LIVING EXPERIENCE OF TEACHERS IN MULTI-CLASSES CLASSES ON OPTIMIZED TIME USE AND MANAGEMENT AS AN EFFECTIVE COMPONENT IN THE COURSE

Subject Areas : Educational management

zohreh sadaatmand ¹ , hossin zare khormizi ² , narges keshtiaray ³

1 - Associate professor, Department of Curriculum planning, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isafah, Iran
2 - PhD Student, Department of Curriculum planning, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Associate professor, Department of Curriculum planning, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isafah, Iran

Received: 2020-02-03 Accepted : 2020-03-05 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: teachers, curriculum, Life experiences, multi-grade classes,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of teachers in multidisciplinary classrooms about the optimal use of time and its management as an effective component of the curriculum. This research is a qualitative study of phenomenology. Participants in this study were eight elementary school teachers from Yazd and Kerman provinces. Data were collected using in-depth semi-structured individual interviews with teachers in their workplace. Data were analyzed using the seven-stage method of Colaizzi. After coding the interviews, 422 initial codes were obtained that were classified into 15 subcategories, 5 categories, and three concepts, with titles: 1- Explaining and identifying effective time-saving components 2- Explaining and identifying effective components Lack of time 3 - Explain and identify the effective components in time planning and management. The results of this study showed that teachers in multilevel classes can compensate for the shortage of time by different strategies depending on the student, their number, as well as the number of bases, the impact of bases on each other, ways and materials to save and manage. Use time. Applying these strategies in the above three areas can lead to optimal use of time and its management in the curriculum of the multipurpose classrooms and will achieve the goals of the curriculum and facilitate student learning and teacher teaching.