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- Contributed By: LearniT TeachiT
Find out more about the role data analysis plays in beginning a Lesson Study. See how one team of teachers sorts data to determine the focus of a Lesson Study, while you hear more about some of the challenges involved in running Lesson Study in a school.
Learn more about the steps involved in creating the "Lesson Script" … from identifying "best practices" strategies to sequencing the Lesson Script. Hear the rationale for NOT following a "word-for-word" script.
One of the key components of Lesson Study is team collaboration. Find out more about strategies that facilitate collaboration and ownership of the Research Lesson.
Observers play a critical role in Lesson Study, sharing their perspectives and strategies on ways to be sure their work doesn't interfere with the students' learning.
Through debriefing, in the Lesson Study process, the course can be refined, and a consensus can be obtained over what elements worked well, what elements need to be tweaked, and what elements should be removed altogether so that the students can get the most of any particular lesson.
Compare the teaching, observing, and debriefing goals for the first and second research lesson in the Lesson Study process. Hear a discussion relating to the importance for a quick turnaround in lesson revision.
One of the key measures of success of a Lesson Study is the camaraderie of the team. Find out more about other measures of success and ways the process helps define a culture in one school. An administrator also discusses the value of Lesson Study for professional development.
"The Making Of" is a step-by-step video guide on how we created this Lesson Study project. Here we show you how to create the video vignette--learn from the television production teacher, a school administrator, and the students involved about the planning, equipment, challenges, and rewards of creating video segments.
