1. TEACHERS COLLABORATING TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION
LESSON STUDY
TEACHERS COLLABORATING TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION
ZEYNEP GÖNENÇ AFYON

2. What is lesson study?
Lesson study is a form of classroom inquiry in which several teachers collaboratively plan, teach, observe, revise and share the results of a single class lesson.

3. What is Lesson Study?
Lesson study is a professional development process that Japanese teachers engage in to systematically examine their practice. The goal of lesson study is to improve the effectiveness of the experiences that the teachers provide to their students.

4. Working on a Study Lesson:
Research and preparation:
The teachers jointly draw up a detailed plan for the study lesson.
Implementation:
A teacher teaches the study lesson in a real classroom while other group members look on.
Reflection and improvement:
The group comes together to discuss their observations of the lesson.
Second implementation and reflection: (optional but recommended)
Another teacher teaches the study lesson in a second classroom while group members look on; this is followed by the group coming together again to discuss the observed instruction.

5. Working on a Study Lesson:
(Research & Preparation)
(Implementation)
(Reflection & Improvement)
(Reflection & Filing of Records)
Group Meetings
Study Lesson (1)
Study Lesson (2)
(Optional)

6. Lesson Study Collaborative planning
PLANNING PHASE
Collaborative planning
Discuss goals for students & content
Study available units & lessons
Build from an existing lesson

7. Lesson Study One teacher teaches; others observe/ collect data
Planning
Phase
Research
Lesson
One teacher teaches; others observe/ collect data
Record lesson - video, audio, student work, observation notes
The heart of LS is the research lesson, which is about observation and data collection

8. Lesson Study Formally debrief lesson Share data
Planning
Phase
Research
Lesson
Post-Lesson
Activities
Formally debrief lesson
Share data
Draw implications for lesson and teaching-learning more broadly
Revise and re-teach if desired
Show seats; collect model 1. Ask them to fill out model 2. Important to focus on left and center as well as right. Frame: look for evaluation items. Stop tape and have them share out what they added to model.

9. Lesson Study 1. STUDY 2. PLAN 4. REFLECT 3. DO RESEARCH LESSON
Consider long term goals for student learning and development
Study curriculum and standards
2. PLAN
Select or revise research lesson
Do lesson plan
Anticipate student responses
Plan data collection and lesson
4. REFLECT
Share data
What was learned about students learning, lesson design, this content?
What are implications for this lesson and instruction more broadly?
3. DO RESEARCH LESSON
Conduct research lesson
Collect data

10. Lesson Study is: On-going professional development process
Allows teachers the opportunity to create high quality instructional practices through collaboration, collectively planning, teaching, observing and analyzing lessons
A cycle of learning in which new insights are integrated into subsequent lesson planning

11. Purpose of Lesson Study:
To focus on STUDENT LEARNING
To create structured time for teachers to examine their teaching, learning, and collaboratively work together
To help teacher be more effective and to improve student learning gains
To improve the lesson planning process, refine instructional strategies and delivery, and evaluate student thinking
Observers in the lesson study process are focused on students

12. Lesson Study Provides Opportunities to
Think Deeply About Long-term Goals for Students
Carefully Consider the Goals of a Particular Content Area, Unit, and Lesson
Study the Best Available Lessons
Plan Lessons that Bring to Life both Short-term and Long-term goals
Deepen Subject Matter Knowledge
Develop Instructional Knowledge
Build Capacity for Collegial Learning
Develop the “Eyes to See Students”

13. Benefits
Improve student learning based on observations and assessments, problem solving
Collect and analyze student work and behavior data
Directs the teacher’s focus to student outcomes
Links teacher behaviors to student gains

14. Benefits Teaching Improvement:
In contrast to workshops and seminars that discuss general teaching strategies, lesson study looks directly at one's classroom.
By focusing on one lesson, instructors can learn about students, instruction, goals, and subject matter without undertaking extensive course revision.

15. Benefits Teaching Community:
Lesson study cultivates mutual understanding of goals, teaching practices and student learning among teachers.
Scholarly Inquiry: 
The final products are suitable for professional presentations and publication. Lesson study integrates teaching and research, theory and practice.

16. WW WHY LESSON STUDY? TRADITIONAL CPD RESEARCH BASED CPD
Begins with answer
Driven by expert
Communication
trainer -> teachers
Relationships hierarchical
Research informs practice
Begins with question
Driven by participants
Communication
among teachers
Relationship reciprocal
Practice is research

17. “There’s no such thing as the perfect lesson,
WHY LESSON STUDY?
“There’s no such thing as the perfect lesson,
the perfect day in school or the perfect teacher. For teachers and students alike, the goal is not perfection but persistence in the pursuit of understanding important things.”
- Tomlinson and McTighe

18. WHY LESSON STUDY?
Traveler, there is no road. The road is created as we walk it together.
Antonio Machado