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The prospects of lesson study in the US: Teacher support and comfort within a district culture of control
Greg GeroLesson study has emerged as an approach to improving the quality of teaching in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to provide an investigation into teachers’ attitudes toward…
Elementary art & science: observational drawing in lesson study
Sharon Dotger, Deborah Walsh– The purpose of this paper is to report on elementary students’ observational drawings, which were produced from two science lesson study cycles.
Rhetoric or reality? A case study into how, if at all, practical work supports learning in the classroom
David Martindill, Elaine WilsonThe purpose of this paper is to study the use and value of practical work in the secondary school science classroom. Informed by the findings of a large survey of students from a…
Cooperative research. A critical strategy in university teacher training. A case study of Lesson and Learning Studies
Encarna Soto Gómez, Maria J Serván Núñez, Angel I Pérez GómezThe purpose of this paper is to present the possibilities offered by Lesson and Learning Studies (LLS) for training and for improving and generating knowledge by reconstructing…
Variation theory based approaches to teaching subject-specific vocabulary within differing practical subjects
Alice Driver, Katherine Elliott, Andrew WilsonThe purpose of this paper is to describe how a learning study model, guided by variation theory, can be used to improve lesson design and a pupil’s understanding of key words and…
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2046-8253Online date, start – end:
2012Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Sharon Dotger
- Dr Sui Lin Goei