Analysis of education in multi-grade classes of COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions: a case study in Markazi province

The aim of this study was to analyze the education in multi-grade classes in the days of coronary heart disease and virtual education. For this purpose, a qualitative approach and a descriptive phenomenological method were used. The statistical population includes 187 teachers of multi-grade primary schools in the years 2020-2021 in Markazi province. 5 teachers were purposefully selected, then 10 other teachers were identified and studied by introducing the previous ones by snowball sampling. Were located. The data of this study were saturated from interviews with 15 people. Semi-organized interviews were used to collect data. Analyzing the data with a clause pattern and during 7 steps including: careful study of interviews, extraction of main themes, formulation of known meanings, classification of codes, integration of codes, clarification of the structure of the phenomenon, final validation; Done. Findings of the research were divided into 5 main themes including restructuring of multigrade classrooms, students, parents, teachers and educational facilities and 17 sub-themes. The results show that in the days of the outbreak of coronary heart disease, education in multi-grade classes has been removed from being multi-grade and as a result, the benefits of this type of training have been reduced. Also, the limitations of e-learning in multi-grade classes due to lack of access to smartphones and the Internet have become more apparent.