Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This handbook provides a detailed account of the lesson study process and step-by-step guidance for implementing this powerful, collaborative approach. The authors have trained hundreds of educators in the lesson study method, and have demonstrated its capacity to:
- Encourage more collaboration and less isolation
- Provide exposure to different perspectives
- Contribute towards continuous improvement
- Increase knowledge of subject matter
- Improve instructional knowledge
- Encourage educators to generate and share knowledge
- Develop a researcher stance
- Improve lesson planning
This 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.
Synopsis
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. This "how-to" guide leads a beginning team through 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 teacherresearcher stance
- Illustrates both the process and substance of lesson study
- Encourages collaboration
- Provides guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls
Synopsis
School leaders will find practical strategies, models, and tools to lead a beginning team step-by-step through the lesson study cycle.