Dear WALS member, Welcome to the WALS June Newsletter. The amazing conference being planned in Macau and Hong Kong will now be online. We are working closely with Dr Po Yuk Ko and Dr Sean Li in Hong Kong and Macau respectively to bring you a fantastic online conference with world class keynote speakers, Learning Studies from Hong Kong […]
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 […]
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…...
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 […]
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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 […]
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…...
Tentative Title: Digital technologies, online learning, and lesson and learning study Rongjin Huang, Middle Tennessee State University, USANina Helgevold, University of Stavanger, NorwayJean Lang, University of Exeter, UK How various technologies can be used to strengthen lesson and learning study (LLS) and support of scaling up and sustaining LLS has become an emerging field to explore (Skultety et al., 2017; […]
We are pleased to announce a webinar in which Professor John Elliott will talk about his life as a researcher and reformer, and then introduce us to eight ‘good reads’ – educational works that have influenced his work and thinking. John is Emeritus Professor of Education and Lifelong Learning at the Centre for Action Research in Education at the University…...
The PhD students and early career researchers group is launching an online writing bootcamp. This will take the form of small groups interested in related topics working independently on their writing concerns, at their own time and pace. A first meeting will be held on Wednesday June 3rd. Time23:00, Tokyo time16:00, Amsterdam07:00, San Franciscoor see HERE). If you are a PhD student/early career […]
Dear Colleagues, With great reluctance it has been decided that WALS 2020 will not be able to go ahead as planned in December 2020. This is because of continuing uncertainties arising from global effects of the Covid19 pandemic. The conference is therefore cancelled. This decision has been taken with sadness on all sides as we know so many people were […]
Dear WALS member, Welcome to this first 2020 WALS newsletter. We hope all WALS members are keeping safe during the Corona pandemic. Keep washing those hands. We wish everyone all the best at this worrying time. But don’t forget to book your place at the San Francisco WALS 2020 Conference. All indicators are that the virus will be long past […]
Collaborative Lesson Study Malta (CLeStuM) is a teacher professional development initiative housed within the Faculty of Education at the University of Malta. Recently, this initiative was involved in an Art Lesson Study held at Stella Maris College Junior School (Gżira). Lesson study is an ongoing professional learning approach widely used in Japan and is often attributed as an important tool […]
The Free University of Bolzano organised this year’s CARN D.A.CH. Conference at the Campus Brixen. Claudia Mewald from the University College of Teacher Education organized a symposium focussing on Lesson Study projects carried out in the context of “Autonomous learning with authentic learning materials on interactive websites for language learning”. Elisabeth Mürwald-Scheifinger presented her Lesson Study project called “See how […]
The Faculty of Education (University of Malta) has officially launched CLeStuM (www.clestum.eu), a website which aims to support Maltese primary and secondary schools introducing Lesson Study. Lesson Study is a continuing professional development initiative for all educators. CLeStuM is full of information, resources and exemplars of lesson studies carried out in Maltese schools over the past two years. This Faculty […]
The University of Stavanger (Norway) and University of Malawi (Malawi) have since 2013 been collaborating in several development projects using Lesson Study with the aim of improving the quality and capacity of Malawi mathematics education. The most recent project is “Strengthening numeracy in early years primary education through professional development of teachers”, sponsored by The Norwegian Program for Capacity Development […]