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Lesson Study Group at Mills College
The preeminent force in bring Lesson Study from Japan,
where it originated, to the United States is Catherine Lewis,
senior research scientist at Mills College, in the San Francisco
Bay area. This site features her work with Lesson Study as
well as a rich
supply of resources for those interested in learning more
about this professional development tool. For a wonderful
insight into the power of Lesson Study, there is a clip
of a Lesson Study meeting. In this dramatic video, the
team discusses a lesson that had been developed by the team
and just been taught to a group of students. The teachers
find a problem and begin to revise their lesson plan. The
entire video is available for purchase from the college. Other
videos demonstrating Lesson Study are also available through
the site, many of which have segments that can be viewed on-line.
A
particularly interesting clip shows the entire Lesson Study cycle in a Japanese school. http://www.lessonresearch.net/canyoulift.html
Northwest Regional Educational
Lab
The Northwest Regional Educational Lab has been a valuable
resource for Lesson Study in the Pacific Northwest. They have
offered Lesson Study training at area teacher leadership conferences
conferences. This site has a lot of valuable resources for
anyone interested in Lesson Study. http://www.nwrel.org/msec/lessonstudy/index.html
The Spring 2003 issue of Northwest Teacher, published by the
Northwest Regional Educational Lab, features Lesson Study
teams from Oregon and Washington. A team of sixth-grade teachers
from North Marion Middle School in Aurora, Oregon, is profiled
in "A Lesson Study Team Steps Into the Spotlight."
Another story, "Lesson Study in the Northwest,"
highlights Lesson Study projects in Longview, Portland, Spokane,
and Bellevue. http://www.nwrel.org/nwreport/2003-11/lesson.html
Lesson Study Research Group
This site is hosted by the Lesson Study Research Group,
which offers support for teacher interested in Lesson Study,
including list-serves, discussion forums and lessons. http://www.tc.edu/lessonstudy/worksharing.html
Global Education Resources
This site offers on-site and off-site workshops and
training for educators interested in Lesson Study. Global
Education Resources is headed by Makoto Yoshida, Ph.D. William
C. Jackson, III, and Akihiko Takahashi, Ph.D. They also have
resources explaining Lesson Study, as well as Japanese math
curriculum. http://www.globaledresources.com/about/index.html
Teacher Leaders Network
The Teacher Leaders Network is relying on Internet technology
and old-fashioned conferencing to build a professional community
of highly skilled teachers who share a desire to apply what
they know and can do in leadership settings. Lesson
Study A List of Resources
Teachers College,
Columbia University:
In this section, you will find basic
information about Lesson Study, frequently asked questions
(FAQs) about Lesson Study, a list of common myths and misconceptions
about Lesson Study, and quotes about Lesson Study.
http://www.teacherscollege.edu/lessonstudy/whatislessonstudy.html
Research For Better Schools
Research For Better School provides a newsletter, 2002 and
2003 conference papers and other resources, as well as links
that offer continued learning and information about Lesson
Study. http://www.rbs.org/lesson_study/index.phpl
Altering the Structure and Culture
of American Public Schools
This article, published in the "Phi Delta Kappan,"
discusses how Lesson Study can redesign the process of teaching.
The author, Wellford Wilms, warns readers that it will take
a fundamental redesign of school culture for this process
to be widely and effectively used. He offers some suggestions
for how that can be done. http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0304wil.htm
Challenges to Importing Japanese
Lesson Study
This article has just been published in the March 2004 issue
of "Phi Delta Kappan." It looks at the challenges
to launching Lesson Study, understanding Lesson Study work,
and deepening and sustaining Lesson Study. It gives advice
for meeting these challenges. http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k0403cho.htm
In Lesson Study Sessions: Teachers
Polish Their Craft
In this "Education Week" article, Debra Viadero
reports on the experiences of teachers and administrators
at Paterson Public School No. 2 in Paterson, NJ, who have
undertaken Lesson Study. The article also discusses some of
the research being done on Lesson Study and what findings
are coming out of that research. http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/results/res12-00rich.cfm
Lesson Study Work With EDC and
Watertown High School
This document profiles the Education Development Center's
Lesson Study work with Watertown High School, MA, which stemmed
largely from studying the book "The Teaching Gap."
The detailed nature of the report presents a clear picture
to those just beginning to learn about Lesson Study. Unique
to this Lesson Study program is that it has taken place in
a high school, where it has not been traditionally used in
Japan. http://www2.edc.org/cme/WatertownLessonStudy.pdf
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