How Has Lesson Study Research Improved Instruction? A Literature Review on Lesson Study in Mathematics (Poster 27)

• In Event: Saturday Poster Session 9:35 am
  In Poster Session: Literature Review

Abstract

Lewis et al. (2006) claim that three types of research on lesson study are essential to convince teachers and policymakers to adopt this pedagogical strategy as a promise of changing mathematics instruction and improve students' learning: “1) expansion of the descriptive knowledge base on lesson study; 2) explication of lesson study's mechanism; and 3) iterative cycles of testing and refinement of lesson study” (p.3). This systematic review analyzed all 315 articles from the International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies from the foundation of the journal (2002) to the spring edition (2023). Finally, this paper discusses the consequences of the findings in changing i) teachers’ knowledge and beliefs, ii) professional community; and iii) teaching–learning resources (Lewis et al., 2009).

Author

• Ariane Faria dos Santos, University of British Columbia