1. LSP101
An Introduction to
Lesson Study
www.singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com
Facilitators: Yeap Ban Har & Peggy Foo
2. Overview
Assumption English School
Fairfield Methodist Primary School
Westview Primary School
Mathematics Open Lesson
Photo: Junyuan Secondary School
This introductory seminar helps participants, who are new to lesson
study, understand the process of lesson study and its role in the professional
development of teachers. Participants will gain insight into the stages of
lesson study and how they fulfill the „3 Big Ideas‟ of the Professional Learning
Community (PLC). This seminar will also touch on other benefits, challenges
and factors needed to support the effective implementation of lesson study in
a PLC.
3. Part I
Introduction
Research Lesson in an In-service Course on Problem-Solving Heuristics.
Photo: Princess Elizabeth Primary School
4. First Big Idea in PLC
Focus on
Learning Rather
…nothing matters more Than Teaching
than finding people with
the potential to be
great teachers.
Malcom Gladwell 2009
What The Dog Saw
5. Source: How the World's Best-Performing School Systems Come Out on Top
The McKinsey Report
Getting the right people to become teachers and to
develop them into effective teachers.
6. Source: BBC News 23 Nov 2004
“The country has made a conscious effort to have
highly-qualified teachers throughout the system.”
Minister of Education (Finland) 2004
7. Source: Straits Times 23 Nov 2010
“The first is improving teaching,
developing teachers professionally ….”
Secretary of State for Education (Britain) 2010
8. A good education system
depends on high quality
Photo: Northlight School
teachers who
constantly seek to
improve their
practice, supported by
school leaders and
administrators, and
resources from
departments and
agencies within MOE.
Minister of Education (Singapore) 2009
9. Photo: Fuchun Primary School
build capacity for
We need to
teachers themselves to
take the lead in professional
upgrading.
Second Big Idea in PLC
Work
Collaboratively
Minister of Education Singapore 2009
10. This is what PLC is all about ….
Third Big Idea in PLC
Focus on
Results
11. Keys Grade School, Manila
lesson study
around the world
Middle School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan
12. Edgewood Elementary School, New York, USA
lesson study
around the world
Scarsdale Teachers Institute, New York, USA
13. lesson study
around the world
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta, Indonesia
Public School in Santiago, Chile
16. Forum – What I Want to Know About Lesson Study
What Do PLCs Do?
Deciding on Professional Learning Goal
Carrying out Lesson Planning Meeting
What Data to Collect During Lesson Study?
17. Part II
Stages in
Lesson Study
Lesson Study adapted for Micro-Teaching in Pre-service Course
Photo: National Institute of Education
18. Identify
Professional
Learning Goal
Plan Lesson
Lesson Plan
Research Lesson
Revision
Post-Lesson
Discussion
19. Lesson 0: Research Theme is Central in Lesson Study
• Vision & Mission
• Curriculum Focus
• Students‟ Current Performance
20. Lesson 1: More Thinking, Less Doing During Lesson-Planning Stage
• Curriculum Documents
• Textbooks
• Curriculum Materials
• Other Literature
• Other Lesson Study Documents
• Always Guided by Research Theme
22. Problem: Find the distance between points A (2, 3) and
B (10, 9).
Students working collaboratively on a problem to learn the
coordinate geometry topic on distance between points.
Traditionally, students were given a formulae to do this.
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta: Lesson Study
23. Every group was able to use their previous learning
(Pythagoras Theorem) to solve the main problem.
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta: Lesson Study
24. Later they were asked to find the distance between the
points (5, 1) and (9, 4). They were also asked to find
two points where the distance apart is a whole number.
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta: Lesson Study
26. Post-Lesson Discussion
• Find the distance between points
A (2, 3) and B (10, 9).
• Find the distance between points
C (-2, -2) and D (2, 1).
• Find the distance between points
E (2, 5) and F (x, 2).
• Find two points where the distance is a
whole number.
Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta: Lesson Study
27. Photo: Pathlight School
What does it look like
when students are
engaged productively
in learning?
What are the catalysts
to such productive
engagement?
Professional Learning Goal: To engage students in learning
29. PLC members
participated in an open
lesson at a primary
school as part of the
lesson planning
process to get more
ideas and insights on
student engagement.
Photo: Daqiao Primary School
31. Refine work
system .
In the lesson
planning
process, the PLC
members came up
with a refined work
system to develop
and encourage
independent
engagement. Photo: Pathlight School
32. Use coloured
paper strips
Photo: Pathlight School
In the lesson planning
process, the PLC members
also decided to use coloured
paper strips. During the
lesson, two types of
engagement were observed.
33. Type 1 Engagement
Such engagement is not
directly related to content
of the lesson.
However, students were
more involved and were
more responsive.
Photo: Pathlight School
Type 2 Engagement
Such engagement is directly
related to content of the lesson.
In this photo a student used the
strips to make sense of the
problem situation.
36. The team was also hopeful that the paper strips
would help students connect the diagrams they
draw and the problem situation.
Hopefully, students are more engaged when they
Photo: Pathlight School are doing things that make sense to them.
37. Would the colour help students distinguish the
unknown variable from the constant? The purpose of
Photo: Pathlight School
the research lesson is for teachers to observe
students to answer questions such as this one. The
lesson planning meetings raised such questions. The
research lesson provides a platform to „see‟ the
answers to such questions. The post-lesson discussion
is a platform to discuss these answers.
39. Part III
Brief Notes &
Summary
Lesson Study adapted for Micro-Teaching in Pre-service Course
Photo: National Institute of Education
40. Some of us know a bit about lesson study.
Some have heard the term but not much
else. Some have extensive experience with
it. The purpose of the forum is for you to
ask any questions you have about lesson
study.
There is an article on the first things about
lesson study at this website.
www.academyofsingaporeteachers.moe.gov.sg
41. • School‟s Goals
• Subject‟s Goals
• Ideal Students‟
Outcomes
• Actual Students‟
Outcomes
What Do PLCs Do? • Identify the Gaps
• Identify Professional
Learning Goal to Close
the Gaps
44. Lesson Planning Meeting
• Select a unit
• Select a lesson or more
within the unit
• Study textbooks
• Study other resources
• Discuss how the
lesson(s) is to be
taught
46. • Maintain a Group File
• Take turns to write
meeting notes
• Lesson Plan Drafts
• Individual Reflections
Lesson Study Data • Individual Observation
Notes: Summary
• Student Data related to
Professional Learning
Goal
47. • Maintain a Group File
• Take turns to write
meeting notes
• Lesson Plan Drafts
• Individual Reflections
Lesson Study Data • Individual Observation
Notes Summary
• Student Data related to
Professional Learning
Goal
One Thing I Learnt Today
and What Was The Source
48. • Maintain a Group File
• Take turns to write
meeting notes
• Lesson Plan Drafts
• Individual Reflections
Lesson Study Data • Individual Observation
Notes: Summary
• Student Data related to
One Interesting Thing I My Interpretation of Learning
Professional One Question I Have
Saw During the Lesson What I Saw
Goal Related to This
Observation
49. • Maintain a Group File
• Take turns to write
meeting notes
• Lesson Plan Drafts
• Individual Reflections
Lesson Study Data • Individual Observation
Notes: Summary
• Student Data related to
Professional Learning
Goal
50. Type of Student Engagement Stimulus
• Maintain a Group File
• Take turns to write
meeting notes
• Lesson Plan Drafts
• Individual Reflections
Lesson Study Data • Individual Observation
Notes: Summary
• Student Data related to
Average Average Professional Learning
Score of Score of Goal
Section C in Section C in
SA2 P5 SA2 P6
