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This document discusses multi-grade classes and teaching. It identifies some key advantages and challenges of multi-grade classes. The advantages include maximum social interaction among students, cooperative learning, independence, and preparation for real life. However, multi-grade teaching also presents challenges, as it requires more discipline, concentration, initiative and resourcefulness from both students and teachers. Effective multi-grade teaching demands teachers be multi-skilled, prepared to teach various subjects and grade levels, and take on diverse roles beyond traditional teaching. Proper training is often lacking for multi-grade teachers.

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Unit Two MG PDF

This document discusses multi-grade classes and teaching. It identifies some key advantages and challenges of multi-grade classes. The advantages include maximum social interaction among students, cooperative learning, independence, and preparation for real life. However, multi-grade teaching also presents challenges, as it requires more discipline, concentration, initiative and resourcefulness from both students and teachers. Effective multi-grade teaching demands teachers be multi-skilled, prepared to teach various subjects and grade levels, and take on diverse roles beyond traditional teaching. Proper training is often lacking for multi-grade teachers.

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Unit Two: The Challenges of Multi-

Grade Classes

1. Identify the functions and roles of the multi grade teacher.


2. Recognize the advantages of having small schools in providing
education multi-grade classes
3. Describe the difficulties and constraints faced by teachers in
single-teacher school and multi-grade classes
4. Formulate solutions to reduce the difficulties and constraints
faced by teachers in single-teacher schools and multi-grade classes.
5. Identify the three most important constraints about which
teachers can resolve immediately
Case 2.1:
Population Decline Leads to Multi-grade Classes
Advantages
Preparedness
Multi-Skilled
Multi- Talen ted
Functions and Roles of the Multi-grade Teacher
Case 2.1 Population Decline Leads to Multi-grade Classes

A government All-Age School was built in the 1960s in the fishing village of
San Dionisio, Iloilo, to serve population of 600 students. However, during the last 40
years, the population has declined significantly, due to death and migration overseas,
and dispersal to other parishes in the island. In addition, several parents, for status
reasons, prefer to send their children to private preparatory schools in Zara, usually
near where they work. The enrolment of the school, therefore, has declined to
approximately 160 students
With this population decline, and the reduction in the number of teachers,
grade levels have been merged: Grades 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6 and grades 7, 8 and 9.
Most teachers are assigned from other areas, and are, therefore, unfamiliar with the
community and its practices. Teachers are faced with the task of teaching multi-grade
classes without training.
The teachers had to acquire these skills on-the-job and were included in the
Department of Education multi-grade project, through which they acquired additional
skills. In addition, the dynamic school principal established partnerships with the
private sector and community organizations, to improve the learning environment. The
San Dionisio, Iloilo Environment Management Trust, in collaboration with the school,
developed a project funded by a local agency to establish a computer laboratory for
the use of students and community members.
The Multi-Faceted Nature of the Multi-Grade Teacher

Advantages
To understand fully all the challenges of multi-grade classes, it is useful to
examine their potential advantages, and how the average trained, or
untrained, teacher is prepared first to recognize them, and then to cope with
them. Research on the effectiveness of multi-grade teaching has indicated
that, if well done, pupils can have the same, and sometimes even better
results than single-grade schools.
For example, one of the studies showed that in terms of academic
achievement,
the data clearly supported the multi-grade classroom as a viable, and equally
effective organizational alternative, to single-grade instruction. When it comes
to
student effect, the case for multi-grade organization appears much stronger
with
multi-grade students out-performing single-grade students in over 75 per cent
of the measures used. (Source.. Miller 1989).
WHY MULTIGRADE CLASSES EXIST?

 Multigrade classes were organized as a matter of


necessity for remote barangays where the number of
children enrolled could not meet the required number to
organize a single grade class and assign the necessary
teacher for each class.
Distance of the barrio and small number of students for
each class.
 Shortage of funds teachers and school buildings.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGESOF A MULTIGRADE CLASSES?
Learner Advantages

Maximum social interaction between/among peers.


Cooperative learning is predominant.
Will learn to be independent, self-directed learners can learn to be more
resourceful.
Prepared for real life – situations where there is constant interaction between
people of different ages, varied skills and abilities.
Can learn to assume leading or supporting role as needed in different work
situations.
Stigma associated with failure and repetition is removed.
Girlswho are often expected to stay home or at least close to home to take
care younger siblings or the household will have more chances to go to school since
schools are located within the community
Other advantages mentioned in the literatures are:
Low student/teacher ratio;
An opportunity for highly individualized teaching;
An opportunity to develop/strengthen leadership, and the cooperative and
CHALLENGES OF TEACHING MULTIGRADE

Requires more discipline, greater concentration and more focus


in order to benefit from effective strategies e.g peer teaching,
group work, self directed learning.

Less reliance on direct supervision by teacher.

Requires more initiative and resourceful to function effectively


in a multigrade class.

May receive less individual attention from a less experienced


teacher or one who is not well-trained in multigrade teaching.
Preparedness
Frequently the teacher may not be aware that he/she is going to teach in a
multi-grade school, until he/she arrives at the location.
The skills required to manage students, and teach within a multi-grade
environment, are usually not taught at training colleges. Teachers also lack the
support needed to be creative and innovative in using existing resources.
Multi-Skilled

In the multi-grade class environment, each teacher is expected


to know, and be able to teach effectively, different subject areas at
different grade levels. For example, one teacher who has the
responsibility for grades 1, 2 and 3 would need to know:
 Social Studies at Grade levels 1, 2 and 3;
 Mathematics at Grade levels 1, 2 and 3;
 Language Arts/English at Grade levels 1, 2 and 3.
The teacher is expected to have an array of skills and talents, in addition
to those required in the specific subject areas within the normal teaching
curriculum. Some of these skills and talents are:

Research;
Supervision;
Planning;
Organization;
Facilitation;
Management;
Motivation;
Evaluation
Functions and Roles of Multi-grade Teachers

As Field/Action Researcher
As Teacher/Learning Facilitator
As Community Liaison/Resource Person
As Social Worker/Counsellor
As Evaluator
As Material Designer
As Para-Professional Trainer
As Quality Controller
As Surrogate Parent
As Financial Manager
As Representative of Cultural, Moral and Political Values
ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF
TEACHING MULTIGRADE CLASS

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