traditional teacher lesson
The main advantage of inverted learning is that the teacher adapts to the different learning rhythms so that none of the students is left behind. In traditional classes, the professor conveys information that is easy to handle for some people, while not for others.
Educational innovation in this pedagogical model includes some of the important benefits of teaching and learning training. This innovative method allows each pupil to receive what he needs in the classroom, while implementing participatory activities in a dynamic and interactive learning environment, while the teacher becomes a real mentor.
This model also allows pupils to access and expand basic knowledge whenever they wish. At the same time, they enhance their access to content, whether created or provided by teachers, whenever they need it.
Information and communications technology supports reverse education
The magazine notes that new technologies enhance new educational models and more interactive lessons. Reverse education also allows for the correct use of ICTs in the classroom. In addition, the use of information and communications technology with this innovative method provides a tremendous possibility to create and share the teaching and learning process with pupils and teachers anywhere in the world, making it richer in resources and different from traditional teaching.
Similar models to inverted education
The magazine reported that many models similar to this model were developed under different names. For example, Professor Harvard University Eric Mazur developed a peer-to-peer teaching strategy, which incorporates a technique known as "teaching in a timely manner" as an integral component of the inverse education model. Teaching in a timely manner allows the teacher to receive responses from his students a day before the lesson in order to be able to prepare strategies and activities that bridge the potential deficiencies of students with regard to understanding the contents.