1. A study...
in lesson study.
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2. Goals
⢠What is Lesson Study?
⢠What are typical steps in a Lesson
Study?
⢠What does Lesson Study look like in
action?
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3. If time, look
at district
data to
decide on a
challenging
concept to
study.
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4. What is Lesson Study?
⢠Collect and synthesize information
about lesson study.
⢠Build a deďŹnition of lesson study.
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5. What is Lesson Study?
⢠Answer the question âWhat is
lesson study?â by circulating
with a partner, discussing and
taking notes on the information
provided on the clue placards
around the room.
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6. What is Lesson Study
⢠After visiting all the clues, return to
your table with your partner,
synthesize your information and
prepare a written answer.
⢠Share your answer with the others at
your table.
⢠Develop group analogies.
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7. Analogies
Lesson study is like ________________
because ___________________________.
Lesson study is more like ___________
than __________ because ____________.
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9. Lesson study is a professional
development approach that
⢠Focuses on examining instruction.
⢠Explores real challenges teachers face in
their classroom.
⢠Builds teacher knowledge
⢠Supports Professional Collaboration
⢠Respects teachers as professionals.
⢠Serves as the dominant force of PD in Japan.
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10. What is Lesson Study?
⢠Creates structured occasions for
teachers to examine teaching and
learning.
⢠Focuses on improving the lesson, not
evaluating the teacher.
⢠Looks closely at student thinking and
understanding.
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11. Lesson Study
Allows teachers
to focus on a
concept that is
challenging to
teach and difďŹcult
for students to
understand.
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13. The Process:What are
typical steps to Lesson
Study?
⢠Setting Goals
⢠Planning the Lesson
⢠Teaching, observing, debrieďŹng
⢠Revising and Re-teaching
⢠ReďŹecting and sharing
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15. Habits of Mind
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Research Stance
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17. Overview of the Lesson
Study Process
⢠Read the Reading Selection (4.1 &
4.2) on your own.
⢠Be prepared to discuss one item from
the reading that is new to you and one
item that is NOT new.
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18. With Partner, discuss one item from the
reading that is new to you and one item
that is NOT new.
Next, share with table.
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19. Professional development that has a
positive impact on teaching and
learning is:
⢠Ongoing and comprehensive
⢠Collaborative
⢠Teacher-driven
⢠Classroom-or-school-based
⢠Focused on subject matter
⢠Active and hands-on
⢠Grounded in the professional knowledge
base for teaching
⢠Focused on student outcomes
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20. What does Lesson Study
Look Like in action?
âHistory at the Center: Lesson Study
Blooms in Oaklandâ
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29. Where do we start?
Letâs look at the data!
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30. Works Cited
⢠Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory, âAn Invitation to Lesson
Study: A Facilitatorâs Guideâ
⢠OSUD American History Grant:
âHistory at the Center: Lesson Study
Blooms in Oaklandâ
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