153071 20251017144552.0 doi 10.1016/j.ijer.2025.102596 sideral 143595 ART-2025-143595 eng Vigo Arrazola, María Begoña Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9734-8596 Creative and inclusive teaching practices in multigrade schools. An ethnographic study on the use of digital media 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This article analyses how teachers in multigrade classrooms challenge the culture of homogenisation in teaching through inclusive and creative practices facilitated by digital media. Specifically, it presents the results of a multisite ethnographic study conducted in five rural multigrade schools, all participating in a broader project (PID2020–112880RB- I00) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. This project focuses on investigating creative and inclusive teaching practices in complex schools due to a high percentage of migrant population or because they are in remote environments across Spain. The study highlights practices that promote student participation and learning based on their needs and life experiences, reflecting teachers’ commitment to an inclusive teaching approach. Teachers acknowledge the need to address students’ lives, interests and abilities, while encouraging interactions with peers and the community to support learning in multigrade classrooms. However, these teachers also identify barriers to inclusion arising from an education system that homogenises groups of children through organizing schools by age related grade and prescribes specific curricula for each grade. These constraints seem to influence the reproduction of educational practices that overlook students’ lives. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN PID2020-112880RB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Moreno Pinillos, Cristina Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8312-5535 4001 215 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 131 (2025), 102596 [12 pp.] Int. j. educ. res. International Journal of Educational Research 0883-0355 384023 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153071/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2027-04-09 1548867 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/153071/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2027-04-09 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:153071 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:12:13 ARTICLE