This was presented at ACJC

1. Anglo Chinese Junior College PLC Symposium
Lesson Study
www.singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com
Speaker: Yeap Ban Har

2. Overview
Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan

3. Overview
Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan
Setting the Context
Professional
Learning
Communities

4. Setting the Context
Professional
Learning
Communities

5. …nothing matters more
than finding people with
the potential to be
great teachers.
Malcom Gladwell 2009
What The Dog Saw

6. Source: How the World's Best-Performing School Systems Come Out on Top
The McKinsey Report
Getting the right people to become teachers and to
develop them into effective teachers.

7. Source: BBC News 23 Nov 2004
“The country has made a conscious effort to have
highly-qualified teachers throughout the system.”
Minister of Education (Finland) 2004

8. Source: Straits Times 23 Nov 2010
“The first is improving teaching,
developing teachers professionally ….”
Secretary of State for Education (Britain) 2010

9. A good education system
depends on high-quality
Photo: Northlight School
teachers who
constantly seek to
improve their
practice, supported by
school leaders and
administrators, and
resources from
departments and
agencies within MOE.
Minister of Education (Singapore) 2009

10. Photo: Fuchun Primary School
build capacity for
We need to
teachers themselves to
take the lead in professional
upgrading.
Minister of Education Singapore 2009

11. First Big Idea in PLC
Focus on
Learning Rather
Than Teaching
Second Big Idea in PLC
Work
Collaboratively
Third Big Idea in PLC
Focus on
Results
Three Big Ideas in PLC

12. Overview
Lesson
Study
In a Nutshell Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan

13. Keys Grade School, Manila
lesson study
around the world
Middle School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan
from Japan to the rest of the world

14. Edgewood Elementary School, New York, USA
teachers studying
learning in action
lesson study
around the world
teachers discussing
learning collaboratively
Scarsdale Teachers Institute, New York, USA

15. lesson study
around the world
school-based
lesson study
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta, Indonesia
PCF Kindergarten Jalan Besar, Singapore

16. lesson study
around the world
openlessons
Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Singapore

17. lesson study
around the world
public research lessons
Singapore Math Conference in Las Vegas

18. lesson study
around the world
Junior High School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan

19. Stages in Lesson Study
Lesson Study adapted for Micro-Teaching in Pre-service Course
Photo: National Institute of Education

20. Identify
Professional
Learning Goal
Plan Lesson
Lesson Plan
Research Lesson
Revision
Post-Lesson
Discussion

21. Lessons Learnt
from Other Lesson Study Teams

22. Lesson 0: Research Theme
is Central in Lesson Study

23. Lesson 1: More Thinking, Less Doing
During Lesson-Planning Stage

24. Lesson 2: Sharpening Our Eyes to See Students

25. Lesson 3: Rich Observation, Rich Discussion

26. Lesson 4: Synthesizing Discussion

27. Critical
Success • Learning teams comprising of
Factors teachers who are sincere about
wanting to learn the complex
process of learning
• One or more team members is
able to synthesize discussion to
bring the team from data level to
information and knowledge that
can be used in everyday
teaching
• Setting and using research
theme to guide all that we do in
lesson study.
banhar.yeap@pathlight.org.sg