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Lesson Study

Lesson study is a structured, cyclical form of professional development and educational research in which a team of teachers collaboratively plans a single 'research lesson,' observes it live in a classroom, analyzes student learning in detail, revises the lesson, and shares findings with the broader teaching community. Originating in Japanese elementary schools and brought to international attention by Stigler and Hiebert's 1999 comparative study, it has become one of the most widely adopted teacher-led inquiry methods worldwide.

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Lesson Study (Jugyou Kenkyuu)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / field-methods
  • Stigler, J. W., & Hiebert, J. (1999). The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom. Free Press. · ISBN 978-0684852744
  • Lewis, C. C. (2002). Lesson Study: A Handbook of Teacher-Led Instructional Change. Research for Better Schools. · URL
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Same method familyAction Researchmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketClassroom Observationmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketCurriculum Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketDesign-based Researchmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketEducational Action Researchmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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