[Education Sciences] Special Issue "The Flipped Classroom in Higher Education: Research and Practice"

Fuli Cao Announcement
Location
Switzerland
Subject Fields
Social Sciences, Educational Technology, Childhood and Education

Dear Colleagues,

During the past few years, we have witnessed an increasing interest in the flipped (or inverted) classroom model among university teachers. This propitious approach to reforming university teaching has been fueled by the growing affordability of educational technology in conjunction with recent advances in the learning sciences. In the flipped classroom model, students are encouraged to watch short video lectures (often augmented with quizzes) as preparation for class, and classroom time is dedicated to more active forms of learning, such as peer instruction or collaborative problem solving. Despite the growing interest in the flipped classroom model, relatively little research has focused on evaluating the impact of this pedagogical model in higher education. There is, thus, a need for a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of the flipped classroom model for students and teachers, its impact on student learning, as well as implications for instruction. There is, in particular, a paucity of experimental and quasi-experimental studies, longitudinal studies, and studies with a firm grounding in educational theory. To mitigate this gap, we invite papers based on empirical evidence of a qualitative and/or quantitative nature, and conceptual papers relating the flipped classroom model to contemporary educational theories.

Christian Stöhr
Tom Adawi
Guest Editors

Contact Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Education Sciences is an international peer-reviewed Open Access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 300 CHF (Swiss Francs). English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.

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