Abstract
The article reveals the practice of multi-age education in a small school (hereinafter SMS) using collective classes, which has proven itself in the experience of teachers of East Kazakhstan and Pavlodar regions; traditional approaches to the organization of the educational process in primary, middle and senior grades, multi-age interaction in combined classes, its advantages and disadvantages are considered; An innovative type of education is proposed, based on the rejection of the class-based system and the transition to collective learning of different ages, the features of the introduction of collective learning activities, the technological process in age groups (AGD). Multi-age education allows you to overcome these problems. It provides a systematic connection of the entire educational process, since children of different ages and classes study in the same study group. Teachers should use more effective methods and forms of education, take into account the individual characteristics, capabilities and needs of each student, and ensure that learning is connected with life. This allows students of different ages to communicate with each other, learn from each other, organize joint activities of students of different ages, provide them with a deeper assimilation of the material and get a more complete understanding of the material being studied.