The next Lesson Study Café will happen in 21st March 2023. In this session, Laurie Jacques from University College London, UK, will be discussing her recently completed PhD study, which focused on developing a model of lesson study to explore teachers’ construction of design principles and pedagogical practices as they worked collaboratively to explore a novel form of mathematics task. Join Laurie […]

All members of WALS can access live and recorded webinars which are saved on the website for future viewing. Look out for future notifications on the WALS website and our Twitter and Facebook pages which will give you further information and links to register. Six very interesting events have already been planned for this year, so please save the dates and […]

Collaborative Lesson Study Malta (CLeStuM) hosted four Norwegian secondary school educators – two school leaders, a deputy school leader and a teacher from Høyland and Bogafjell secondary schools – to discuss the initiation, development and support for sustaining lesson studies within schools in Malta. The aim of this visit was to compare and contrast lesson study experiences, to share lesson […]

A group of mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) began a lesson study to develop a research-based lesson to engage elementary preservice teachers with professional teacher noticing within the context of multidigit multiplication. Afterward, MTEs continued teaching and revising the lesson, developing an integrated process that combined lesson study with the continuous improvement model. This article introduces the continuous improvement lesson study […]

A Working Group launches Nov 17-20 at PME-NA. Virtual attendance possible. Contact: Melissa Soto melissa.soto@sdsu.edu

Dear friend of Lesson Study NL, Prior to the 6th Lesson Study NL conference on Wednesday 2 November 2022 (09.00–12.00 CEST), Lesson Study NL traditionally organises a research meeting where we present our recent research on Lesson Study. The topic is Dutch Phd and Early Career Research. The meeting is organized in a hybrid manner and will be held at Windesheim […]

3 Task forces have been setup to work on the following areas: Members Benefit Website Conference and Regional Alliances Their preliminary reports are available for viewing below. Tasks Force 1:Member Benefits Task Force 2:Website Task Force 3:Conference & Regional Alliances Members of WALS are welcome to volunteer or give their comments/feedbacks by submitting the forms below.

Dear WALS Colleagues The 9th International Conference on Communities of Learning will be held on March 4-6, 2022. Last year’s 8th conference was attended by 2100 participants from 31 countries and regions. This year’s theme is “Equitable Education and Re-Innovation of Learning of School as Learning Communities: Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic”. Attached is a flyer for the conference. There is no […]

On 26.02.2022 (10:00 -12:00 CET) Claudia Mewald will present Austrian Lesson Study research at Hiroshima University in an online lecture “Learn from Austrian lesson study researchers”. The event page is open: https://sites.google.com/view/feb-seminar-hp-prototype/2%E6%9C%8826%E6%97%A5 If you would like to exchange with our Japanese colleagues and Claudia on Lesson Study, please register here:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdu6opjkrGdapSysd0xbLM0kcnEZq-qpX Programme10:00 – 10:10 Introduction (Jongsung Kim)10:10 – 10:50 Presentation (Claudia Mewald)10:50 […]

Collaborative Lesson Study Malta (CLeStuM) in collaboration with the Faculty of Education at the University of Malta organised its first international seminar on Learning to Lead Lesson Study. Lesson study, which is recognised as the world’s fastest growing professional development model for teachers, is a learning process through which teachers collaboratively identify issues with teaching, do research, plan, teach and […]

Thank you for taking the time to vote. You may view the changes to the WALS Constitution. (Click here to view). Approved overwhelmingly by those present at the WALS Annual General Meeting on 2nd December. Please do not vote again if you have voted during WALS 2021 AGM. Kindly only submit once. If you have submitted more than once, we […]

Collaborative Lesson Study Malta (CLeStuM) was invited to provide an online professional development session for educators of the Quirino Province (Philippines). This session, which was held on Thursday 9th September, was co-presented by Dr James Calleja from the Faculty of Education and CLeStuM team leader, and Ms. Laura Formosa an assistant head of school. The session focused on how lesson […]

Regardless of the proliferation of models of professional development (PD) available for teachers, many students in New Zealand continue to profile as underachieving. This heightens awareness of the complexities associated with providing quality teaching and learning across the breadth of school contexts. This study explored the potential of Lesson Study (LS) as a model of PD, to enhance teachers’ professional […]

International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies (IJLLS)is inviting submission of book reviews for the WALS-Routledge Lesson Study Series. This series aims to provide opportunities for researchers and practitioners in Lesson Study to share their work beyond the boundaries of their countries to an international audience. As a means to provide a comprehensive survey of the work in this series, […]

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 […]