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Multigrade Teaching for Lao Education Officials

Multigrade teachers from Lao PDR came to the Center in January 2005 to participate in the two-week course on multigrade teaching facilitated by SEAMEO INNOTECH.

Part of their training was a structured visit to the Schools Division of Ilocos Norte, which was recommended by the Philippine Department of Education for its outstanding achievements in multigrade instruction. They also had a chance to interact with and learn from the National Multigrade Teacher achiever for 2003. For comparisons, they also visited a multigrade school in an urban area.

Apart from these, the Lao education officials were given orientation on the multigrade program in the country, as well as specific experiences of multigrade teaching in urban and rural settings. Expert practitioners pf multigrade instruction provided insights on the latest research studies concerning multigrade teaching, the components of an effective multigrade school, and basic skills on how to be a successful multigrade teacher.

The training component likewise included a visioning session for the Lao educators on their desired multigrade school, the guidelines for an effective organization and operation of multigrade classes, and materials development processes for science and math instructions.

At the end of the training, the Lao teachers presented sample multigrade learning materials for peer evaluation. These were compiled and distributed among them for adaption and use in their won multigrade classes. They also drafted action plans for training new multigrade teachers and re-training experienced ones.

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