Utilizing Lesson Study to Deepen Reflective Teaching in Preservice Teachers During a Practicum Experience

• In Event: Robust Teacher Learning Experiences: Curating Collaboration, Reflection, and Improvisation

Abstract

After the summer of 2020 in a nation haunted by civil unrest and an international pandemic, the teaching of social studies and science in elementary schools became even more crucial. This study examined how an integrated preservice elementary education program used lesson study to deepen the practice and planning of integrated teaching during a practicum experience with the intentional teaching of science and social studies. It was found that although preservice teachers (PST) could plan and deliver integrated teaching in a micro teaching setting, when they entered the field this did not occur. Although the PST program was integrated in the delivery of content and field experience, the connections were not made in the field despite the lesson study format.

Authors

• Selina L. Bartels, Valparaiso University

• Benjamin Boche, Valparaiso University

• Douglas Wassilak, Valparaiso University