Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
TEACHING IN MULTIGRADE CLASSES SÖZ405 7. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals Informing teacher candidates regarding the concept of combined classrooms, importance of combined classrooms, reasons of having combined classrooms, nature of teaching curriculum in combined classrooms, classroom management in combined classrooms, planning and evaluating teaching and learning processes in combined classrooms.
Course Content In class activities will be managed and monitored by the course instructor under the instructor’s guide. Interactive teaching methods will be used for allowing students to actively participate into activities and the learning process. Students are required to read the main course book and additional resources shared by the instructor.
Learning Outcomes 1) Prepares daily schedule specific for Multiple Grade Classrooms.
2) H/S knows the general features of multiple grade classrooms and takes these features into account in classroom and out-of-class educational arrangements.
3) H/S takes into account the individual differences and development levels of students in the planning, implementation and evaluation of students' self-study in multigrade classes.
4) Designs specific learning situations for students to learn at their own strength and at their own pace.
5) Designs specific learning situations for students to learn at their own strength and at their own pace.
6) Follows the developments in the field, evaluates the research results related to the multiple grade classrooms.
7) Teacher candidate develops school-environment relations based on the principle of cooperation.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction: explaining the basic concepts and principles of the field Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Reasons of teaching in combined classrooms, Advantages and downfalls of having combined classrooms Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Organizing classrooms as learning environments. Sitting arrangements, effective teaching materials. Characteristics of classrooms. Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Organizing outside of classrooms as learning environments. Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Planning and managing learning activities in combined classrooms Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Working in groups of students with similar academicals achievement: Allowing students to learn at their own pace and strengths Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Midterm Question Answer

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Working in interest groups: Allowing students to learn subjects of their interests in depth Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Working in classrooms with teachers and homework. Planning students working themselves in classrooms with homework, assessing students’ works Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Working in classrooms with teachers and homework. Planning students working themselves in classrooms with homework, assessing students’ works Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Working in classrooms with teachers and homework. Planning students working themselves in classrooms with homework, assessing students’ works Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Teaching methods and techniques used in combined classrooms Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
13. Week Teaching methods and techniques used in combined classrooms Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week School development with multiple grade classroomss Question Answer; Case Study
Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
İnce, N. B. Şahin, A. E (2016). Birleştirilmiş ve Bağımsız Sınıflarda Çalışan Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin Mesleki Doyum ve Tükenmişlik Düzeylerinin Karşılaştırılması Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi (H. U. Journal of Education) 31(2), 391-409.
“Birleştirilmiş Sınıflarda Öğretim”, Editör: Çavuş Şahin, Pegem Akademi.
Balkar, B. (2010). Okul Gelişim Planı ve Etkililiğinin Sağlanması Hakkında Öğretmen Görüşleri Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 14 (2) 165-181
Bilir, A. (2008). Teacher and Educational Fact at Multigraded Classrooms Rural Primary Schools. Ankara University, Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences, 41, (2), 1-22
Bümen, Nilay T., Çakar, Esra. & Yıldız, Derya G. (2014). Türkiye’de öğretim programına bağlılık ve bağlılığı etkileyen etkenler. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri,14(1), 203-228.
Clifford T. Morgan Psikolojiye Giriş. (1981). Ders Kitabı. Çev. H. Arıcı, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Psikoloji Bölümü Yayınları.
Kazu, H., Aslan, S. (2016). Sınıf Öğretmeni Adaylarının Birleştirilmiş Sınıf Uygulamasına İlişkinGörüşlerinin İncelenmesi (Fırat ve Dicle Üniversiteleri Örnekleri). Uluslararası Türk Kültür Coğrafyasında Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (TURKSOSBİLDER) 1, (2), 23-32.
MEB (2019). Öğretmen Yetiştirme Genel Müdürlüğü Köy Okullarında Birleştirilmiş Sınıflarda Görev Yapan Öğretmenlerin Başucu Kitabı.
Song, R., Spradlin, T. E., & Plucker, J. A. (2009). The Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiage Classrooms in the Era of NCLB Accountability. The Center for Evaluation & Education Policy Education Policy Brief, 7(1), winter 2009, 1-2. Retrieved July 21, 2017, from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED504569.pdf.
Taşdemir, M. (2012). Birleştirilmiş Sınıflarda Öğretim. (Genişletilmiş 6. Baskı) Ankara, Pegem Yayıncılık.
www.ioe.ac.uk/multigrade

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 16 2
Homework 1 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
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