What Is Lesson Study?
Collaborative inquiry, focused on students
Lesson Study is an inquiry cycle that supports teachers to experiment, observe and improve. As teachers work together to study student learning, schools become places where both students and teachers are passionate about learning.
Study
A team of teachers asks: What do we want students to learn? What qualities do we want students to develop? They study the best materials they can related to these goals.
Plan
After analyzing what is known and debating the merits of various approaches, the team plans a lesson to bring to life their goals for student learning and development.
Teach
As one team member teaches the team’s lesson, the other team members carefully observe individual students, seeking to understand the lesson from students’ points of view.
Reflect
After the lesson, team members share their observations, building a picture of what worked and didn’t, and drawing out implications for this content and for their vision of student development.
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