Collaborative Lesson Study
ReVisioning Teacher Professional Development
Published on 6. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8077-6307-0 (ISBN)
Description
Discover how Lesson Study benefits both students and teachers. Unlike scripted curricula that strip teachers of professional decision-making, Lesson Study values teachers by expecting them to be agents of improvement in their own classrooms. This resource empowers readers to oppose reform efforts that minimize teacher agency by offering an evidence-based approach to teacher-led instructional improvement. The text provides structures for attending to students' interests, knowledge, and values when planning, teaching, reflecting, and revising instruction. It also shows educators how to use Lesson Study to design culturally responsive, differentiated instruction for the K-12 classroom. Use this step-by-step guide to develop professional learning communities; increase teacher motivation, efficacy, and knowledge; and support improvement adapted to local contexts. Book Features:
Guides readers through three cycles of Lesson Study, taking teacher learning deeper with each cycle.
Focuses on developing student understanding that supports meaningful instruction across academic areas.
Emphasizes the utility of Lesson Study for informing culturally responsive instruction.
Includes examples from a variety of grade-levels and content areas, featuring both pre- and inservice teachers.
Includes additional resources and prompts in each chapter to guide application.
Guides readers through three cycles of Lesson Study, taking teacher learning deeper with each cycle.
Focuses on developing student understanding that supports meaningful instruction across academic areas.
Emphasizes the utility of Lesson Study for informing culturally responsive instruction.
Includes examples from a variety of grade-levels and content areas, featuring both pre- and inservice teachers.
Includes additional resources and prompts in each chapter to guide application.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-6307-0 (9780807763070)
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Persons
Vicki S. Collet is an associate professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at the University of Arkansas. Prior to becoming a teacher educator, she worked as a district curriculum coordinator, instructional coach, interventionist, and elementary and secondary classroom teacher.
Content
Foreword Ellin Oliver Keene
Introduction
Lesson Study in a Turnaround School
An Overview of Lesson Study
Impact of Lesson Study on Student Learning
About This Book
Note
PART I: LESSON STUDY AS RESPONSIVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
1. Engaging in Lesson Study: Risk-Taking, Resilience, and ReVisioning
Perpetual Motion: Unrelenting Improvement of Teaching and Learning
Risk and Reward: Professional Growth through Lesson Study
Valuing Teaching and Teachers
Context Matters
Reflect and Respond
2. Challenging Norms of Privacy and Isolation
Benefits of Collaboration
Challenges to Collaboration
Shared Expectations
Supporting, Scheduling, and Sustaining the Work
Overcoming Privacy and Isolation
Reflect and Respond
3. Lesson Study as Contextualized Learning
Why Context Matters
Lesson Study in Varying Contexts
Supporting a Positive Culture for Teaching
Reflect and Respond
PART II: LAYERS OF THE LESSON STUDY PROCESS
4. Purposeful Planning: Teachers as Designers
Collective Agency and Innovation
Creating a Vision for the Lesson
Predictive Planning
Reflect and Respond
5. Observation: The Eyes Have It
Another Pair of Eyes
Before the Observation
The Observation: Seeing with New Eyes
Reflect and Respond
6. Debrief: Deep Reflection and Lesson ReVisioning
A Disposition for Reflection
Reflection Starts with Description
Re Visioning through Appraising and Appreciating
Re Visioning Teaching and Learning
Reflect and Respond
PART III: REFINING THE FOCUS
7. Building Understanding
What is Understanding?
Supporting Student Understanding
Developing Teacher Understanding
Reflect and Respond
8. Flexibility
Teaching Requires Cognitive Flexibility
Flexibility vs. the Perfect Lesson Plan
Flexibility as a Focus for Lesson Study
Increased Flexibility
Reflect and Respond
9. Supporting Responsiveness
Cultural Responsiveness
Contextual Responsiveness
Responsiveness to Individual Lives and Interests
Responsiveness to Students' Learning Needs
Responsiveness to Teachers' Needs
Understanding, Flexibility, and Responsiveness
Reflect and Respond
Conclusion: Ongoing Cycles of Lesson Study
Variations and Iterations
Dispositions
ReVisioning Through Lesson Study
Reflect and Respond
Appendix A: Agenda for Introducing Lesson Study
Appendix B: Planning Our Lesson
Appendix C: Observation Day Agenda
Appendix D: Videos for Observation Practice
Appendix E: Before and After Lesson Study Plans
Appendix F: Student Interest Inventory
References
Index
About the Author
Introduction
Lesson Study in a Turnaround School
An Overview of Lesson Study
Impact of Lesson Study on Student Learning
About This Book
Note
PART I: LESSON STUDY AS RESPONSIVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
1. Engaging in Lesson Study: Risk-Taking, Resilience, and ReVisioning
Perpetual Motion: Unrelenting Improvement of Teaching and Learning
Risk and Reward: Professional Growth through Lesson Study
Valuing Teaching and Teachers
Context Matters
Reflect and Respond
2. Challenging Norms of Privacy and Isolation
Benefits of Collaboration
Challenges to Collaboration
Shared Expectations
Supporting, Scheduling, and Sustaining the Work
Overcoming Privacy and Isolation
Reflect and Respond
3. Lesson Study as Contextualized Learning
Why Context Matters
Lesson Study in Varying Contexts
Supporting a Positive Culture for Teaching
Reflect and Respond
PART II: LAYERS OF THE LESSON STUDY PROCESS
4. Purposeful Planning: Teachers as Designers
Collective Agency and Innovation
Creating a Vision for the Lesson
Predictive Planning
Reflect and Respond
5. Observation: The Eyes Have It
Another Pair of Eyes
Before the Observation
The Observation: Seeing with New Eyes
Reflect and Respond
6. Debrief: Deep Reflection and Lesson ReVisioning
A Disposition for Reflection
Reflection Starts with Description
Re Visioning through Appraising and Appreciating
Re Visioning Teaching and Learning
Reflect and Respond
PART III: REFINING THE FOCUS
7. Building Understanding
What is Understanding?
Supporting Student Understanding
Developing Teacher Understanding
Reflect and Respond
8. Flexibility
Teaching Requires Cognitive Flexibility
Flexibility vs. the Perfect Lesson Plan
Flexibility as a Focus for Lesson Study
Increased Flexibility
Reflect and Respond
9. Supporting Responsiveness
Cultural Responsiveness
Contextual Responsiveness
Responsiveness to Individual Lives and Interests
Responsiveness to Students' Learning Needs
Responsiveness to Teachers' Needs
Understanding, Flexibility, and Responsiveness
Reflect and Respond
Conclusion: Ongoing Cycles of Lesson Study
Variations and Iterations
Dispositions
ReVisioning Through Lesson Study
Reflect and Respond
Appendix A: Agenda for Introducing Lesson Study
Appendix B: Planning Our Lesson
Appendix C: Observation Day Agenda
Appendix D: Videos for Observation Practice
Appendix E: Before and After Lesson Study Plans
Appendix F: Student Interest Inventory
References
Index
About the Author