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How To Guide Lesson Study

Lesson study is a professional development process where teachers collaborate to plan, teach, observe, and refine lessons. It focuses on addressing student learning needs and improving teaching practice. The process involves teachers working in groups to 1) plan a research lesson, 2) teach and observe the lesson, and 3) discuss observations and refine the lesson. The goal is to foster collaboration and help teachers better understand effective instructional practices.

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How To Guide Lesson Study

Lesson study is a professional development process where teachers collaborate to plan, teach, observe, and refine lessons. It focuses on addressing student learning needs and improving teaching practice. The process involves teachers working in groups to 1) plan a research lesson, 2) teach and observe the lesson, and 3) discuss observations and refine the lesson. The goal is to foster collaboration and help teachers better understand effective instructional practices.

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‘How-to’ Guide cal WHY LESSON STUDY?

Practi nal
LESSON sio
profes ment
op
devel chers • fosters the development of a common
STUDY for tea understanding of what good teaching practice
looks like
• focuses discussion on planning, implementing,
WHAT IS LESSON STUDY? observing and reflecting on classroom practice
• enables collaboration with colleagues
• a small team of teachers working together in a systematic cycle of planning, • supports teachers to become more attuned to
teaching, observing, refining and reviewing specific lessons how they structure lessons in their class and the
• focused on addressing an identified student learning need or pedagogical challenge impact of their teaching on students
• aims to provide a process for teachers to examine their practice in order to improve
their impact on student learning

WHAT ACTIONS ARE INVOLVED?


WHAT ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS? WHAT DO I NEED TO CONSIDER?
PHASE 1 PHASE 3
Plan the lesson Post-observation discussion • groups are led by teachers • completion of a single cycle can be time-intensive
• focus of the lesson study is • group meets to discuss observations • groups are unobtrusive observers in the classroom/s > reviewing and revising school structures may
defined using identified student • discussion is focused on data collected • an observation of student learning, not an evaluation be necessary to provide sufficient professional
needs or pedagogical challenge and notes recorded of the observed teacher learning time to complete Lesson Study
• teachers work collaboratively to • lesson plan is revised and amended • a commitment to collaborative learning that takes
draw up a detailed lesson plan based on the group discussion into account the school context and professional
• may use backward design - start with the learning culture, the experiences of teachers and
clarification of the learning goal, then PHASE 4 the needs of students
design of instructional experiences that • can be undertaken as frequently as desired
lead to the desired outcome Second classroom observation
• a different group member teaches
PHASE 2 the revised lesson plan with a
different class
First classroom observation • group members observe and take notes,
• the plan is used by one with the focus on what the students are doing
teacher to teach the lesson and understanding
• group members observe
the lesson and take notes, PHASE 5
with a focus on what
Final discussion
the students are doing Where can I find out more?
and understanding • group meets again to discuss both observed lessons
including differences, similarities, and changes Lesson Study (Lesson Study Research Group,
• a group report is produced outlining teacher Columbia University)
learning and achievements in relation to identified Lesson study guide (Cerbin and Kopp, 2011)
student learning needs
• outcomes are shared with other teachers in
the school

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