Last updated on 21 February 2025
Canopé Editions has just published a reference book for all those interested in the growing teaching practice of the inverted classroom. "Teaching and learning from the place" is a book of reflection signed by two academics and researchers Marcel Lebrun and Julie Lecoq.
A book that falls at a peak when the first one starts "Inverted Classroom Week" (CLISE 2016). (January 25-29) It will be marked by numerous initiatives in several academies. You can find the program on the Inverted Class Site. The Canopé network offers him a special page on its website.
The book that Canopé publishes is less focused on concrete practice than on Theory and reflection around new pedagogical practices induced by the inverted class. In other words, it is aimed at a knowledgeable public rather than at someone who would like a discovery or a more operational approach to this new way of teaching and learning about which so much is being talked about. This reflection and hindsight, to which the book contributes, is nevertheless necessary in the debate on pedagogical practices in the digital age.
Teaching and learning on the spot starts off as it should with a solid chapter that sets out to define ‘Inverted Classes’. A plural which, incidentally, states that there is no single model in this area. Concretely an inverted class how does it work? It is to this question that the authors then always answer in a very theoretical way. Concrete examples and testimonies would have been appreciated here to assess the application on the ground.
In a second large part of the book, the authors discuss the main pedagogical trends that form the basis of the inverted class and then a sort of checklist of what should not be forgotten when setting up an inverted class system, space management, contextualisation, remote accompaniment, evaluation, etc. Note also at the end of the book a bibliography and a filmography on this theme of the inverted class. It is far from complete and is likely to grow rapidly in the coming months.
Both authors are, in any case, fierce defenders of these new methods. And it feels. A beautiful communicative energy.
In the end, it is a useful book for all those, students and researchers, who are interested in the evolution of the educational sciences.. Teachers will find a book, sometimes a little "dense", but which will allow them to think about their practice. Canopé Editions offers the book in the ‘Mastering’ collection and there is undoubtedly its place.
Link: Inv Classesersées – Teaching and learning at the place ! by Marcel Lebrun and Julie Lecoq – Canopé Éditions.
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