Classroom strategies of multigrade teachers

• Main Authors: Genesis B. Naparan, Vivian G. Alinsug
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
• Series: Social Sciences and Humanities Open
• Subjects: Multigrade teachers; Classroom management; Collaborative learning; Differentiated instruction; Motivation
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259029112100005X

This study examines the classroom strategies of the ten multigrade teachers of East district of Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. The research environment has numerous remote elementary schools. It has six multigrade schools in which all teachers were handling two grade levels. The primary data collection method used is a semi-structured one on one interview. The results of the study informed that the classroom strategies of multigrade teachers include: Classroom Management, Collaborative Learning, Using Differentiated Instruction, Connecting the Teaching to Real-life Situations, Integrating Technology in Teaching, and the flexibility of the Teacher. Despite these limitations and challenges that the teachers and pupils encountered in this multigrade school, they strived hard and tried their best to be meaningful and productive. There are several successful techniques that these multigrade teachers used to enhance the abilities and skills of the learners that bring them to compete in big schools. There are a lot of good things that came out precisely the classroom strategies of multigrade teachers. Thus, Multigrade teaching can be more beneficial to learners when they apply strategies that promote the interest of the learners.