Flipped Classroom in Professional Training: Students´ opinions

Abstract

Flipped classroom is a learning methodology that encourages the independent work of students, transferring the work of certain learning processes outside the classroom. It requires a technology and pedagogical design focused on promoting potentials of learning in students. Our aims were starting flipped classroom during the academic year 2014 / 2015 and hear the views of the learning process of the students of the subject Dotación sanitaria within the training in health emergencies in Seville (Spain). Once the course finished, it was made a descriptive and transversal study, with a sample of thirteen students enrolled (100%). It was made a homemade questionnaire consisting of twelve questions, with six options of likert-type response. Data collection was carried out in the classroom, self-administered way. In the results, 100% of the students was agreement and agree with that flipped classroom allows them to have more time to resolve questions in class. Furthermore, any item was negatively appreciated by students and all questions were answered by them. As conclusion, students recognize that reverse learning is more motivating than traditional, one since it promotes research and reflection, and improves the training performance. In order to perform this inverse learning, an appropriate technology and pedagogical design focused on promoting independent work of students are required.