Lesson Study

Designing Professional Development that Works (Birman et al., 2000)

• Duration - longer duration
• More subject area content focus with empahsis on PCK - with 21CC, interdisciplinary becomes more important

What is Lesson Study? Common Features of Lesson Study

• observation of lessons by a group of teachers
• how to get students be engaged
• plan a unit of work and the lesson is part of the unit of work
• literature review - what academic say about the issue
• observers serve as additional eyes for the teacher
• observers include team members, outside obervers and invited commentators
• invited commentators / knowledgeable others -  principal, retired principal, teacher educator, researcher, professional association, parents

Learning Study - Hong Kong

Conceptual Framework - grounded in the learning theory of variation
Focusing on the "Object of Learning"

Lesson Study is a subset of Action Research

References / Useful Link
lessonnote.com  -  iPAD app for lesson study
http://learningfesthgv2012.wikispaces.com/