翻转还是不翻转？超越教育潮流走向基于研究的课堂——访悉尼大学迈克·雅各布森教授

To Flip or Not to Flip? Beyond an Educational Fad to Research-based Classrooms —An Interview with Professor Michael J. Jacobson from the University of Sydney

最近几年“翻转课堂”在大众媒体上赢得了很多关注，但是问题仍然存在：为什么翻转？翻转什么？怎样翻转？到底翻转还是不翻转？在西安举办的2015年教育技术学国际论坛上，作者有幸和迈克·雅各布森教授深入探讨了这些问题，雅各布森教授是悉尼大学教育与社会服务学院的教育主席，以及计算机支持的学习与认知研究中心主任，是教育技术以及学习与认知科学领域的世界领先专家之一。访谈中，雅各布森教授分享了对有关翻转课堂教与学研究现状的看法，从学习与认知科学的视角分析了翻转课堂相关的重要议题，具体包括“翻转”的内涵，翻转课堂的实施过程与作用机制，以及未来研究方向等，这些视角与议题将能够启发中国和国际上相关的研究者与教师进一步思考他们感兴趣的一个核心问题：翻转课堂究竟是一种既有效又切实可行的教育创新，还仅仅是一种教育潮流呢？

Editorial Comment: The notion of a “flipped classroom” has attracted much attention in the popular press in recent years. Still， there are questions: Why flip? What to flip? How to flip? To flip or not to flip? During the 2015 International Forum of Educational Technology in Xi'an， the author had an opportunity to talk in-depth about these and related questions with Professor Michael J. Jacobson. Prof. Jacobson is the Chair of Education in the Faculty of Education and Social Work， and the Co-director of Centre for Research on Computer Supported Learning and Cognition at the University of Sydney. He is one of the world's leading experts in research-based EdTech and in the fields of the learning and cognitive sciences. This interview explored Prof. Jacobson's views on current status of rigorous educational research involving learning and teaching in flipped classrooms. Issues were analyzed about definitions， procedures， mechanisms， as well as potential studies related to flipped classroom approaches from the perspective of the learning and cognitive sciences. These perspectives and issues have implications for Chinese and international researchers and teachers who are interested in a centrally important question: Is a flipped classroom really a genuine innovation in teaching and learning that is educationally effective and viable or is it just an educational fad?