Innovation in brazilian private higher education: A proposal for the application of active methodologies based on the flipped classroom

Abstract

This article aims to describe the application and adaptation of the traditional classroom model to the so-called semi-flipped classroom model. In semi-flipping, differently from the flipped classroom, students can watch the videos in the classroom as well. The research was done a private HEI. The methodology adopted was qualitative and quantitative. The quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire from google forms tool, applied to the students of the IES, in its Venda Nova unit. For the qualitative approach, participant observation was used. This study was based on an earlier research applied in the same institution, when there was an attempt to implant the flipped classroom model. The application of the semi-flipped model aimed to remedy the main obstacles presented by the implementation of the flipped classroom model. The results reveal that the semi-flipped model had adherence and retained the advantages of the flipped classroom, obtaining better results.