The webinar was shared by Dr. Eric Cheng and Professor Tetsuo Kuramoto. They will articulate the strategies to facilitate and sustain Lesson Study for teachers’ knowledge creation from the knowledge management perspective. Knowledge management in school education focuses on leveraging pedagogical knowledge as resources for instructional design and curriculum implementation. Lesson Study refers to a synergistic process of knowledge creation in which teachers…...
Congratulations to our longstanding ExCo member Manabu Sato who has been given the prestigious Chinese Mingyuan Award for Education. This is the China equivalent of a Nobel prize. (This year’s only other recipient is U.S. educator Howard Gardner). This huge acknowledgement of and recognition for the sustained impact of Manabu’s work on education in China and across the world is […]
Teachers interested in Lesson Study were invited to experience two open research lessons at the practice school of the University College of Teacher Education in Lower Austria. A vivid exchange of ideas on the pupils’ learning during the competence-oriented units “The Mixed-up Chameleon” and “Das Elfchen” followed a practical and theoretical discussion of the lessons guided by the teachers, who […]
Under the name ‘Pelatihan Lesson Study untuk Guru Taman Kanak-Kanak Kota Bandung’ the Educational Psychology department of the Graduate School of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) organized a training Lesson Study for kindergarten teachers in the area of Bandung city on Friday 4 October 2019. The head of the department, Dr. Tina Hayati Dahlan invited six teams of teachers from Islamic […]
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Due to the partnership between Routledge and WALS for the WALS-Routledge Lesson Study book series: www.routledge.com/WALS-Routledge-Lesson-Study-Series/book-series/WLSS WALS members can take advantage of the 25% discount to purchase the books in the Series using the discount code. Enjoy 25% discount with discount code WALS25 The 11 books published in the series are:1. Stepping Up Lesson Study: An Educator’s Guide to Deeper […]
The webinar will be chaired by Dr. Yuefeng Zhang, Assistant Professor of The Education University of Hong Kong, a Council member of The World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS). She has conducted training of Learning Study and Variation Theory in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Sweden, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Austria, Italy, Kazakhstan since 2006. This webinar has lined up…...
A handbook for Lesson Study in German language with the title “Lesson Study — Das Handbuch für kollaborative Unterrichtsentwicklung und Lernforschung” was published by StudienVerlag in Innsbruck, Austria. The handbook, initiated by the lesson study research group at the University College of Teacher Education in Lower Austria, features three chapters about the HOW, WHY and WHAT in lesson study. It […]
Texas USA Lesson Study (TXLS) is an initiative of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and is implemented through hubs of the state’s education service centers (ESCs) that provide facilitators to teachers conducting lesson study. Yarema and Gee were facilitators in ESC Regions 14 and 15. Some ESCs offer teachers the option of beginning the process during the summer, meeting about […]
WALS has set aside some funds to bear the cost of the registration fee for up to 3 PhD student presenters at WALS Conference 2019. Kindly note the following: This funding is available only to PhD student presenters and capped at a maximum number of 3. Sponsorship will only be given to those from OECD linked (Developing) countries. The sponsorship […]
Image above: Educators from different parts of the Philippines attend the first national convention on Lesson Study at UP NISMED. Three hundred and thirty teachers, school administrators, educators, and research students from all over the country attended the first national convention on Lesson Study in the Philippines hosted by the Philippine Association of Lesson and Learning Studies, Inc. (PALS) and […]
This webinar was chaired by Dr. Sui Lin Goei, Professor Inclusive Learning Environments at Windesheim University and Assistant Professor at LEARN! Research Institute at VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and was presented by Tijmen Schipper MSc, also of Windesheim University, Fenna Wolthuis MSc of Groningen University, and Susanne Jansen MSc of Utrecht University, all in the Netherlands. Prof Stéphane Clivaz of…...
The international standard handbook on action research, Teachers Investigate Their Work, is now available in its third edition. Drawing from studies carried out by teachers and other professionals, as well as from their own international practical experience, the authors – among them the two Austrian researchers Herbert Altrichter and Peter Posch – provide examples and details of practitioner research in […]
Dear WALS member, A happy Lunar New Year and a big welcome to the first 2019 WALS News. This edition celebrates the injection of new talent from around the world joining the WALS Council. The Council plays a vital role in WALS, developing activities and policies to help promote high quality Lesson and Learning Study globally. The Council is multi-national […]
Two book presentations and three presentations about Lesson and Learning Studies at the VII. CARN D.A.CH Conference in Innsbruck demonstrated impressively, that the German-speaking research community is not missing out on significant developments in educational research! Unlike the Seven Sleepers, who are quietly dozing away in the pilgrimage chapel of “Maria auf der Gallwies” next to the Castle Mentlberg – […]
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The Idaho Regional Math Center hosted the state’s first lesson study conference teaching two “live” public lessons over two days in one of the most rural areas of the nation. More than 120 teachers from around the region and state gathered and collaborated around the research theme of Supporting Productive Struggle while Maintaining Cognitive Demand. Additionally, Dr. Akihiko Takahashi delivered […]
The 2018 Ohio Lesson Study Conference for the Mathematical Proficiency of Students (OLSC) occurred at Bowling Green State University on June 20th, 2018. The Conference Primer was given by Dr. Gabriel Matney on the question, “Why Lesson Study?” The conference keynote speeches came from two international guests who were essential to the progression of Lesson Study research, Dr. Maitree Inprasitha […]