The Collective Experiences of Teachers Working to Build School-Wide Lesson Study

• In Event: Research on Teacher Learning Through Lesson Study

Abstract

This paper is the result of collaborative inquiry between school and university-based partners who have worked together in lesson study over a three year period. We want to document our collective knowledge as lesson study practitioners and propose potential methods for our near-term goal: growing lesson study into a school-wide practice at our site. In this paper, we use our records of our lesson study work and our construction of a retrospective timeline to recall the ideas that were most important to us in our own learning.

Authors

• Sharon Dotger, Syracuse University

• Jennifer Heckathorn, Syracuse University

• BethAnn Kempf, Burton Street Elementary School

• Christy Allen, Burton Street Elementary School

• Julie Kielbasinski, Burton Street Elementary School

• Mary Ann McIntosh, Burton Street Elementary School