WALS 2026 Online Conference: 2 – 4 Nov, 2026
WALS 2026 Conference will be held online from November 2-4, 2026. The conference theme is Connecting Lesson Study Around the World.
Registration is open now!
AI-Assisted Teacher Professional Learning: Implications for Lesson Study
Professor Heather Hill of Harvard University will share her recent research on AI-Assisted Professional Learning, which focuses on using AI to transcribe and summarize lessons, detect lesson characteristics, and create student participation profiles.
Using Variation Theory to Teach Story Writing: Results from a Learning Study
During the webinar, Associate Professor Anja Thorsten will present findings from a Learning Study focusing on how to teach 9–10-year-old students to use descriptions in story writing in ways that evoke emotions and create suspense for the reader. The study is based on a phenomenographic analysis of qualitatively different ways of experiencing the object of learning, resulting in five categories of description and six critical aspects. I will also illustrate how these critical aspects guided the instructional design.
WALS-Routledge Lesson Study Series
About the Book Series This series aims to provide opportunities for researchers and practitioners in Lesson Study to share their
IJLLS – Call for Papers
We are pleased to announce a new special issue of the International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies entitled: “Advancing
UNESCO Chair on Teacher Professional Development using Lesson Study
Following an agreement signed between UNESCO and the University of Malta, a UNESCO Chair on Teacher Professional Development using Lesson
2nd International Lesson Study Conference Series
The International Lesson Study Conference Series aims to foster international dialogue on teacher education and professional development in response to
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WALS Adopted Guidelines
Teaching Powerful Problem-solving in Math: A Collaborative Approach Through Lesson Study
Date: 2 March 2026
Time:
1700 - 1800 GMT
0900 - 1000 San Francisco, CA, USA
1100 - 1200 Chicago, IL, USA
1700 - 1800 London, United Kingdom
1800 - 1900 Amsterdam, Netherlands | Stockholm, Sweden | Zürich, Switzerland
0100 - 0200 Singapore
0200 - 0300 Tokyo, Japan
Lesson Study Team (Yadi De Luna)
Lesson Study Team Member: Yadi De Luna Where in the WALS Network is…: Americas, USA, California, Ukia. Grade Course: 2nd
Lesson Study Team (Eureka, CA, USA)
Lesson Study Team Member: Sherry Rodgers Where in the WALS Network is…: Americas, USA, California, Redding. Grade Course: 8th Lesson
Lesson Study Team (Eureka, CA Lesson Study Team)
Lesson Study Team Member: Jeanne Wilhelm Where in the WALS Network is…: Americas, USA, California, Eureka. Grade Course: 5th –
2 Upcoming Webinars. Register Now!
Date and Time Date: 16 September 2026 Time:1300 – 1400 UTC0600 – 0700 San Francisco, CA, USA0800 – 0900 Chicago, IL, USA1400 –
The opportunities and challenges of conducting virtual lesson study across multiple sites
Date: 3 June 2025
Time:
1200 - 1300 GMT
0500 - 0600 San Francisco, CA, USA
0700 - 0800 Chicago, IL, USA
1300 - 1400 London, United Kingdom
1400 - 1500 Amsterdam, Netherlands | Stockholm, Sweden | Zürich, Switzerland
2000 - 2100 Singapore
2100 - 2200 Tokyo, Japan
Cambodian Universities’ Attached School Teachers’ Experience from Their First Cycle of School-wide Collaborative Lesson Research (CLR) model
Date: 25 January 2025
Time:
1000 - 1100 GMT
0200 - 0300 San Francisco, CA, USA
0400 - 0500 Chicago, IL, USA
1000 - 1100 London, United Kingdom
1100 - 1200 Amsterdam, Netherlands | Stockholm, Sweden | Zürich, Switzerland
1800 - 1900 Singapore
1900 - 2000 Tokyo, Japan
JICA-IMPULS Effort in Establishing School-wide Lesson Study Using CLR in Cambodia Schools.
Date: 14 December 2024
Time:
1000 - 1100 GMT
0200 - 0300 San Francisco, CA, USA
0400 - 0500 Chicago, IL, USA
1000 - 1100 London, United Kingdom
1100 - 1200 Amsterdam, Netherlands | Stockholm, Sweden | Zürich, Switzerland
1800 - 1900 Singapore
1900 - 2000 Tokyo, Japan
Encountering and Utilizing Lesson Study (ECR/PhD committee)
Date: 30 November 2024
Time:
1300 – 1400 GMT
0500 – 0600 San Francisco, CA, USA
0700 – 0800 Chicago, IL, USA
1300 – 1400 London, United Kingdom
1400 – 1500 Amsterdam, Netherlands | Stockholm, Sweden | Zürich, Switzerland
2100 – 2200 Singapore
2200 – 2300 Tokyo, Japan
Planning and Analyzing Teaching. Using the Variation Theory of Learning.
Date: 6 November 2024
Time:
1200 – 1330 GMT
0400 – 0530 San Francisco
0600 – 0730 Chicago
1200 – 1330 United Kingdom
1300 – 1430 Amsterdam/Sweden/Switzerland
2000 – 2130 Singapore
2100 – 2230 Japan