Teaching and Learning Conference 2019: Active learning and flipping the classroom in Social Sciences

The aim of this session is to share experiences of ‘flipping the classroom’ in Social Science subjects: promoting pre-class preparation by students and engaging them in active learning during class time. It offers the opportunity to experience and discuss active learning exercises and hear about student responses to the flipped classroom. We read a lot about flipping the classroom in STEM subjects but there is little literature discussing it in relation to Social Science subjects. I hope that sharing my experience of employing flipped classroom and active learning techniques might inspire others to experiment with their own Social Science classes.