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Today is Labour Day Monday, and I'm sitting in my office preparing for the first week back at school. Every year brings new challenges but I am a firm believer that most issues can be addressed if we are able to identify common ground and maintain our focus on what's best for kids.
One challenge we address each year is the creation of multi-age classrooms (split-grades) and the placement of children into the upper end of these grades. There are two reasons why we create multi-age classes. One is a philosophical belief in dividing students into better learning situations. By creating multi-age classes we help to divide and cluster kids with their peers and educators that are a better match for their educational needs. It also helps to make the classes more balanced and educationally “workable”.
Research (Phi Delta Kappan Vol. 80) has shown that there are four main benefits for multi-age classes.
· Younger children utilize older children to develop skills
· Mixed age classes reflect real society and real work situations
· There is more of an opportunity to match children according to needs and skills
· All children have the opportunity to become leaders and role models.
Remember: “Together is better.”
Read more:
http://www.learningwithnoboundaries.com/2012/09/combined-classes.html?spref=tw
