Spreading lesson study in pre-service teacher instruction

Author(s): Maria Laura Angelini, (Department of English, Universidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain) Neus Álvarez, (Department of English, Universidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain) Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of pre-service teachers (PSTs) who used lesson study on a five-week school-based teaching placement. The paper analyses 12 undergraduate PSTs’ perceptions of the way […]

Newsletter | May 2017

Newsletter | May 2017

Introduction from WALS President Pete Dudley Our first WALS News in December had a strong East Asian feel with an interview with Pr. Manabu Sato and reports from conferences in Beijing and Thailand. This WALS News has a more European feel with a ‘first’ in Greece, and a ‘second’ in the Netherlands. There is IJLLS update from its new Editor […]

Taking Lesson Study School-wide

Taking Lesson Study School-wide

Recently, WALS had its first webinar for the year. We would like to thank our WALS President Dr Pete Dudley and Hon General Secretary Ms Jean Lang for initiating this webinar. Dr Akihiko Takahashi and Dr Shelley Friedkin shared their experiences and expertise during this educational webinar. They shared their insights and ideas in the webinar, which attracted participants from […]

Newsletter | Dec 2016

Newsletter | Dec 2016

A Word to Members Welcome to our first issue of a regular newsletter that will keep you updated and connected as members of our community. We start off with an interview with Prof Manabu Sato, a heads-up on an exciting new development: online webinars conducted by leading experts (Profs Catherine Lewis and Akihiko Takahasi will present in January), and introduce […]

London Mathematics Lesson Study Hub

London Mathematics Lesson Study Hub

Last week three groups of teachers as part of the London Mathematics Lesson Study Hubs met to share what they had learned through lesson study about using images to enhance conceptual understanding of mathematics such as Fractions. In particular they shared close observations of typical misconceptions among pupils of different year groups around the learning of Fractions. Building upon each […]

What’s Happening With LS In Málaga, Spain?

What’s Happening With LS In Málaga, Spain?

A blog by Dr Neomi Peña Trapero In Málaga, LS research focuses on virtuality in order to develop the practical thinking of teachers through analysis of knowledge-in-action. LS has proven to be a privileged series of strategies in making knowledge –which by nature is unconscious and automatic– visible by promoting self-observation and contrasted analysis of classroom life. The confidence which […]