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
This webinar aims to discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing lesson study in a new field based on two lesson study scholars’ (an early career researcher [ECR] and a veteran scholar) experiences of encountering and utilizing lesson study. Participants will learn how the lesson study scholars encountered lesson study, why they decided to utilize it in their fields, and what benefits and challenges they acquired and faced during its implementation. Through their experiences, participants will be able to reflect on their own pathway of doing lesson study and contemplate the conditions to implement lesson study in a new field effectively.
Speakers
Brenda Mokotedi (South Africa) is a teacher by profession currently employed as a Senior Education Specialist for Mathematics in the General Education and Training (GET) Phase. Her role is to support in-service Mathematics teachers. She taught Mathematics for 10 years before being appointed as Senior Education Specialist. She is also doing part time job at UNISA. She previously worked as a worked as a part-time lecturer at UNW. In 2023 she obtained her PhD in Mathematics Education through the University of Pretoria – South Africa. She presented Mathematics papers at various local and International conferences. Her research interests are implementation of Lesson Study to support in-service mathematics teachers.
Claudia Mewald (Austria) is a retired professor of TESOL. She used to teach English as a Foreign Language methodology, testing and assessment in foreign language education, and qualitative research in teacher education and development for 25 years. Before, she taught English, History, and Arts at primary, special educational needs, and secondary schools. Her research interests are testing & assessment, learner autonomy, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), competency-based language education, and multilingualism. She is council member of WALS and implements Lesson Study in teacher education and continuous professional development.
https://www.ph-noe.ac.at/de/personen/claudia-mewald