Challenges to Importing Japanese Lesson Study: Concerns, Misconceptions, and Nuances

By Sonal Chokshi, C. Fernandez. 2004

229 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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1. Stephen Marble
2. B. A. Ermeling
3. L. Ling
4. C. Fernandez
5. Reidar Mosvold
6. Raymond Bjuland
7. M. Pang

Citations in the corpus

• Inquiring into Teaching: Lesson Study in Elementary Science Methods (2007, background): “…in Japan for curriculum development and the dissemination of effective approaches to teaching (Lewis and Tsuchida 1998), and it is currently gaining popularity as a professional development approach in the United States (Chokshi and Fernandez 2004; see ‘‘Author’s Note’’ for more on lesson study).”
• Lesson study in teacher education: Learning from a challenging case (2015, background): “…on observation also relates to the formulation and pursuing of a research question for the lesson study cycle, because guidelines for observation need to be drawn from the research question – as it provides frames for how to identify and gather evidence from observation (Chokshi & Fernandez, 2004).”
• Lesson Study: A Means for Elementary Teachers to Develop the Knowledge of Mathematics Needed for Reform-Minded Teaching? (2005, methodology): “Between 1999 and 2002 my research team and I conducted a project that explored the feasibility and utility of American teachers engaging in lesson study (for more information about this work, see Chokshi & Fernandez, 2004; Fernandez, 2002; Fernandez et al., 2003).”
• Tracing the Effects of Teacher Inquiry on Classroom Practice. (2010, background): “Collective commitment is critical because it shifts the focus of the investigation from the individual teacher to the instructional plans developed by the group and the impact of these jointly developed plans on student learning (Chokshi & Fernandez, 2004; Getting Results Network, 2004).”
• Learning study: helping teachers to use theory, develop professionally, and produce new knowledge to be shared (2012, background): “However, as Chokshi and Fernandez (2004) highlight, one of the challenges for lesson studies in the United States is that some novice lesson study groups lack the critical elements that allow the approach to work, such as the development of tasks that reveal student thinking and discussion…”