Lesson study communities : increasing achievement with diverse students / / Karin Wiburg, Susan Brown ; foreword by Akihiko Takahashi ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810657303321
• Autore: Wiburg Karin M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007; ©2007
• ISBN: 1-4833-6383-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.102
• Soggetti: Lesson planning - Study and teaching; Teachers - In-service training; Curriculum planning - Study and teaching; Multicultural education - Study and teaching
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 Studyâ€?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 Brownâ€?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 Teachersâ€? Instructional Practice""; ""Implementation Lessons Learned""; ""Lesson Study and Technology Integration""; ""Level of Experience with Technology Integration""; ""Final Reflections on the TIA RETA Project""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.