{"id":956,"date":"2025-06-13T02:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/?page_id=956"},"modified":"2025-09-04T07:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:07:05","slug":"keynote-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/keynote-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"956\" class=\"elementor elementor-956\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0336ed9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0336ed9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef6675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ef6675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote Speakers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e0cd4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19e0cd4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d565c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18d565c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">First Day: Tsunagu between Past, Present and Future<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5c0db e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d5c0db\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c1d0c 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2220\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2220\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Click here to read the full abstract <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-double-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M177 255.7l136 136c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9l-22.6 22.6c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L160 351.9l-96.4 96.4c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L7 425.7c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l136-136c9.4-9.5 24.6-9.5 34-.1zm-34-192L7 199.7c-9.4 9.4-9.4 24.6 0 33.9l22.6 22.6c9.4 9.4 24.6 9.4 33.9 0l96.4-96.4 96.4 96.4c9.4 9.4 24.6 9.4 33.9 0l22.6-22.6c9.4-9.4 9.4-24.6 0-33.9l-136-136c-9.2-9.4-24.4-9.4-33.8 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-double-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M143 256.3L7 120.3c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.6-22.6c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l96.4 96.4 96.4-96.4c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L313 86.3c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9l-136 136c-9.4 9.5-24.6 9.5-34 .1zm34 192l136-136c9.4-9.4 9.4-24.6 0-33.9l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-24.6-9.4-33.9 0L160 352.1l-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-24.6-9.4-33.9 0L7 278.3c-9.4 9.4-9.4 24.6 0 33.9l136 136c9.4 9.5 24.6 9.5 34 .1z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2220\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ab619 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4ab619\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c9c07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15c9c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this interactive keynote, we will explore lesson study\u2019s past, to understand how it helped educators navigate moments of enormous change, often brought about by international contact. We will consider recent promising developments in lesson study around the world and challenges lesson study faces. These developments and challenges set the stage to think together about the future of lesson study in a rapidly changing world. What can lesson study offer educators as technology changes and AI assumes new roles in education and beyond? How can WALS adapt to this changing environment and best serve its members in the future?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-454d996 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"454d996\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a716010 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a716010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dcdde8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0dcdde8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52bb483 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52bb483\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec63c27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec63c27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Second Day: <br>Tsunagu between<br> General Didactic and<br> Subject Didactic<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e10de5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e10de5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speaker:<br> Hiromi Kawaguchi, Hiroshima University<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45406af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45406af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hiromi-Kawaguchi-e1744044978404.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-864\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hiromi-Kawaguchi-e1744044978404.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hiromi-Kawaguchi-e1744044978404-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hiromi-Kawaguchi-e1744044978404-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec035d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fec035d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Revisiting Lesson Study Through the Lens of\nSubject-Specificity<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508c7dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"508c7dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8440\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8440\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Click here to read the full abstract <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-double-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M177 255.7l136 136c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9l-22.6 22.6c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L160 351.9l-96.4 96.4c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L7 425.7c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l136-136c9.4-9.5 24.6-9.5 34-.1zm-34-192L7 199.7c-9.4 9.4-9.4 24.6 0 33.9l22.6 22.6c9.4 9.4 24.6 9.4 33.9 0l96.4-96.4 96.4 96.4c9.4 9.4 24.6 9.4 33.9 0l22.6-22.6c9.4-9.4 9.4-24.6 0-33.9l-136-136c-9.2-9.4-24.4-9.4-33.8 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-double-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M143 256.3L7 120.3c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l22.6-22.6c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l96.4 96.4 96.4-96.4c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0L313 86.3c9.4 9.4 9.4 24.6 0 33.9l-136 136c-9.4 9.5-24.6 9.5-34 .1zm34 192l136-136c9.4-9.4 9.4-24.6 0-33.9l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-24.6-9.4-33.9 0L160 352.1l-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-24.6-9.4-33.9 0L7 278.3c-9.4 9.4-9.4 24.6 0 33.9l136 136c9.4 9.5 24.6 9.5 34 .1z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8440\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f113dbb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f113dbb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af9d76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8af9d76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Lesson study has attracted international attention as a means of improving educational practices and enhancing teachers\u2019 professional growth. Research in this area has expanded globally under the leadership of WALS. While the histories of general pedagogy and subject pedagogy are well established in Japan (Miyamoto et al., 2024), lesson study research has seldom foregrounded the perspective of \u201csubject.