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 […]
Zwolle, the Netherlands November 27-29, 2023 WALS 2023 has ended and we appreciate and thank everyone involved! PhD Day Photos Day 1 Photos Day 2 Photos Day 3 Photos
Dear WALS Member, Exciting plans are unfolding for the November 27-29 WALS Conference in Zwolle, Netherlands! In addition to powerful keynotes each day, we look forward to spotlight sessions every day, where you can hear about: Lesson Study in Initial Teacher Education, from authors of a new WALS-Routledge book How lesson study protects democracy and supports post-pandemic recovery, through its […]
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. […]
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 […]