Background: The Flipped Classroom (FC) is an instructional strategy that can provide educators wi... more Background: The Flipped Classroom (FC) is an instructional strategy that can provide educators with a way of minimizing the amount of direct-instruction in their teaching practice while maximizing one-to-one interaction. Aim of the study: to investigate nursing students " perceptions, satisfaction and experience towards Flipped Classroom educational strategy. Material & methods: An exploratory descriptive research design was followed to carry out the study. The study was conducted at faculty of nursing Damanhour University Egypt. Total sample was 146 nursing students who registered at community health nursing course during the first semester of the last academic year (2015-2016). Two tools were used for data collection. The first tool: Students " Basic Data Structured Questionnaire and second tool Students " Perceptions to Flipped Classroom Structured Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using percentages, Pearson Chi-square, and Monte Carlo exact probability. Results: The study reveals that more than half of students showed a moderate level of satisfaction and positive perception regarding using FC in clinical activities. It also shows that short video lectures can be of significant value for nursing students. More than half preferred the traditional method of teaching while, more than one third of them preferred FC. Significant differences were observed between students " gender, age, residence and their last academic achievement. Students mentioned "facilitate understanding topic, give ideas about class activities, and increase retention of information" as advantages of FC. Students also mentioned that the main challenges of FC were" need extra time to watch, no possibility of immediate feedback during watching videos, and that FC cannot be applied in all nursing courses". Conclusion: Flipped Classroom is a promising alternative to traditional lectures in nursing education, that solve the problem of increased number of nursing students and shortage of staff. Besides, it helps students become more engaging in the classroom. It can result in a high level of student satisfaction, self-pacing and independency.
Background: The Flipped Classroom (FC) is an instructional strategy that can provide educators wi... more Background: The Flipped Classroom (FC) is an instructional strategy that can provide educators with a way of minimizing the amount of direct-instruction in their teaching practice while maximizing one-to-one interaction. Aim of the study: to investigate nursing students " perceptions, satisfaction and experience towards Flipped Classroom educational strategy. Material & methods: An exploratory descriptive research design was followed to carry out the study. The study was conducted at faculty of nursing Damanhour University Egypt. Total sample was 146 nursing students who registered at community health nursing course during the first semester of the last academic year (2015-2016). Two tools were used for data collection. The first tool: Students " Basic Data Structured Questionnaire and second tool Students " Perceptions to Flipped Classroom Structured Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using percentages, Pearson Chi-square, and Monte Carlo exact probability. Results: The study reveals that more than half of students showed a moderate level of satisfaction and positive perception regarding using FC in clinical activities. It also shows that short video lectures can be of significant value for nursing students. More than half preferred the traditional method of teaching while, more than one third of them preferred FC. Significant differences were observed between students " gender, age, residence and their last academic achievement. Students mentioned "facilitate understanding topic, give ideas about class activities, and increase retention of information" as advantages of FC. Students also mentioned that the main challenges of FC were" need extra time to watch, no possibility of immediate feedback during watching videos, and that FC cannot be applied in all nursing courses". Conclusion: Flipped Classroom is a promising alternative to traditional lectures in nursing education, that solve the problem of increased number of nursing students and shortage of staff. Besides, it helps students become more engaging in the classroom. It can result in a high level of student satisfaction, self-pacing and independency.
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