Student learning or professional development : the impact of lesson study

Beth Southwell; Allan L. White

Student learning or professional development : the impact of lesson study

Beth Southwell
, Allan L. White

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Abstract

The Lesson Study professional development model is designed to assist teachers prepare quality lesson plans and consequently enhance their understanding of student learning in mathematics Years 7-12. A small group of teachers form a Lesson Study team and meet regularly to plan, design, implement, evaluate and refine lessons for a unit of work that they have selected. The process was implemented in first semester 2002 in 36 NSW departmental secondary schools from across the state and in second semester in another 41 schools. This paper briefly describes the program and deals with some aspects of its evaluation especially in terms of teacher learning.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the University of Western Sydney Education Research Conference 2003: (Re) Visioning Education
Publisher	University of Western Sydney
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	1741080762
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	University of Western Sydney Education Research Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2003 → …

Conference

Conference	University of Western Sydney Education Research Conference
Period	1/01/03 → …

Keywords

mathematics
study and teaching (secondary)
mathematics teachers
in-service training
New South Wales

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