1. Flipped Instruction Description

Theoretical Link
Howard Gardner: The theory of multiple intelligences was invented by Howard Gardner in the United States.


95. Non-Interventionism
Definition
Non-interventionism involves a teacher taking the role of ‘unobtrusive observer’ while students learn. The students are left to come to their own conclusions, face up to their own challenges, and ‘struggle’ through the lesson.
The teacher’s intervention may come through changing what they plan for the next lesson based on what they see, or lightly intervening after the students have struggled for some time.
Other reasons for intervention may be for safety or fairness reasons.
Benefits

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  Struggling to find an answer is Important for learning. Students can make mistakes and learn why the mistakes are wrong instead of just being told what us correct.
  
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  Without a teacher imposing their views, students can come up with creative and thoughtful solutions to problems that the teacher dis not foresee.
  
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  Students develop independent minds.
  

Challenges

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  Many parents and mentors watching your lesson may come away with a sense that you were lazy or did not do enough to help the students. This approach needs to be clearly explained and justified in lesson plans (I’d recommend referring to Montessori in your justification) and situations when you would go from observer to intervener should be spelled out in advance.
  
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  If students are struggling too much, learning may not occur – there is a limit to this approach!
  

Theoretical Link
Montessori Classrooms: The role of the teacher as “unobtrusive observer” was pioneered by Maria Montessori.
Montessori argued that children learn best when placed in resource rich environments and left to explore. Our interventions may impede creativity, self-belief, autonomy and self-discovery.