Beiträge zu Aktionsforschung, Lesson Study & Learning Study

Beiträge zu Aktionsforschung, Lesson Study & Learning Study

A new series focusing on action research, lesson study and learning study in German language has been launched by the organizers of CARN D.A.Ch, a subgroup of the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN).  The first volume in the series focuses on language, multilingualism, and linguistic practices as the unifying thematic element of all contributions. Combined with the methodological claim of […]

Digital Technologies, Online Learning and Lesson and Learning Studies

Digital Technologies, Online Learning and Lesson and Learning Studies

The first WALS webinar of 2021 will focus on ‘Digital Technologies, Online Learning and Lesson and Learning Studies’ and will feature authors from three of the eight papers included in the IJLLS special issue which has the same focus. The Q and A sessions was chaired and questions was moderated by the co-editors of the special issue, Nina Helgevold from the University […]

Call for Papers for a Special Edition of the IJLLS on Networking Theories for Understanding and Guiding Lesson Study

Call for Papers for a Special Edition of the IJLLS on Networking Theories for Understanding and Guiding Lesson Study

Networking theories for understanding and guiding Lesson Study Lesson Study (LS) has been adopted and adapted in different global settings. The effects of LS on students’ learning, teachers’ learning, and professional learning community building have been widely documented, but exploration of the theories that underpin LS remains an emergent field of study. In the recent ICMI Study 25 conference proceedings […]

Newsletter | February 2021

Newsletter | February 2021

Dear WALS member, Welcome to Spring 2021. Many schools and universities around the world continue under pandemic restrictions: empty (with all teaching online), open (with distancing constraints) or partially open (with online teaching for many). Educators are understandably exhausted. And yet, in this newsletter, the amazing resilience and determination of WALS community members to limit Covid’s damage to student learning […]

Methods and Methodological Challenges of PhD students and Young Researchers in Lesson/Learning Study Research

Methods and Methodological Challenges of PhD students and Young Researchers in Lesson/Learning Study Research

The aim of the webinar is to discuss methods and methodological challenges in Lesson/Learning Study Research, from the perspectives of PhD students and Young Researchers. This webinar was chaired by Shirley Tan (Nagoya University) and featured three presentations by Dennis Mulligan (University of Lincoln), Mary Renton (University of Leicester) and Michiel Van Harskamp (Utrecht University). The challenges and dilemmas highlighted in the presentations will be discussed […]