Leading Lesson Study
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"Provides readers with a compelling rationale for the process, offers experience-tested tools, and suggests ways to address commonly-occurring challenges. This book will assist teachers, and those who support them, in understanding and implementing all phases of lesson study, from initial planning through sharing with others what was learned."
—Dennis Sparks, Executive Director
National Staff Development Council
"A powerful teacher professional development process that focuses collaborative teams directly on the classroom, and the perfect tool for teachers, professional developers, and team leaders. Gives you everything you need to use lesson study to support teachers in thinking deeply about practice."
—Roberta Jaffe, Science Education Coordinator, New Teacher Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
Use this team-centered approach to directly enhance teaching and learning in your school!
First introduced in Japan, lesson study has gained enthusiastic advocates in US educational circles as a powerful, collaborative approach that brings teachers together as researchers into the science and craft of teaching and learning in their classrooms. Teachers work as teams to develop a lesson plan, teach and observe the lesson to collect data on student learning, and use their observations to refine their lesson. Participants build their sense of professional authority while discovering effective practices that result in improved learning outcomes for their students.
This "how-to" guide provides teachers, administrators, and team leaders with practical strategies, models, and tools. The book leads a beginning team through the phases of the lesson study cycle and provides an experienced team with new perspectives. Using examples from U.S. classrooms, this handbook:
- Encourages educators to generate and share knowledge
- Inspires a teacher-researcher stance
- Illustrates both the process and substance of lesson study
- Encourages collaboration
- Provides guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls
Leading Lesson Study is an excellent resource for both experienced and novice lesson study teams, administrators who want to start a lesson study program, and lesson study team facilitators such as instructional coaches and professional development providers.
Contents
Foreword by Bill Jackson
Foreword by Bill Jackson
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
1. Introduction—Making the Case for Lesson Study
- An Overview of Lesson Study
- Core Elements of Lesson Study
- Building a Research Base for Lesson Study
2. Laying the Groundwork for Lesson Study
- Beginning With the Necessary Ingredients
- Additional Supports
- Creating a Lesson Study Action Plan
- Inviting Teachers to Participate
- Finding Time
- Gaining Support From Administrators
- Finding External Support
- Developing a Collaborative School Culture
- Challenges of Laying the Groundwork
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
3. Starting the Lesson Study Cycle
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Creating the Schedule
- Developing Into a Team
- Identifying Group Norms
- Maintaining Group Norms
- Becoming a Community of Practice
- Types of Lesson Study Goals
- Key Ideas
4. Planning the Research Lesson
- Process for Planning the Lesson
- Investigating Teaching Materials
- Step 1: Identify the Topic
- Step 2: Map the Unit
- Step 3: Identify Goals
- Step 4: Create the Lesson Plan
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
5. Teaching, Observing, and Debriefing
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Preparing for the Observation and Debriefing
- The Pre-Observation Meeting
- Teaching and Observing the Lesson
- Conducting the Debriefing
- Preparing for the Revision
- Challenges of the Debriefing
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
6. Revising and Reteaching the Lesson
- Why Revise and Reteach?
- Process for Revising the Lesson
- Step 1: Gather and Review the Data
- Step 2: Analyze the Data
- Step 3: Identify Needed Changes
- Step 4: Revise the Lesson Plan
- Challenges of the Revision Process
- Reteaching and Focusing the Debriefing
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
7. Reflecting and Sharing Results
- Importance of Reflection
- Lesson Study Reports
- Process for Developing the Report
- Alternatives to a Report
- Evaluating Lesson Study
- Tying Reflection and Evaluation to a New Cycle of Lesson Study
- Key Ideas
8. Growing and Sustaining Lesson Study
- Maintaining Momentum
- Dealing With Turnover
- Adding Teams and Sites
- Embedding Lesson Study
- Hosting an Open House
- Goals for Teacher Learning
- Final Thoughts
Resource A: Sample Research Lessons
Resource A: Sample Research Lessons
Resource B: Frequently Asked Questions
Resource B: Frequently Asked Questions
Resource C: Additional Resources
Resource C: Additional Resources
Glossary
Glossary
References
References
Index
Index
Description
"Provides readers with a compelling rationale for the process, offers experience-tested tools, and suggests ways to address commonly-occurring challenges. This book will assist teachers, and those who support them, in understanding and implementing all phases of lesson study, from initial planning through sharing with others what was learned."
