Lesson Study and Learning Study have been implemented increasingly in initial teacher training as well as in continuous professional development in Austria. Universities as well as colleges of teacher education all over Austria make use of Lesson Study in their educational research and they offer courses about Lesson Study on a regular basis. Lesson Study is used intensively in the […]
Jean Lang has worked with Pete Dudley to co-lead a Lesson Study project across London which has been funded by the Greater London Authority. This project has involved over 90 schools and is currently running into its 5th year with schools now taking the lead in running 2 Lesson Study Hubs based in the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Croydon. […]
We have recently completed a three-year study (2013-17) supported by a Brunei Research Council (BRC08) grant involving 150 teachers of four curriculum areas from government primary and secondary schools to develop a research-based professional development model for 21st century teaching and learning (21CTL). The model engages teachers in cycles of Lesson Study to design, teach and review learning activities that […]
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Lesson Study is becoming a more familiar and widely used model of teacher education in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). For a number of years, Lesson Study has been included in initial teacher education at primary level (e.g. Corcoran (2007); Leavy and Hourigan (2016)) and, more recently, at post-primary level. A number of small scale studies have introduced Lesson Study […]
About WALS The World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) aims to promote and advance the research and practices focused on Lesson Studies in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning. It provides a platform for research collaboration, mutual assistance and information exchange among its members. It is made up of educational researchers and teaching professionals committed to the […]