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The Experience of Lesson Study in the UK

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Originating in Japan, Lesson Study is a collaborative process characterized by teachers coming together to investigate an area of student learning through the joint planning, observation, and evaluation of a research lesson developed to address the chosen issue. This chapter outlines the potential of Lesson Study to transform teacher and student learning with reference to research projects implemented in secondary education, special education, and initial teacher education within the UK. It discusses the difficulties involved in embedding such a formative process within the results-driven ‘performative’ system currently established in England and Wales, and examines the opportunities and challenges facing schools, which choose to develop teacher communities through Lesson Study activity.

The original version of this chapter was revised. An erratum to this chapter can be found at DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-40523-4_50.

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Wood, P., Fox, A., Norton, J., Tas, M. (2017). The Experience of Lesson Study in the UK. In: Rowell, L., Bruce, C., Shosh, J., Riel, M. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40523-4_13

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