Analysis of significant learning in the flipped classroom: a conceptual cartography

Abstract

The Flipped Classroom is an educational model that asks students to study educational content at home and come to the classroom for learning activities. This promotes meaningful learning with the help of digital technologies. The aim this documentary research was to analyze the relationship between the Flipped Classroom and learning meaningful, through Conceptual Cartography, in order to propose an evaluation model for Flipped Classroom. To achieve this, the documentary research method called Conceptual Cartography was applied, which is developed in four phases: The findings suggest that, theoretically, there is a direct relationship between the Flipped Classroom and meaningful learning. This relationship is based on the theoretical principles of constructivism. However, there are no specific instructional designs for the Flipped Classroom and, so far, the evaluation of the Flipped Classroom has focused on students' perception of the model and not on their significant learning. In conclusion, although the Flipped Classroom does easily admit constructivist theoretical foundations when promoting meaningful learning, this relationship has not been reflected in its own instructional designs, nor in properly constructivist evaluation models.