Lesson Study: A Japanese Approach To Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning

By Makoto Yoshida and Clea Fernandez

Book Overview

This study of how Japanese teachers think about instruction and student learning focuses on an activity called Lesson Study. A better understanding of this activity could be helpful to thinking about how to improve American teacher education.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805839623
• ISBN13: 9780805839623
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent handbook to lesson study advocates

This book serves as an excellent handbook for those who are advocating lesson study as a practice-based professional development tool. To illustrate how the stages of lesson study can be implemented, the authors have included an authentic example to serve as a credible context.