\u201d Moreover, lesson study is one form of <em>Jugyou Kenkyuu<\/em> in Japan (Kim, 2021); its image outside the country remains limited (Lewis, 2011). This keynote reconsiders lesson study through the lens of subject-specificity, asking what it means to view lesson study from the perspective of \u201csubject.\u201d<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>First, it examines the use of lesson study in teacher education, particularly in subject-specific method courses. Although it is often positioned as a process for collaboratively improving teaching, many teacher educators use lesson study to provoke fundamental questions about why and for whom a subject should be taught. For example, should history prioritise the critical interpretation of sources or the understanding of contemporary society? Should science be primarily framed as model-based reasoning? Such enquiries invite pre-service teachers to connect the epistemic and social meanings embedded in school subjects with curricular and instructional choices.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Second, it explores in-service professional development in Japanese schools, focusing on cases in which secondary teachers participate in both subject-based lesson study communities and whole-school lesson study organisations. Participation in subject-specific communities reveals that each subject, such as science and music, has distinct purposes, methods and values. For instance, science often emphasises enquiries into natural phenomena and model-based thinking, whereas music would focus on developing sensibility and cultural understanding through performance and appreciation. Recognising these differences fosters teachers\u2019 subject-specific identities and professional cultures. Simultaneously, whole-school lesson study can reinforce the role of teachers as subject specialists, echoing Tanaka\u2019s (1996) view that school subjects function as tools for structuring Japanese schooling.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>This keynote positions lesson study not merely as a venue for collaborative teacher learning but as a space where the normative and epistemic dimensions of subject teaching are actively explored, and where subject teacher identities are shaped. Its significance lies in enabling teachers to continually reassess the intrinsic values and social roles of their subjects, making more deliberate and critical pedagogical decisions. This perspective also offers a basis for comparing lesson studies across cultural and institutional contexts, thereby deepening international dialogue on educational practices.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95dedd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95dedd9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-921e52a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"921e52a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1aee8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1aee8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Third Day: <br>Tsunagu between Educational <br>Discipline (Lesson Study) and<br> Another Discipline<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8281df0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8281df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speaker:<br> Takehiko Kariya, Sophia University<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2350b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd2350b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Takehiko-Kariya.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-963\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Takehiko-Kariya.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Takehiko-Kariya-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.walsnet.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Takehiko-Kariya-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c534545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c534545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why did Japanese lesson study gain global traction? The filtering process in translation of cultural scripts.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4f75ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"b4f75ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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The fact that lesson study, which originated in Japan, has attracted the attention of educators and educational researchers worldwide is evidenced by the establishment and development of this international academic society. However, the globalisation of Japan\u2019s lesson study presents a sociological puzzle in itself for me \u2014 a sociologist who is neither a specialist in lesson study nor an expert in pedagogy or teacher research. This paper takes this puzzle as its starting point and approaches it from a sociology of knowledge perspective in order to explore why and how lesson study has become mythologised. Through analysing the demystification process, I intend to reveal the ambiguous and ambivalent characteristics that underpin Japanese education. I argue that these features have led to the filtering process of cultural scripts being overlooked in the global reception of lesson study. Consequently, I contend that the mystification of lesson study has been facilitated and reinforced on a global scale.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Let me offer one concrete example. According to the shared understanding among researchers of Japanese lesson study, Japan\u2019s high performance in international academic assessments, along with video analyses of Japanese lesson study practices by American scholars such as James Stigler and James Hiebert, played a key role in popularising lesson study in the United States before it spread to other countries. However, there is no conclusive empirical evidence demonstrating a causal relationship between Japanese students\u2019 high scores in international assessments and lesson study practices.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Despite the ambiguity surrounding this supposed causal chain, the association with Japan\u2019s academic performance gave lesson study strong global traction among foreign researchers and educators. Nevertheless, Japanese secondary school students perform well in PISA, another major international assessment, despite limited participation in lesson study among their teachers in Japan, with current trends showing a decline in time allocated for professional development due to increased workloads. Even a simple comparison between the TIMSS and the PISA suggests that the relationship between lesson study and students\u2019 academic achievement is far from straightforward.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Nevertheless, lesson study continues to appear attractive on the global stage as an \u2018Edu-port\u2019 from Japan. 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