I fail to see how the "flipped classroom" approach is mutually inclusive to Bloom's taxonomy, group activities, working directly with the students, student-centered learning, and other key components of instruction. The basic components are arguably the most important part of any topic and one cannot dive deeper into topics (analyzing, applying, evaluating, thought experiments, discussions, etc.) without a solid understanding of the basics first. If we lose a student at the basics because they struggled to work on their own for whatever reason (busy schedule, poor access to technology, lack of motivation, poor home life, etc.) then we will lose them for the entire topic. Once again, maybe this technique is fine for pedagogy, but for adult students who have families, children, full time jobs, other interests giving them too many assignments outside of the classroom is a bad idea (my wife is currently working full time and going to school at night, she spends maybe 1-2 hours at home not sleeping during the week... as a full grown adult she needs this time to do chores, talk to friends/family, and just relax). I think teaching the basics might be the most critical part of an instructor's job and only once the entire class has a solid understanding of the basics can the class move into more advanced, nuances activities around that topic.
You wouldn't assign students to learn how to play chess at home and then grade them the next day on if they can beat you in a game. You know that some students probably already know how to play, some would enjoy the challenge and genuinely learn on their own, and others would maybe try for 5 minutes and then give up; as their instructor all of the students would expect you to explain how the game is played, how the pieces move, what are some basic strategies and goals before moving into actually playing games or giving demonstrations of certain scenarios... and this would be good for all students, even the ones who already know how to play because reviewing the basics of anything is always good practice, even for the most experienced experts. Professional musicians still warm up with basic scales and exercises before moving directly to performing full songs; they wouldn't be expected to just show up to a performance at the start time and begin playing songs immediately. The basics should be the central focus of a class (especially introductory level courses and career-focused courses) instead of something that is pushed out of the classroom.
