What is Lesson Study?

A study...
in lesson study.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Goals

• What is Lesson Study?
• What are typical steps in a Lesson
Study?

• What does Lesson Study look like in
action?


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at district
data to
decide on a
challenging
concept to
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What is Lesson Study?

• Collect and synthesize information
about lesson study.

• Build a deﬁnition of lesson study.



• 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.


What is Lesson Study

• After visiting all the clues, return to
your table with your partner,
synthesize your information and
prepare a written answer.

• Share your answer with the others at
your table.

• Develop group analogies.


Analogies

Lesson study is like ________________
because ___________________________.

Lesson study is more like ___________
than __________ because ____________.


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Share

Lesson study is 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 force of PD in Japan.



• 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.


Lesson Study

Allows teachers
to focus on a
concept that is
challenging to
teach and difﬁcult
for students to
understand.

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Core Elements

The Process:What are
typical steps to Lesson
Study?
• Setting Goals
• Planning the Lesson
• Teaching, observing, debrieﬁng
• Revising and Re-teaching
• Reﬂecting and sharing


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Research Stance


Overview of the Lesson
Study Process

• Read the Reading Selection (4.1 &
4.2) on your own.
• Be prepared to discuss one item from
the reading that is new to you and one
item that is NOT new.


With Partner, discuss one item from the
reading that is new to you and one item
that is NOT new.
Next, share with table.


Professional development that has a
positive impact on teaching and
learning is:
• Ongoing and comprehensive
• Collaborative
• Teacher-driven
• Classroom-or-school-based
• Focused on subject matter
• Active and hands-on
• Grounded in the professional knowledge
base for teaching
• Focused on student outcomes

What does Lesson Study
Look Like in action?

“History at the Center: Lesson Study
Blooms in Oakland”


Introduction

Getting Started

Use the Video Reaction sheet to
organize your thoughts.

Creating a Goal

Planning the Lesson

Teaching the Lesson

Debrieﬁng

Observations?

Where do we start?

Let’s look at the data!


Works Cited

• Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory, “An Invitation to Lesson
Study: A Facilitator’s Guide”

• OSUD American History Grant:
“History at the Center: Lesson Study
Blooms in Oakland”


What is Lesson Study?

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