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Teaching large classes

Teachers in Action, BBC World Service / OLSET

Large classes are a reality in many countries and they pose particular challenges. This article suggests ways to help discipline, to use group work and to cope with limited resources.

•What are the challenges of teaching a large class?

•How can you use group work to help learning in a large class?

•How can group work help in a large class when resources are lacking?

•How can you develop good discipline in a large class?

•The advantages of a large class

•Next steps



What are the challenges of teaching a large class?

•It's difficult to keep good discipline going in a large class.

•You have to provide for more children of different ages and different abilities, wanting to learn different things at different speeds and in different ways.

•You can't easily give each child the individual attention they need.

•You may not have enough books or teaching and learning aids.