Multigrade Schools
Event
Multigrade Schools: thinking differently about classrooms
Thursday 20 March, 2025 – Thursday 20 March, 20251:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Online (via Microsoft Teams)
Part of the School of Education Research Seminar Series 2024-25.
About the seminar
The standardisation of schooling systems sees students being grouped by age (or grade) and so the majority are taught in monograde classrooms. However, globally, 30% of the world’s children learn in multigrade classrooms. Classes with children from across a wide age range are usually considered outside the norm, hence peripheral and problematic.
In this seminar, Cath and Anne propose and discuss evidence from their research how these classes are spaces for thinking and doing differently, offering innovation and change for pedagogy.
Speakers
Dr Cath Gristy is a lecturer based in the School of Society and Culture, Plymouth University where she teaches on education programmes. Her research links to SDG4 focussing on rural and community education.
Dr Anne Parfitt is a Research Fellow in the School of Education, BSU. Her research interests include rurality and territorial stigma impacting on schools.