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WALS Members Special 25% Discount

WALS Members Special 25% Discount

Due to the partnership between Routledge and WALS for the WALS-Routledge Lesson Study book series: www.routledge.com/WALS-Routledge-Lesson-Study-Series/book-series/WLSS

WALS members can take advantage of the 25% discount to purchase the books in the Series using the discount code.

Enjoy 25% discount with discount code WALS25

The 11 books published in the series are:
1. Stepping Up Lesson Study: An Educator’s Guide to Deeper Learning
(Aki Murata and Christine Lee) – Published 27th November 2020

2. Changing Teaching, Changing Teachers: 21st Century Teaching and Learning from Lesson and Learning Study
(Keith Wood and Saratha Sithamparam) – Paperback version released 30th May 2022

3. Lesson Study in Inclusive Educational Settings
(Sui Lin Goei, Brahm Norwich, Peter Dudley) – Paperback version released 9th January 2023.

4. Lesson Study-based Teacher Education: The Potential of the Japanese Approach in Global Settings
(Jongsung Kim, Yoshida Nariakira, Iwata Shotaro, Hiromi Kawaguchi) – Paperback version released 9th January 2023

5. Educators’ Learning from Lesson Study: Mathematics for Ages 5 – 13
(Akihiko Takahashi, Thomas McDougal, Shelley Friedkin, Tad Watanabe) – Published 30th June 2022

6. Teaching Professional Learning through Lesson Study in Virtual or Hybrid Environments: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions
(Rongjin Huang, Nina Helgevold, Jean Lang, Heng Jiang) – Published 18th August 2023; paperback released 19th December 2024

7. Reforming Lesson Study in Japan: Theories of Action for Schools as Learning Communities
(Yuta Suzuki) – Paperback released 25th September 2023.

8. Lesson Study with Mathematics and Science Preservice Teachers: Finding the Form
(Sharon Dotger, Gabriel Matney, Jennifer Heckathorn, Kelly Chandler-Olcott and Miranda Fox ) – Published 13th October 2023

9. Planning and Analyzing Teaching: Using the Variation Method of Learning
(Angelika Kullberg, Åke Ingerman, Ference Marton) – Published on 24th January 2024.
This title is fully Open Access.
The E-book is free for all members to download now!

10. Implementing a 21st Century Competency-Based Curriculum Through Lesson Study: Teacher Learning About Cross-Curricular and Online Pedagogy
(Eric Cheng & Bruce Lander) – Published 12th March 2024

11. Linking Theory with Practice in the Classroom: A Hybrid Model of Lesson Study Research in Action
(John Elliott and Vicky Christoforatou) – Published 12th June 2024

The following book is forthcoming:
Organizational Learning of Lesson Study in Japan: Sustainability of Schools as Learning Communities
(Yuta Suzuki) – Due to be published 24th November 2024

The following books are under contract:
1. A Practitioner’s Guide to Effective Boardwork for Collaborative Thinking: Using Bansho in the Classroom
(Sharon Dotger, Shirley Tan, and Paul Mynott) – Due to be published mid 2026

2. Student Voice in Lesson Study: Making Learning Visible in Lesson Study
(Anne Mette Karlsen and Claudia Mewald) – Due to be published late 2026

3. Improving Science Teaching through Lesson Study: Designing an Approach for your Classroom Needs
(Sachiko Tosa) – Due to be published mid 2027