Lesson Study Communities : Increasing Achievement with Diverse Students

by Karin Wiburg

• ISBN13: 9781412916455
• ISBN10: 1412916453
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-12
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This implementation guide demonstrates how to translate each step of the Japanese lesson study process to the U.S. educational environment using specific, evidence-based strategies.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Akihiko Takahashi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xviii
Contributing Authors	xix
Additional Acknowledgments	xix
About the Authors	xxiii
Translating Lesson Study From Japan to the United States	1	(18)
Lesson Study in the United States	4	(1)
The Lesson Study Cycle	4	(3)
The Role of Technology in Documentation and Lesson Study Practice	7	(2)
Initial Barriers to Lesson Study in the United States	9	(4)
Toward Essential Elements and Principles of Lesson Study	13	(4)
Conclusion	17	(2)
Building Successful Lesson Study Communities	19	(18)
David Rutledge
Rocio Benedicto
Toward Professional Development Communities	20	(1)
The Original MathStar Lesson Study Project	21	(3)
Lesson Study---A Continuous Improvement Process	24	(4)
The Emergence of Other Types of Lesson Study Communities	28	(2)
Building Bilingual Lesson Study Communities	30	(3)
Lesson Study and Content Learning: The Mathematically Connected Communities Project	33	(1)
Integrating Lesson Study With Other Initiatives	34	(1)
Conclusion	34	(3)
Assessing Your Readiness for Lesson Study	37	(24)
Assessing Your Readiness for New Forms of Professional Development	38	(2)
The Beginning of Our Lesson Study Journey	40	(10)
Curriculum Mapping	50	(3)
Assessing the Conditions That Support Teacher Collaboration	53	(1)
The Voices of Successful Lesson Study Leaders	53	(5)
Conclusion	58	(3)
Connecting Instructional Goals to Lesson Study	61	(22)
Developing the Overarching Goal	62	(1)
Sample Goals From Other Lesson Study Groups	63	(2)
Developing Content Area Goals	65	(9)
The Unit Planning Process	74	(2)
Assessment of Student Understanding	76	(2)
The Research Lesson Goal	78	(2)
Action Research and the Professional Development Plan	80	(1)
Conclusion	81	(2)
Designing the Research Lesson	83	(26)
Before Planning the Research Lesson	84	(1)
Susan Brown's Middle School Science Classroom: A Classroom Vignette	85	(2)
Professional Development Activity: Practice With Problem-Based Planning	87	(7)
Designing the Research Lesson	94	(1)
Planning the Research Lesson	95	(12)
The Redesign of the Research Lesson	107	(1)
Conclusion	107	(2)
Reflecting on and Sharing Your Research Lesson	109	(16)
Jeff Hovermill Samatha
Reflecting On What You Have Learned	110	(1)
The Role of Content Understanding in Lesson Study	111	(7)
Organizing What You Have Learned	118	(3)
Disseminating What You Have Learned	121	(1)
Archiving What You Have Learned	122	(1)
Conclusion	123	(2)
Integrating Lesson Study With Existing School Initiatives	125	(28)
Susan Bussmann
Karen Trujillo
Model 1: Lesson Study as a Professional Development Choice	126	(3)
Model 2: Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Professional Development Teachers (PDTs)	129	(2)
How Lesson Study Can Be Implemented	131	(1)
Model 3: TIA RETA: Lesson Study to Support Technology Integration	132	(2)
Components of TIA RETA	134	(3)
Impact on Teachers' Instructional Practice	137	(5)
Implementation Lessons Learned	142	(2)
Lesson Study and Technology Integration	144	(1)
Level of Experience With Technology Integration	145	(2)
Final Reflections on the TIA RETA Project	147	(1)
Looking at the Cost	147	(4)
Conclusion	151	(2)
Resource A: Professional Development Materials	153	(16)
Building Lesson Study Communities	153	(4)
Assessing Your Readiness for Lesson Study	157	(6)
Connecting Instructional Goals to Lesson Study	163	(3)
Essential Questions	166	(3)
Resource B: A Problem-Centered Unit	169	(10)
A Problem-Centered Science Unit	169	(7)
Additional Professional Development Materials	176	(3)
References	179	(6)
Index	185