Problems Encountered in Multi-Grade Classes and Teachers’ Suggestions for Possible Solutions (A Case Study in Kilis Province)

Autor: M. Semih Summak, A. Elçin Gören Summak, Mehmet Serdar Gelebek
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 1221-1238 (2011)
ISSN: 2149-5459
Popis: The objective of this study is to determine the problems of the teachers who take part in multigrade-classes programme currently maintained in the village primary schools and to elicit their views and solutions related to the multigrade classes education programme. 12 multigrade-classes teachers teaching in the nearby villages of Kilis province participated in the study and they were selected by the easilyaccessible case sampling method. Subjects’ opinion were gathered thorough a semiconstructed interview form. The data derived from the interview were reduced through qualitative data analysis method, and figurative-interpretive analysis method was used by quoting from the reduced data. The subjects involved in the study generally complained from the difficulty in carrying out educational goals and objectives and managing classes of diverse needs, from time shortage, from the pupils’ low readiness and competence level; from managing multiple classes in the same place simultaneously, from biases of the families, from the funding problems and physical insufficiency. Based on the findings, It’s suggested that the number of the schools that have students transported daily from the multigrade-classes village schools should be increased in order for the multigrade classes to decrease in number and an original curriculum should be launched for these schools according to instruction techniques and classroom management procedures specific to these schools
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