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Lesson Study Communities : Increasing Achievement With Diverse Students.

This implementation guide demonstrates how to translate each step of the Japanese lesson study process to the U.S. educational environment using specific, evidence-based strategies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wiburg, Karin M.
Otros Autores: Brown, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2006.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributing Authors
  • Additional Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Chapter 1
  • Translating Lesson Study from Japan to the United States
  • Lesson Study in the United States
  • The Lesson Study Cycle
  • The Role of Technology in Documentation and Lesson Study Practice
  • Initial Barriers to Lesson Study in the United States
  • Toward Essential Elements and Principles of Lesson Study
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2
  • Building Successful Lesson Study Communities
  • Toward Professional Development Communities
  • The Original MathStar Lesson Study Project
  • Lesson Study-A Continuous Improvement Process
  • The Emergence of Other Types of Lesson Study Communities
  • Building Bilingual Lesson Study Communities
  • Lesson Study and Content Learning: The Mathematically Connected Communities Project
  • Integrating Lesson Study with Other Initiatives
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3
  • Assessing Your Readiness for Lesson Study
  • Assessing Your Readiness for New Forms of Professional Development
  • The Beginning of Our Lesson Study Journey
  • Curriculum Mapping
  • Assessing the Conditions That Support Teacher Collaboration
  • The Voices of Successful Lesson Study Leaders
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4
  • Connecting Instructional Goals to Lesson Study
  • Developing the Overarching Goal
  • Sample Goals from Other Lesson Study Groups
  • Developing Content Area Goals
  • The Unit Planning Process
  • Assessment of Student Understanding
  • The Research Lesson Goal
  • Action Research and the Professional Development Plan
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5
  • Designing the Research Lesson
  • Before Planning the Research Lesson
  • Susan Brown's Middle School Science Classroom: A Classroom Vignette
  • Professional Development Activity: Practice with Problem-Based Planning
  • Designing the Research Lesson.
  • Planning the Research Lesson
  • The Redesign of the Research Lesson
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6
  • Reflecting on and Sharing Your Research Lesson
  • Reflecting on What You Have Learned
  • The Role of Content Understanding in Lesson Study
  • Organizing What You Have Learned
  • Disseminating What You Have Learned
  • Archiving What You Have Learned
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7
  • Integrating Lesson Study with Existing School Initiatives
  • Model 1: Lesson Study as a Professional Development Choice
  • Model 2: Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Professional Development Teachers (PDTs)
  • How Lesson Study can be Implemented
  • Model 3: TIA RETA: Lesson Study to Support Technology Integration
  • Components of TIA RETA
  • Impact on Teachers' Instructional Practice
  • Implementation Lessons Learned
  • Lesson Study and Technology Integration
  • Level of Experience with Technology Integration
  • Final Reflections on the TIA RETA Project
  • Looking at the Cost
  • Conclusion
  • Resource A: Professional Development Materials
  • Chapter 2: Building Lesson Study Communities
  • Chapter 3: Assessing Your Readiness for Lesson Study
  • Chapter 4: Connecting Instructional Goals to Lesson Study
  • Essential Questions
  • Resource B: A Problem-Centered Unit
  • Chapter 5: A Problem-Centered Science Unit
  • Chapter 5: Additional Professional Development Materials
  • References
  • Index.