Training Students’ Innovative and Critical Thinking Capabilities via Flipped Classroom Strategy—The Courses of General Chemistry as Examples

Abstract

In this work, a systematic approach to develop the teaching of general education courses via flipped classroom strategy is discussed. A series course of general chemistry is taken as examples for discussion. A conceptual framework for organizing and executing three-in-one combination teaching and studying systems, i.e., in-out class studying, on-off line studying, theoretical-practical studying, is presented. Problem based learning (PBL) and cooperative learning (CL) methods are applied. Overall, a student-centered environment is proposed which aims to train students’ innovative and critical thinking capabilities.