63.065 - Lesson Study in the Netherlands: Current Trends and Issues

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Lesson Study carries the promise of providing a strong combination of educational reform and teacher professional development. Lesson Study’s cycle of design by teachers, observation with focus on the student and redesign offers a unique regime in which focus on student learning, teacher professional development and educational innovation can come together naturally. In this Symposium we present current initiatives for Lesson Study in the Netherlands. In four presentations we will provide an overview of the way Lesson Study has been introduced in the Netherlands and how it currently finds its way into educational practice. The presentations approach Lesson Study from different angles: focus on the teacher, initial teacher education, the role of the lesson study facilitator and school organization.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Lesson Study

Chair

• Wouter R van Joolingen, Utrecht University

Papers

• Lesson Study as a Vehicle for Teachers in Understanding and Researching Bullying Situations - Sui Lin Goei, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

• Supervising Lesson Study in Initial Science Teacher Education - Wouter R van Joolingen, Utrecht University

• An Exploration of Lesson Study Facilitators' Roles and the Enhancement of Teacher Learning - Iris Uffen, University of Groningen; Siebrich de Vries; Sofie van Harskamp, University of Groningen

• Lesson Study as Organizational Routine - Fenna Wolthuis, University of Groningen; Siebrich de Vries

Discussant

• Aki Murata, University of Florida