This presentation gives a brief overview of what lesson study is, the steps of lesson study, and watching lesson study in action.

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 definition of lesson study.
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5. What is Lesson Study?
• Answer the question “What is
lesson study?” 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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Share
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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 difficult
for students to
understand.
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12. Core Elements
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13. The Process:What are
typical steps to Lesson
Study?
• Setting Goals
• Planning the Lesson
• Teaching, observing, debriefing
• Revising and Re-teaching
• Reflecting and sharing
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16. Core Elements
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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?
“History at the Center: Lesson Study
Blooms in Oakland”
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21. Introduction
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22. Getting Started
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23. Use the Video Reaction sheet to
organize your thoughts.
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24. Creating a Goal
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25. Planning the Lesson
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26. Teaching the Lesson
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27. Debriefing
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28. Observations?
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29. Where do we start?
Let’s look at the data!
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30. Works Cited
• Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory, “An Invitation to Lesson
Study: A Facilitator’s Guide”
• OSUD American History Grant:
“History at the Center: Lesson Study
Blooms in Oakland”
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