Unit 2 Reflection-Strategies For Management of Multi-Grade Teaching

Unit 2 Reflection- Strategies for Management of Multi-Grade Teaching
I have learned the different seating arrangements that is helpful in teaching

Multi-grade Classes. Seating arrangement plays a huge role in achieving effective learning-
teaching process inside the classroom. As we all know, multi-grade consists of two or more
classes in one setting. That’s why it is important to plan out what is best seating positions of the
learners. Neglecting this issue might affect the student’s learning experience. There are many
types of seating arrangements, these includes the grouping of the same grade level students,
separating of the two different grade levels where both are facing the two blackboards, the U-
shape seating plan, or the circle plan where every student makes a circle and there’s a table in
the center for collaboration of the two or more grades present in the classroom.
We also learned what are the difference between Mono-grade and Multi-grade Classes.
The two teaching differs each other because in Mono-grade, only one set of grade level is
focused, so teachers can easily control the class and accommodate all the students need. While
in Multi-grade Classes, teachers have a hard time handling all grade levels because they teach
more lessons in a day, and more students in different ages are gathered in one classroom.
Limited resources are also a big problem in multi-grade classes because they are commonly
practiced in the far-flung areas of the country, that’s why resources are scarce. But despite
these challenges there are advantages in doing multi-grade classes. The learners are able to
collaborate and practiced themselves to be independent learners because teachers are not able
to help them from time to time due to the situations. Despite the advantages and
disadvantages, multi-grade classes is effective if the teachers can reliably adjust to the situation
and also with the support of the organization of the place and the community.
Unit 3 Reflection- Instructional Strategies in Multi-grade Schools
In this unit, I learned the different Instructional Strategies that a multi-grade teaching
must provide. There are multiple ways to meet the needs of the learners and to impart
effective learning strategies for the students. These are the team teaching, self-directed
learning, peer teaching, multi-grade groupings, direct strategies, and indirect strategies.
Team teaching involves a group of educators who provide cooperatively to help the
learners to learn. Through this method, teachers can learn from another teacher and
collaborate to acquire effective techniques in teaching the students. Also, learners can improve
their diversity in learning with the number of sources they will receive. Next is self-directed
learning strategy, it is a learning in which the conceptualization, design conduct and evaluation
of a learner project are directed by the learner. It is the initiative of the learner to learn by
themselves without or with the help of others. It’s taking the first step for learning and
influence others by doing the same too. It helps with the teacher because they don’t need them
the whole day. They only ask definite instructions from the teachers, and they do start doing
the task. It increases the child’s self-motivation and confidence and develop lifelong learning.
Then there’s peer teaching, it is a method of teaching where a student instructs another
student, wherein the former will be an expert and the latter a novice. So, with the multiple
grade level present in one classroom, they can collaborate and help each other by using this
method. The higher grade level students can help in teaching what they already learn to the
lower grade students. While multi grade groupings is a teaching method where students are
able to work on tasks suitable in their needs and the teaching and learning are focused on the
students and not on the teachers. There are multiple ways how to group learners, whether it is
based by their age, skills, subjects, grade levels or abilities. Through this groupings, similar
needs are met and improve their learning-teaching skills. Next is the direct strategy, this
method utilizes to attract the learners’ attention into direct communication. This is the
traditional method of teaching where teachers are in front, and students are facing them.
Learners can learn in the discussion and a two way of communication is present. Where
students and teachers can freely ask questions and answer. The last strategy is the indirect, it is
a student-centered approach to learning where students observe, investigate, and draw
investigation through data. This enhances the learner’s independency and boost self-
confidence.
Unit 4- Assessment Strategies in Multi-Grade Schools
What I learned in this Unit is the different classroom strategies used in a Multigrade
school in Zamboanga del Sur. It includes the Classroom Management, Collaborative Learning,
Using Differentiated Instruction, Connecting the Teaching to Real-life Situations, Integrating
Technology in Teaching, and the flexibility of the teacher.
Classroom Management is the techniques used by the teachers in achieving conducive

learning for their learners. These are habits, practices and innovations that are suited with the
learners’ needs. While Collaborative Learning is a group of learners working together to solve a
problem and learning new knowledge. It is an effective way to build unity inside the classroom
and finish with the same goals in the end of the day. But sometimes, using this method let other
students to rely on others too much so teachers don’t use this method too much. Next is the using
of Differentiated Instructions, it is where learners are given different activities according to their
abilities. It helped learners do the activity independently and learning on their own way. They
also use real life situations in connecting to the teaching. This benefit the learners to relate the
topics on the daily situations they are in and to the recent issues going on in their environment. It
is easier for the students to comprehend what is being discussed if it is related to real life
situation. Next is the Integrating of technology in teaching. Technology plays a vital tool in
education nowadays. It makes learning easier to access and brings learning-teaching process
wherever and whenever. It helped teachers in decreasing the use of money for instructional
materials because Power point presentation is available already. They can also acquire multiple
resources on the internet and learners can easily find it. The only disadvantage of using
technology is when people overuse it. They rely to o much on it that learning is nowhere to
achieve. Lastly, is the flexibility of the teacher. Handling multi grade classes need a flexible
teacher. They handle two or more learners inside one classroom so they should be adaptable in
different scenarios because they teach various types of learners. Teachers should make sure to
meet the needs of the student and become effective educators.

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Classroom Management is the techniques used by the teachers in achieving conducive

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