Abstract

This paper comprises reviews of multigrade teaching in three countries: Peru, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. For each country, we describe the context for multigrade teaching, the country's education system, the place of multigrade teaching within the system, problems associated with multigrade teaching and current strategies for multigrade teaching. We conclude by noting some common experiences for multigrade schools across the countries, including those of isolation and dispersion, lack of physical facilities, poor teacher backgrounds and conditions, limited classroom teaching and learning strategies and pupils' deprived backgrounds. Also common across the three countries is a national commitment to improving the situation for multigrade classrooms.

Citation

Hargreaves, E., Montero, C., Chau, N., Sibli, M. & Thanh, T. Multigrade teaching in Peru, Sri Lanka and Vietnam: an overview. International Journal of Educational Development, 21(6), 499-520. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 9, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/200172/.

Keywords

• Marginalisation
• Multigrade
• Rural Schools