| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributing Authors -- Additional Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 -- Translating Lesson Study from Japan to the United States -- Lesson Study in the United States -- The Lesson Study Cycle -- The Role of Technology in Documentation and Lesson Study Practice -- Initial Barriers to Lesson Study in the United States -- Toward Essential Elements and Principles of Lesson Study -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 -- Building Successful Lesson Study Communities -- Toward Professional Development Communities -- The Original MathStar Lesson Study Project -- Lesson Study-A Continuous Improvement Process -- The Emergence of Other Types of Lesson Study Communities -- Building Bilingual Lesson Study Communities -- Lesson Study and Content Learning: The Mathematically Connected Communities Project -- Integrating Lesson Study with Other Initiatives -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- Assessing Your Readiness for Lesson Study -- Assessing Your Readiness for New Forms of Professional Development -- The Beginning of Our Lesson Study Journey -- Curriculum Mapping -- Assessing the Conditions That Support Teacher Collaboration -- The Voices of Successful Lesson Study Leaders -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Connecting Instructional Goals to Lesson Study -- Developing the Overarching Goal -- Sample Goals from Other Lesson Study Groups -- Developing Content Area Goals -- The Unit Planning Process -- Assessment of Student Understanding -- The Research Lesson Goal -- Action Research and the Professional Development Plan -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 -- Designing the Research Lesson -- Before Planning the Research Lesson -- Susan Brown's Middle School Science Classroom: A Classroom Vignette -- Professional Development Activity: Practice with Problem-Based Planning -- Designing the Research Lesson |
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Planning the Research Lesson -- The Redesign of the Research Lesson -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 -- Reflecting on and Sharing Your Research Lesson -- Reflecting on What You Have Learned -- The Role of Content Understanding in Lesson Study -- Organizing What You Have Learned -- Disseminating What You Have Learned -- Archiving What You Have Learned -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Integrating Lesson Study with Existing School Initiatives -- Model 1: Lesson Study as a Professional Development Choice -- Model 2: Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Professional Development Teachers (PDTs) -- How Lesson Study can be Implemented -- Model 3: TIA RETA: Lesson Study to Support Technology Integration -- Components of TIA RETA -- Impact on Teachers' Instructional Practice -- Implementation Lessons Learned -- Lesson Study and Technology Integration -- Level of Experience with Technology Integration -- Final Reflections on the TIA RETA Project -- Looking at the Cost -- Conclusion -- Resource A: Professional Development Materials -- Chapter 2: Building Lesson Study Communities -- Chapter 3: Assessing Your Readiness for Lesson Study -- Chapter 4: Connecting Instructional Goals to Lesson Study -- Essential Questions -- Resource B: A Problem-Centered Unit -- Chapter 5: A Problem-Centered Science Unit -- Chapter 5: Additional Professional Development Materials -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This implementation guide demonstrates how to translate each step of the Japanese lesson study process to the U.S. educational environment using specific, evidence-based strategies |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lesson planning -- Study and teaching
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Teachers -- In-service training.
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Curriculum planning -- Study and teaching
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Multicultural education -- Study and teaching
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Curriculum planning -- Study and teaching
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Lesson planning -- Study and teaching
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Multicultural education -- Study and teaching
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Teachers -- In-service training
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, Susan
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| ISBN |
9781412916448 |
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1412916445 |
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