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The present work focuses on issues related to group teaching in school classrooms that consist of a heterogeneous - in terms of cultural background - student population. It concerns the examination of teachers' views on the application of group teaching in multicultural classrooms. How informed are teachers about the subject of group teaching as a teaching method, and intercultural education, but also about their perceptions regarding the effectiveness or not of the group method and especially in multicultural classrooms. The work includes conducting qualitative research to explore the views and knowledge of primary education teachers regarding a) the advantages of group teaching in general, b) the conditions for success of group teaching, c) the composition of working groups, d) the process of conducting group teaching, e) the contribution of group teaching to the integration of foreign students, f) the connection of group teaching with intercultural education, especially in schools with multicultural composition as well as the investigation of the above parameters depending on the age of teachers, the level of education and their years of service.