—Dennis Sparks, Executive Director
National Staff Development Council
"A powerful teacher professional development process that focuses collaborative teams directly on the classroom, and the perfect tool for teachers, professional developers, and team leaders. Gives you everything you need to use lesson study to support teachers in thinking deeply about practice."
—Roberta Jaffe, Science Education Coordinator, New Teacher Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
Use this team-centered approach to directly enhance teaching and learning in your school!
First introduced in Japan, lesson study has gained enthusiastic advocates in US educational circles as a powerful, collaborative approach that brings teachers together as researchers into the science and craft of teaching and learning in their classrooms. Teachers work as teams to develop a lesson plan, teach and observe the lesson to collect data on student learning, and use their observations to refine their lesson. Participants build their sense of professional authority while discovering effective practices that result in improved learning outcomes for their students.
This "how-to" guide provides teachers, administrators, and team leaders with practical strategies, models, and tools. The book leads a beginning team through the phases of the lesson study cycle and provides an experienced team with new perspectives. Using examples from U.S. classrooms, this handbook:
- Encourages educators to generate and share knowledge
- Inspires a teacher-researcher stance
- Illustrates both the process and substance of lesson study
- Encourages collaboration
- Provides guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls
Leading Lesson Study is an excellent resource for both experienced and novice lesson study teams, administrators who want to start a lesson study program, and lesson study team facilitators such as instructional coaches and professional development providers.
Contents
Foreword by Bill Jackson
Foreword by Bill Jackson
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
1. Introduction—Making the Case for Lesson Study
- An Overview of Lesson Study
- Core Elements of Lesson Study
- Building a Research Base for Lesson Study
2. Laying the Groundwork for Lesson Study
- Beginning With the Necessary Ingredients
- Additional Supports
- Creating a Lesson Study Action Plan
- Inviting Teachers to Participate
- Finding Time
- Gaining Support From Administrators
- Finding External Support
- Developing a Collaborative School Culture
- Challenges of Laying the Groundwork
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
3. Starting the Lesson Study Cycle
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Creating the Schedule
- Developing Into a Team
- Identifying Group Norms
- Maintaining Group Norms
- Becoming a Community of Practice
- Types of Lesson Study Goals
- Key Ideas
4. Planning the Research Lesson
- Process for Planning the Lesson
- Investigating Teaching Materials
- Step 1: Identify the Topic
- Step 2: Map the Unit
- Step 3: Identify Goals
- Step 4: Create the Lesson Plan
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
5. Teaching, Observing, and Debriefing
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Preparing for the Observation and Debriefing
- The Pre-Observation Meeting
- Teaching and Observing the Lesson
- Conducting the Debriefing
- Preparing for the Revision
- Challenges of the Debriefing
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
6. Revising and Reteaching the Lesson
- Why Revise and Reteach?
- Process for Revising the Lesson
- Step 1: Gather and Review the Data
- Step 2: Analyze the Data
- Step 3: Identify Needed Changes
- Step 4: Revise the Lesson Plan
- Challenges of the Revision Process
- Reteaching and Focusing the Debriefing
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
7. Reflecting and Sharing Results
- Importance of Reflection
- Lesson Study Reports
- Process for Developing the Report
- Alternatives to a Report
- Evaluating Lesson Study
- Tying Reflection and Evaluation to a New Cycle of Lesson Study
- Key Ideas
8. Growing and Sustaining Lesson Study
- Maintaining Momentum
- Dealing With Turnover
- Adding Teams and Sites
- Embedding Lesson Study
- Hosting an Open House
- Goals for Teacher Learning
- Final Thoughts
Resource A: Sample Research Lessons
Resource A: Sample Research Lessons
Resource B: Frequently Asked Questions
Resource B: Frequently Asked Questions
Resource C: Additional Resources
Resource C: Additional Resources
Glossary
Glossary
References
References
Index
Index
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Leading Lesson Study
A Practical Guide for Teachers and Facilitators
December 2006 | 232 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412939874 | $94.95 |
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412939881 | $42.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781452237503 | $39.00 |
"Provides readers with a compelling rationale for the process, offers experience-tested tools, and suggests ways to address commonly-occurring challenges. This book will assist teachers, and those who support them, in understanding and implementing all phases of lesson study, from initial planning through sharing with others what was learned."
