How do Trainee Teachers Engage with a Flipped Learning Approach?

Abstract

To date, research on student engagement in a flipped learning approach has almost entirely focused on students’ emotional engagement. This study further explores students’ engagement through the additional constructs of behavioral and cognitive engagement in a UK pre-service teacher education context. Data were gathered from learning analytics, focus group interviews and tutor diaries. Results revealed that whilst students held positive attitudes towards the in-class activities, their behavioral and cognitive engagement was evidenced by a variety of strategic uses of the online learning resources and a limited awareness of the constructivist principles on which a flipped learning approach is based. The study supports the need for a systematic induction period and explicit discussions on the learning principles of flipped learning. (Keywords: behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement emotional engagement, flipped learning, learning analytics) (Keywords: flipped learning, behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, emotional engagement, learning analytics)