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WHAT IS IT?
VIDEO OF PROFESSOR A. LITTLE:

HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=SWD4YAR9MK0
DEFINITION:

TEACHING CLASSES OF STUDENTS, NOT ONLY OF DIFFERENT

AGES AND ABILITIES, BUT ALSO AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS.
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR TEACHING MULTI-GRADE CLASSES. UNITED NATIONS CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

INITIAL OPINION
ON PAGE 1 OF YOUR WORKBOOK COMPLETE QUESTION 1.
KEEP IN MIND WHAT THE DEFINITION OF A MULTI-GRADED
CLASSROOM IS!

WHY ARE THEY USED?

MULTIPLE REASONS
NECESSITY
PHILOSOPHY
VIDEO EXAMPLES:

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
SMALL TOWNS

IMPLEMENTING INTO CLASSROOMS

TEACHERS VIEW:
HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK?
STUDENT APPLICATION:
MENTORSHIP ROLES
AHEAD OR BEHIND GRADE LEVEL
DOES THIS ALWAYS WORK?

TEACHING STRATEGIES
TEACH ALL GROUPS TOGETHER OR BY GRADE LEVEL
DEPENDS ON ACTIVITY AND LESSON

WORK ON COMMON THEMES

BASED ON OWN PACE AND SKILL

ASSESS ON A CONTINUUM
GUIDED BY TEACHERS

STUDENT DIRECTED ACTIVITIES

DEVELOP PEER, CROSS-AGE AND CROSS-GRADE INTERACTIONS

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
MENTORING

ACTIVITIES
MARKING

ACTIVE LEADERSHIP ROLES

PROBLEM SOLVE WHEN TEACHER IS UNAVAILABLE

VARYING PERSPECTIVES
MULTI-GRADED CLASSES ARE NOT ONLY BLACK AND WHITE,
THERE ARE LOTS OF GREY AREAS.

MAIN PERSPECTIVES:
TEACHER
PARENT
ADMINISTRATION

GROUP ACTIVITY
SINGLE GRADE

SPLIT GRADE

MULTI-GRADE

MR. MCINTRYE

MISS GROGER

MISS CLARKSON

PAGE 2

PAGE 3

Questions
2-4
Switch
Groups
Switch Groups

PAGE 4

PROS AND CONS

Complete Questions 2, 3, and 4 on page 5 of workbook

DISADVANTAGES:

MORE TIME PLANNING

CURRICULUM CONFLICT
LARGER GAP OF ABILITIES
LOSE OUT ON CURRICULUM MATERIAL
ABOVE GRADE LEVEL STUDENTS TEND TO PROGRESS THE LEAST

ADVANTAGES
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
LEARNING ON A CONTINUUM
SAME TEACHER FOR 2 OR MORE YEARS
LEADERSHIP AND MENTORSHIP ROLES
MORE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT OF ABILITIES
FASTER DEFINITION OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
STUDENTS OWN PACE
COST EFFECTIVE

No

substantial difference
between students in
multi-graded and
single graded classrooms

YOUR OPINIONS?
REEVALUATE YOUR OPINION ON MULTI-GRADE
CLASSROOMS
PAGE 6, QUESTION 5.

SOURCES
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=SWD4YAR9MK0
HTTP://UNESDOC.UNESCO.ORG/IMAGES/0022/002201/220101E.PDF
HTTP://PETERMERCKX.TRIPOD.COM/MULTINSET/ID3.HTML
HTTP://FILES.ERIC.ED.GOV/FULLTEXT/ED417014.PDF
ST. PAUL SCHOOL MULTI-AGE PROGRAM INFORMATION PARENT HANDOUT
ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE