NVPS Lesson Study Open House

Lesson Study & School Improvement Roles of lesson study in school improvement and factors that impact on the quality of lesson-study

discussion are outlined and discussed.

Yeap Ban Har | [email protected] Marshall Cavendish Institute | Pathlight School www.singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com

Identify Professional

Learning Goal

Plan Lesson

Research Lesson

Post-Lesson Discussion

Lesson Plan Revision

| Lesson Study & School Improvement

Lesson Study, done well, contributes to school improvement.

Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan


Quality of Lesson Study is a function of Quality of Discussion

Photo: Fuchun Primary School, Singapore


EXAMPLE

COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS @ THE SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, HARNESSING THE FUTURE


Lesson Study is a platform for teachers to keep the school’s vision and mission in sight.


EXAMPLE • Children must have some control over the direction of their

learning. • Children must be able to learn through experiences of touching,

moving, listening, seeing, and hearing. • Children have a relationship with other children and with material

items in the world that children must be allowed to explore . • Children must have endless ways and opportunities to express

themselves.


Lesson Study is a vehicle through which teachers gain a deep understanding of the approach adopted by the school.


• ability to observe children • habit of documenting learning • culture of data-driven practice


Lesson Study is an instrument to

improve teacher quality.

Photo: Keys School, Manila


Model of Teacher Professional Development • teachers as learners • teachers as observers of learning • teachers as reflective practitioners


Lesson Study complements other professional learning opportunities such as workshops and coaching.


• realizing vision and mission • branding of programmes • improving teacher quality

Photo: Northlight School, Singapore

lesson study the essence

Photo: Edgewood Elementary School, New York

Photo: Scarsdale Teachers Institute, New York

teachers discussing learning collaboratively

teachers studying learning in action




• hatsumon – key question

• kikan-shido – instruction

between desks

• neriaga – polishing up

• yamaba – climax of the

lesson

• matome – summing up

• bansho – board writing

Shimizu 2013

Quality of Discussion


Anchor Task


Instruction Between Desks


Polishing Pebbles


Photo: Junior High School Attached to University of Tsukuba, Japan

Turning Point of a Lesson


Photo: Scarsdale Teachers Institute, New York

Summing Up


Documentation of Learning



Lesson Study, done well, contributes to school improvement.

Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan




Lesson Study & School Improvement Roles of lesson study in school improvement and factors that impact on the quality of lesson-study

discussion are outlined and discussed.

Yeap Ban Har | [email protected] Marshall Cavendish Institute | Pathlight School www.singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com

NVPS Lesson Study Open House

Education

lesson matome

study discussion

northlight school

keys school

fuchun primary school

hamanogo elementary

edgewood elementary

junior high school