—Dennis Sparks, Executive Director
National Staff Development Council
"A powerful teacher professional development process that focuses collaborative teams directly on the classroom, and the perfect tool for teachers, professional developers, and team leaders. Gives you everything you need to use lesson study to support teachers in thinking deeply about practice."
—Roberta Jaffe, Science Education Coordinator, New Teacher Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
Use this team-centered approach to directly enhance teaching and learning in your school!
First introduced in Japan, lesson study has gained enthusiastic advocates in US educational circles as a powerful, collaborative approach that brings teachers together as researchers into the science and craft of teaching and learning in their classrooms. Teachers work as teams to develop a lesson plan, teach and observe the lesson to collect data on student learning, and use their observations to refine their lesson. Participants build their sense of professional authority while discovering effective practices that result in improved learning outcomes for their students.
This "how-to" guide provides teachers, administrators, and team leaders with practical strategies, models, and tools. The book leads a beginning team through the phases of the lesson study cycle and provides an experienced team with new perspectives. Using examples from U.S. classrooms, this handbook:
- Encourages educators to generate and share knowledge
- Inspires a teacher-researcher stance
- Illustrates both the process and substance of lesson study
- Encourages collaboration
- Provides guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls
Leading Lesson Study is an excellent resource for both experienced and novice lesson study teams, administrators who want to start a lesson study program, and lesson study team facilitators such as instructional coaches and professional development providers.
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword by Bill Jackson
- Preface
- About the Authors
- 1. Introduction—Making the Case for Lesson Study
- An Overview of Lesson Study
- Core Elements of Lesson Study
- Building a Research Base for Lesson Study
- 2. Laying the Groundwork for Lesson Study
- Beginning With the Necessary Ingredients
- Additional Supports
- Creating a Lesson Study Action Plan
- Inviting Teachers to Participate
- Finding Time
- Gaining Support From Administrators
- Finding External Support
- Developing a Collaborative School Culture
- Challenges of Laying the Groundwork
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
- 3. Starting the Lesson Study Cycle
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Creating the Schedule
- Developing Into a Team
- Identifying Group Norms
- Maintaining Group Norms
- Becoming a Community of Practice
- Types of Lesson Study Goals
- Key Ideas
- 4. Planning the Research Lesson
- Process for Planning the Lesson
- Investigating Teaching Materials
- Step 1: Identify the Topic
- Step 2: Map the Unit
- Step 3: Identify Goals
- Step 4: Create the Lesson Plan
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
- 5. Teaching, Observing, and Debriefing
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Preparing for the Observation and Debriefing
- The Pre-Observation Meeting
- Teaching and Observing the Lesson
- Conducting the Debriefing
- Preparing for the Revision
- Challenges of the Debriefing
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
- 6. Revising and Reteaching the Lesson
- Why Revise and Reteach?
- Process for Revising the Lesson
- Step 1: Gather and Review the Data
- Step 2: Analyze the Data
- Step 3: Identify Needed Changes
- Step 4: Revise the Lesson Plan
- Challenges of the Revision Process
- Reteaching and Focusing the Debriefing
- Reflecting and Assessing Progress
- Moving on to the Next Phase
- Key Ideas
- 7. Reflecting and Sharing Results
- Importance of Reflection
- Lesson Study Reports
- Process for Developing the Report
- Alternatives to a Report
- Evaluating Lesson Study
- Tying Reflection and Evaluation to a New Cycle of Lesson Study
- Key Ideas
- 8. Growing and Sustaining Lesson Study
- Maintaining Momentum
- Dealing With Turnover
- Adding Teams and Sites
- Embedding Lesson Study
- Hosting an Open House
- Goals for Teacher Learning
- Final Thoughts
- Resource A: Sample Research Lessons
- Resource B: Frequently Asked Questions
- Resource C: Additional Resources
- Glossary
- References
- Index