lsp101 lesson study at first toa payoh secondary

First Toa Payoh Secondary School

Lesson Study

Speaker: Yeap Ban Har yeapbanhar@gmail.com

www.singaporelessonstudy.blogspot.com

Overview

Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan

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 Three 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.

Overview

Setting the Context

ProfessionalLearningCommunities

Mathematics Open Lesson Photo: Junyuan Secondary School

Setting the Context

ProfessionalLearningCommunities

…nothing matters more than finding people with the potential to be

great teachers.

Malcom Gladwell 2009What The Dog Saw

Getting the right people to become teachers and to

develop them into effective teachers.

Source: How the World's Best-Performing School Systems Come Out on Top The McKinsey Report

“The country has made a conscious effort to have

highly-qualified teachers throughout the system.”

Source: BBC News 23 Nov 2004

Minister of Education (Finland) 2004

“The first is improving teaching,

developing teachers professionally ….”

Source: Straits Times 23 Nov 2010

Secretary of State for Education (Britain) 2010

A good education system depends on high-quality 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

Photo: Northlight School

We need to build capacity for

teachers themselves to take the lead in professional upgrading.

Minister of Education Singapore 2009

Photo: Fuchun Primary School

Three Big Ideas in PLC

Third Big Idea in PLC

Focus on Results

First Big Idea in PLC

Focus on Learning Rather Than Teaching

Second Big Idea in PLC

Work Collaboratively

Overview

Photo: Hamanogo Elementary School, Japan In a Nutshell

LessonStudy

Keys Grade School, Manila

Middle School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan

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from Japan to the rest of the world

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Edgewood Elementary School, New York, USA

Scarsdale Teachers Institute, New York, USA

teachers discussing learning collaboratively

teachers studying learning in action

Change the square into an equilateral triangle of the same area.

in-depth discussion, often from students’ perspective

Bina Bangsa School, Indonesia

ties in with our

student-centric focus

PCF Kindergarten Jalan Besar, Singapore

Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta, Indonesia

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school-based lesson study

Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Singapore

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openlessons

Singapore Math Conference in Las Vegas

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public research lessons

Junior High School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan

lesson studyaround the world

Junior High School Attached to Tsukuba University, Japan

Stages in Lesson Study

Lesson Study adapted for Micro-Teaching in Pre-service Course Photo: National Institute of Education

Identify Professional

Learning Goal

Plan Lesson

Research Lesson

Post-Lesson Discussion

Lesson Plan Revision

Lesson 0: Research Theme is Central in Lesson Study

• Vision & Mission• Curriculum Focus• Students’ Current Performance

1/11/12

Kranji Secondary School

Developing confident learners who are capable of 21st Century competencies

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

Change the square into an equilateral triangle of the same area.

Bina Bangsa School, Jakarta, Indonesia

Professional Learning Goal: To engage students in learning

What does it look like when students are

engaged productively in learning?

What are the catalysts to such

productive engagement?

Photo: Pathlight School

Identify Research Themes

• School’s Goals• Subject’s Goals• Ideal Students’

Outcomes• Actual Students’

Outcomes• Identify the Gaps• Identify Professional

Learning Goal to Close the Gaps

School’s Vision

Subject’s Goals

Ideal Students’ Characteristics

Actual Students’

Characteristics

Gap

Professional Learning Goal

Professional Learning GoalExample: To engage pupils in the learning of mathematics

broad but specific

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

Learning Outcome(s)

Task &Key Questions

Anticipated Students’ Responses

Teacher’s Action

Notes

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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.

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