What Is Lesson Study

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What Is Lesson Study?

• Purposes
• Continue conversations about lesson study.
• Collect and synthesize information about lesson
  study.
• Build definitions of lesson study.

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What Is Lesson Study?

• Process
• Answer the question What is lesson study? by
  circulating with a partner, discussing and taking
  notes on the information provided on the clue
  placards around the room.

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What Is Lesson Study?

• After visiting the clues, return to your table
  and with your partner, synthesize your
  information and prepare a written answer.
• Share your answer with the other participants at
  your table.
• Develop group analogies.

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Analogies

• Lesson study is like_________________
• because__________________________.
• Lesson study is more like____________
• than__________because____________.

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What Is Lesson Study?

• A professional development approach that
• Focuses on examining instruction.
• Explores real challenges teachers face in their
  classroom.
• Builds teacher knowledge.
• Supports professional collaboration.
• Respects teachers as professionals.
• Serves as the dominant form of professional
  development in Japan.

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What Is Lesson Study?

• Creates structured occasions for teachers to
  examine teaching and learning.
• Focuses on improving the lesson, not evaluating
  the teacher.
• Looks closely at student thinking and
  understanding.

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What Is Lesson Study?

• Allows teachers to focus on a concept that
• is challenging to teach and difficult for
  students
• to understand. The steps include
• Setting goals
• Planning the lesson
• Teaching, observing, and debriefing
• Revising and re-teaching
• Reflecting and sharing