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Group 5 - Multigrade

This document outlines the basic principles of multigrade classes and multigrade teaching. It defines multigrade classes as those with students from two or more grades taught by a single teacher. The 7 basic principles are: 1) children are unique, 2) children learn best from experience, 3) children can learn from one another, 4) the teacher's role is to set up a learning environment, 5) the curriculum must consider varied abilities within a group, 6) any program should achieve its goals, and 7) inter-aging students reflects real life. The key aspects are that multigrade classes involve students of different ages and abilities working together under one teacher with the shared goal of learning.

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Group 5 - Multigrade

This document outlines the basic principles of multigrade classes and multigrade teaching. It defines multigrade classes as those with students from two or more grades taught by a single teacher. The 7 basic principles are: 1) children are unique, 2) children learn best from experience, 3) children can learn from one another, 4) the teacher's role is to set up a learning environment, 5) the curriculum must consider varied abilities within a group, 6) any program should achieve its goals, and 7) inter-aging students reflects real life. The key aspects are that multigrade classes involve students of different ages and abilities working together under one teacher with the shared goal of learning.

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BASIC PRINCIPLES OF

M U LT I G R A D E C L A S S E S
A N D M U LT I G R A D E T E A C H I N G

Group 5
What is Multigrade Classes?
• Multigrade teaching (MGT) occurs when a single teacher is
responsible for a class formed of children from two or more
grades.

• Multigrade classes are also called Multi-Age Groups.

• Multi-age is a term commonly used today to describe mixed-age


groups.
The 7 Basic Principles
Underlying Multigrade
Classes
• Children Are Unique

• Every child has their own needs, interests,


experiences, and hobbies. Each of them has
d i ff e r e n c e s a n d s i m i l a r i t i e s , w h e t h e r i n t e r m s
of physical, emotional, or intellectual.
2. Children Learn Best From Experience
• Reading books, and materials, memorizing
f a c t s , a n d d o i n g s o m e p a p e r- p e n c i l t e s t s , i s
one of the important things in learning
development. Still, it is not enough to
provide learning experiences to the child.
3. Children can and do learn well from one
another
• When working with common goals,
s t u d e n t s c a n s u p p o r t e a c h o t h e r. T h e y c a n
be honest with one another and learn
t o g e t h e r. Through group, collaborative,
and peer learning students can help each
o t h e r.
4. The role of teacher in a classroom
• involves setting up and managing a
learning environment - The role of the
Te a c h e r i s n o t l i m i t e d t o t e a c h i n g a n d
sharing learning experiences with the
s t u d e n t s o n l y. T h e y p l a y a v a r i e t y o f r o l e s
inside the classroom.
5. The implementation of the school curriculum must
take into consideration the varied abilities, levels and
interests within particular group

• The implementation of the school curriculum


must take into consideration the varied
abilities, levels, and interests within a
particular group. Each of the students has
d i ff e r e n t a n d i n d i v i d u a l n e e d s .
6. The value of any educational program will be
judged according to how well it can achieve the
goals of the program

• The school, the parent, and the teacher should


work together to help the child learn in and
outside of the classroom.
7 . I n t e r- a g i n g o r t h e c o m b i n a t i o n o f c h i l d r e n o f
d i ff e r e n t a g e s i s m o r e r e s p e c t f u l o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l
needs of learners and reflects real-life

• Inside a Multigrade classroom, students have


d i ff e r e n t a g e g a p s a n d g r a d e l e v e l s . E a c h o f
them has a unique learning style.
Thank you
for
Listening!

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