We are pleased to announce a new special issue of the International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies entitled: “Advancing coaching and mentoring when facilitating lesson and learning study” This special issue invites researchers, teacher educators, school leaders, and practitioners to contribute work that advances understanding of coaching and mentoring practices within lesson and learning study contexts. Please share this […]

Following an agreement signed between UNESCO and the University of Malta, a UNESCO Chair on Teacher Professional Development using Lesson Study has been established. This Chair will be held for a term of four years by Dr James Calleja who is an active council member of the World Association of Lesson Studies. This milestone strengthens the University of Malta’s role […]

The International Lesson Study Conference Series aims to foster international dialogue on teacher education and professional development in response to the challenges of contemporary education. The event seeks to disseminate experiences and research results on lesson study and to bring together initiatives with the potential to stimulate reflection and further research on this professional development process. The first edition of […]

Free Virtual Issue of International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies.

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Lesson Study (LS) at the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, has shown significant growth over the years. To this effect, we have established the Lesson Study Unit/Centre (Figure 1) where we do a number of activities associated with LS, such as undergraduate students developing diagnostic tests to identify the goal of the research lessons and developing the actual research […]

INSOLVU, is a project led by the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation (MEYR) and supported by Collaborative Lesson Study Malta (CleStuM) to assist primary school teachers in teaching mathematics through problem-solving. Supported by UNESCO and funded by Huawei Technologies as part of the “Revitalizing STEM education to equip next generations with STEM competency”project, INSOLVU involved a design […]

The editors, Sharon Dotger and Sui Lin Goei, of the Lesson and Learning Study Journal would like to encourage more authors to submit articles. The word count limit for submissions to the journal has been raised to 9000 words to encourage submissions. For more information please refer to Emerald Group Publishing or WALS website and to answer specific questions about the fit of your work to the […]

Lesson Study Alliance in Chicago is offering its popular Lesson Study Summer Institute on Teaching Through Problem-solving (TTP) online, so that anyone can participate regardless of location! This institute was created by Dr. Akihiko Takahashi and Tom McDougal and will be led by Tom McDougal and Chicago teachers experienced in LS and TTP.

IMPULS (International Math-teacher Professionalization Using Lesson Study) in Japan and Lesson Study Alliance in Chicago, USA, will offer a Lesson Study Immersion Program in Japan, November 12-21, 2024. This program is designed for educators with first-hand experience of Lesson Study to develop leadership capacity. Space is limited, so register soon!

Call for papers for IJLLS Special Issue Developing Generative AI-informed Pedagogies Using Lesson Study Guest editors:Rongjin Huang (rhuang@mtsu.edu)Eric K C Cheng (eric.cheng@yccece.edu.hk)James Calleja (james.j.calleja@um.edu.mt)Patrick Camilleri (patrick.camilleri@um.edu.mt) Dear colleagues, We are glad to announce the call for papers in our special issue, titled “Developing Generative AI-informed Pedagogies using Lesson Study,” for International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies (IJLLS, Vol. 15, Issue 1, […]

On Saturday 3rd February 2024, Collaborative Lesson Study Malta (CLeStuM) held its second international seminar with the theme ‘Learning to Lead Lesson Study’. This seminar, which attracted over 80 attendees from 12 different countries that included Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, England, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, the Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey, focused on the learning to lead lesson study experiences of eleven […]

The 11th International Conference of School as Learning Communities will be held from 1-3 March at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. The conference theme is “Further Inquiry and More Collaboration: Reimaging Learning Innovation in Schools as Learning Communities”. It will be held simultaneously face-to-face and online. Last year’s the 10th conference attracted more than 20,000 participants from 31 countries and regions. […]

For the second time since its inception, Collaborative Lesson Study Malta (CLeStuM) will be organising an online seminar on lesson study – a professional development approach for teacher collaborative learning. This seminar, entitled ‘Learning to Lead Lesson Study’, will be held on Saturday 3rd February 2024. It focuses on the learning to lead lesson study experiences of eleven postgraduate students […]

How can we introduce the concept of Lesson Study to educators in a way that is collaborative, enjoyable, motivating and also informative? In response to this question, our research group from the University of Potsdam developed a board game that mimics a Lesson Study process. The game aims to support educators in developing their knowledge about Lesson Study as well […]

We were very honored to host more than 2,000 participants at the 10th International Conference of School as Learning Community held in Tokyo, March 3-5, 2023. Participants from 31 different countries and areas shared their practices, struggles, and excitements in SLC at the conference. What is School as Learning Community (SLC)? SLC is a set of a vision, philosophies and […]

IMPULS (International Math-teacher Professionalization Using Lesson Study) has offered a mathematics lesson study immersion program in Japan for a decade, and recently began offering an online course.  Taught by Akihiko Takahashi and Tad Watanabe, the course is designed for local teams of up to 10 educators, including two representatives from each team who participate in the 6-8 hour synchronous course. […]