Lesson Study Can Build Teachers’ Confidence In Their Practice

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Lesson study can build teachers’ confidence in their practice

By Daisy Sharrock and Catherine Challen

Categories: Learning communities, Learning designs, Outcomes

October 2023

Lesson study — a type of inquiry cycle used by educators seeking to improve instruction and student learning — has long been a mainstay of professional learning and curriculum design in Japan, where students ranked sixth on the most recent OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). In lesson study, educator teams collaboratively study student thinking, design lessons, observe student learning during a live classroom lesson, and conduct data-driven analysis and reflection on evidence of success. When educators engage in this process together, they build self-efficacy and create a culture of continuous improvement in support of improved instruction. Familiar with Lesson Study? When educators engage in this process, they build self-efficacy and create a culture of continuous improvement. #teachertwitter #LearningCommunity Click To Tweet The use

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Daisy Sharrock

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Daisy Sharrock (dsharrock@hthgse.edu) is director of the CARE Network at the Center for Research on Equity and Innovation at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education in San Diego, California.

Catherine Challen

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Catherine Challen (catherine.challen@qut.edu.au) is a senior lecturer in mathematics education at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, and a former improvement coach at the Center for Research on Equity and Innovation.