Multi grade teaching
Multi-grade teaching in Australia involves one teacher instructing two or more grade levels simultaneously in the same classroom. It is common in small, rural schools with fewer teachers than grades. Multi-grade teachers may be responsible for teaching two, three, or even up to seven different grades. While students in each grade are usually the same age, their abilities may vary. Multi-grade teaching requires specialized instructional methods and classroom management. These smaller, more dispersed multi-grade schools provide education closer to where children live, reducing travel time and increasing attendance rates. They also foster stronger community ties. Well-trained, locally-oriented teachers are especially important for effective multi-grade instruction.
Multi grade teaching
- 1. Multi Grade Teaching (Australia) Joemarie L. Esmalla 4th-BEED
- 2. Multi Grade teaching in Australia Multi grade teaching involves the teaching of children from two or more grade levels in one classroom. Multi grade teaching is a situation in which one teacher has to teach many grades, all at the same time. It happens in all schools where there are more grades than teachers
- 3. Some multi Grade teachers may teach two grades, but some teach three or four grades. In very small schools, teachers may teach six or seven grades at the same time under one roof. In the traditional single-grade teaching. Or mono grade as it is sometimes called, the teacher teaches only one grade The learners in each grade are usually of the same age but may differ in abilities
- 4. Multigrade teaching in Australia Such contexts requires the employment of particular teaching methodologies and classroom administration. Since Multigrade classes are smaller and can be established more cheaply than complete schools, they can be more numerous, therefore more dispersed and thus located closer to the settlements where the children live. This means both that younger children can attend and that the time children spend travelling between school and home can be reduced to an acceptable level. This in turn means that there is sufficient time outside school hours for the children to continue to contribute to the family's economic activity Attending school is therefore likely to be more acceptable to the families concerned, and thus both increase the number of children receiving education and reduce the failure rate. Multigrade schools in Australia, being smaller and more dispersed, would enjoy much closer links with the smaller communities that they would be set up to serve. This would have a very positive effect on local attitudes and access to education. The professional teacher is a key resource person in the Multigrade context. The local content is a significant part of the curriculum, it is particularly important to resolve the issue of appointing well-trained and locally-oriented teachers.