ABSTRACT

Multigrade classes can be defined as different grades of students must be in the same class because of the lack of population in small villages. The aim of this research is clarifying the problems and the solutions of multigrade classes’ teachers. Fort his aim, the method of this research is case study. This research is about a teacher who teaches at a primary school in Adiyaman province in 2011-2012 education term. For data collection in this research, semi structured and open-ended questions are used. According to the teacher’s answers, drilling questions are used. Descriptional analysis are done while forming category on drived datas.

According to the results of this research, they have difficulty in teaching and educating because they have just two wors subjects as “Teaching in Multigrade Classes” at bachelor’s programs and it’s not enough for them. The multigrade classes’ teachers train in a normal school when they are at university and it causes that they can’t be ready for teaching at village schools. At the same time they can’t adjust living in a village and teaching to different grades students.