Spotlight Sessions

At the WALS conference we will host a number of Spotlight Sessions by esteemed researchers and practitioners from the worldwide Lesson Study community. Below you find the titles and names of people involved. We will add more information shortly

Lesson Study in Initial Teacher Education

Sharon Dotger (USA, Chair)
Siebrich de Vries (Netherlands)
Sui Lin Goei (Netherlands)
Nellie Verhoef (Netherlands)
Jongsung Kim (Japan)
Kyoko Isshii (Japan, Discussant)

Current WALS PhD Research

Carola Manolini (Italy)
Rachel Goh (Singapore)
Linda Cardoso (Portugal)
Tom Coenen (Netherlands, Discussant)

Qualitative Analysis of Talk Data

Martijn Willemse (Netherlands, Chair)
Rochelle Hurenkamp (Netherlands)
Lara Korthals Altes (Netherlands)
Stéphane Clivaz (Switzerland)
Pete Dudley (UK)

The Teacher Leader as Lesson Study Champion

Sui Lin Goei (Netherlands, Chair)
Sarah Seleznyov (UK)
Stef Edwards (UK)
John Paul Mynott (UK)
Geoff Wake (UK, discussant)

Lesson Study Research in Kazakhstan

Tavilya Akimova (Kazakhstan, Chair)
TBA

Highlights in Dutch/Flanders Research

Gonny Schellings (Netherlands, Chair)
Andre Swart (Netherlands)
Paul Alstein (Netherlands)
Iris Willems (Belgium)
Déde de Haan (Netherlands)

Developing Schools and Classrooms as Caring Learning Communities

Manabu Sato (Japan)
Christine Lee (Singapore)
Yoshi Kitada (Japan)