PhD & Early Career Researchers Day Programme
- 26 November 2023 (Sunday)
Speaker & Workshop Leaders
Klara Kager
Klara Kager is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Potsdam (Germany). She completed her dissertation on Lesson Study in spring 2023 (“Critical Research Needs in Lesson Study: Then, Now, and Looking Forward”).
Her research focuses on models of continuous professional development, transparency in research and intervention studies, and how teachers can maximize their learning in Lesson Study through critical and collaborative reflection. She is the project manager of Germany’s biggest Lesson Study project, which is part of the nation-wide collaborative initiative “Leistung macht Schule” (“Excellence at School”).
Michiel van Harskamp
Michiel van Harskamp recently obtained his PhD degree at the Freudenthal Institute of Utrecht University. His work focused on using Lesson Study as a means to research the potential of a Socio-Scientific Inquiry-Based approach to teaching Environmental Citizenship issues through science education at lower secondary level. During this four year project, which involved a Lesson Study team of six teachers all the way through, he collected data on student learning and on teacher learning. Currently, Michiel is working at the University of Antwerp, after which he will rejoin the Freudenthal Institute in 2024.
Iris Uffen
Iris Uffen is a Dutch PhD candidate at the Teacher Education Department of the University of Groningen. Her research project is one of the research grants that the Dutch consortium Lesson Study NL (www.LessonStudyNL.nl) had acquired. Her research focuses on teachers’ learning processes during Lesson Study, and the facilitators’ role in optimizing these learning processes. For this, she mostly conducts qualitative analysis using transcribed Lesson Study conversations. She is currently in the final stage of her Ph.D. trajectory.
Theme: Feedback Talk
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Plenary Introduction and Get-to-Know-You Game An active start of the day to get to know the program and your peers. The introduction will focus on the main theme of the program: giving and receiving feedback. | TBA |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Opening Keynote Presentation by Dr. Klara Kager (University of Potsdam, Germany) Research on Lesson Study: Where to go and how to get there This keynote focuses on the ways in which we conduct research in the field of Lesson Study and addresses questions such as: What do we already know about the effectiveness of Lesson Study and which questions remain open? What are the challenges in conducting systematic and reliable research on professional development approaches? How can we work towards a transparent and solid knowledge base on Lesson Study – even as a PhD student? | TBA |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | TBA |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Workshops on Data Analysis in Lesson Study In the interactive workshops, we explore various ways of organizing qualitative research data in a creative and playful way. Subsequently, you are invited to reflect, discuss and learn about different approaches to analysing qualitative data from an existing Lesson Study cases. Workshop Leaders: Iris Uffen (University of Groningen) and Michiel van Harskamp (Utrecht University) | TBA |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Coffee/Tea Break | TBA |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Poster Presentation Session You are kindly encouraged to submit a poster of your research (plans). We especially welcome early career researchers to presents preliminary findings from the first stages of their research project. During the poster presentation session, we will practice giving and receiving feedback; a skill that may prove useful during the WALS conference. During registration, you will be asked whether or not you would be interested in presenting a poster. | TBA |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Plenary Closure by Local Host cie and WALS cie | TBA |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Mingling Reception for Phd/ECR Delegates and Council Members | TBA |