This is an overview given to a secondary school that is embarking on lesson study as their PLC tool. The school is on MCI Lesson Study Programme.

1. Lesson Study
First Toa Payoh Secondary School
www.singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com
Speaker: Yeap Ban Har yeapbanhar@gmail.com

2. Overview
Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan
This introductory seminar helps participants, who are new to lesson study,
understand the process of lesson study and its role in the
professional development of teachers. Participants will gain insight into the
stages of lesson study and how they fulfill the Three Big Ideas
of the Professional Learning Community (PLC). This seminar will also touch
on other benefits, challenges and factors needed to support the effective
implementation of lesson study in a PLC.

3. Overview
Mathematics Open Lesson
Photo: Junyuan Secondary School
Setting the Context
Professional
Learning
Communities

4. Setting the Context
Professional
Learning
Communities

5. …nothing matters more
than finding people with
the potential to be
great teachers.
Malcom Gladwell 2009
What The Dog Saw

6. Source: How the World's Best-Performing School Systems Come Out on Top
The McKinsey Report
Getting the right people to become teachers and to
develop them into effective teachers.

7. Source: BBC News 23 Nov 2004
“The country has made a conscious effort to have
highly-qualified teachers throughout the system.”
Minister of Education (Finland) 2004

8. Source: Straits Times 23 Nov 2010
“The first is improving teaching,
developing teachers professionally ….”
Secretary of State for Education (Britain) 2010

9. A good education system
depends on high-quality
Photo: Northlight School
teachers who
constantly seek to
improve their
practice, supported by
school leaders and
administrators, and
resources from
departments and
agencies within MOE.
Minister of Education (Singapore) 2009

10. Photo: Fuchun Primary School
build capacity for
We need to
teachers themselves to
take the lead in professional
upgrading.
Minister of Education Singapore 2009

11. First Big Idea in PLC
Focus on
Learning Rather
Than Teaching
Second Big Idea in PLC
Work
Collaboratively
Third Big Idea in PLC
Focus on
Results
Three Big Ideas in PLC

12. Overview
Lesson
Study
In a Nutshell Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan

13. Keys Grade School, Manila
lesson study
around the world
Middle School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan
from Japan to the rest of the world

14. Edgewood Elementary School, New York, USA
teachers studying
learning in action
lesson study
around the world
teachers discussing
learning collaboratively
Scarsdale Teachers Institute, New York, USA

15. ties in with
our student-
centric
focus
Change the square into an equilateral triangle
of the same area.
in-depth discussion, often
from students’ perspective
Bina Bangsa School, Indonesia

16. lesson study
around the world
school-based
lesson study
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta, Indonesia
PCF Kindergarten Jalan Besar, Singapore

17. lesson study
around the world
openlessons
Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Singapore

18. lesson study
around the world
public research lessons
Singapore Math Conference in Las Vegas

19. lesson study
around the world
Junior High School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan

20. Junior High School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan

21. Stages in Lesson Study
Lesson Study adapted for Micro-Teaching in Pre-service Course
Photo: National Institute of Education

22. Identify
Professional
Learning Goal
Plan Lesson
Lesson Plan
Research Lesson
Revision
Post-Lesson
Discussion

23. Lesson 0: Research Theme
is Central in Lesson Study
• Vision & Mission
• Curriculum Focus
• Students’ Current Performance

24. Kranji Secondary School
Developing confident learners who are
capable of 21st Century competencies
1/11/12

25. Lesson 1: More Thinking, Less Doing
During Lesson-Planning Stage
• Curriculum Documents
• Textbooks
• Curriculum Materials
• Other Literature
• Other Lesson Study Documents
• Always Guided by Research Theme

26. Change the square into an equilateral triangle
of the same area.
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta, Indonesia

27. What does it look like
when students are
engaged productively
in learning?
What are the catalysts
to such productive
engagement?
Professional Learning Goal: To engage students in learning
Photo: Pathlight School

28. • School’s Goals
• Subject’s Goals
• Ideal Students’
Outcomes
• Actual Students’
Identify Research Outcomes
• Identify the Gaps
Themes • Identify Professional
Learning Goal to Close
the Gaps

29. School’s Vision
Subject’s Goals
Ideal Students’ Actual Students’ Gap
Characteristics Characteristics
Professional Learning Goal

30. Professional Learning Goal
Example:
To engage pupils in the
learning of mathematics
broad but specific

31. Lesson Planning Meeting
• Select a unit
• Select a lesson or more
within the unit
• Study textbooks
• Study other resources
• Discuss how the
lesson(s) is to be
taught

32. Learning Outcome(s)
Task & Anticipated Teacher’s Notes
Key Questions Students’ Action
Responses

33. Some of us know a bit about lesson study.
Some have heard the term but not much
else. Some have extensive experience with
it. The purpose of the forum is for you to
ask any questions you have about lesson
study.
There is an article on the first things about
lesson study at this website.
www.academyofsingaporeteachers.moe.gov.sg