Lesson Study Research and Practice in Mathematics Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-1

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2. Jumping into Lesson Study: Inservice Mathematics Teacher Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Introduction: Conceptual Overview of Lesson Study

      • Aki Murata

      Pages 1-12

   3. Lesson Study: The Impact on Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics

      • Rachelle D. Meyer, Trena L. Wilkerson

      Pages 15-26

   4. Developing the Habits of Mind for a Successful Lesson Study Community

      • Lynn C. Hart, Jane Carriere

      Pages 27-38

   5. Influence of Lesson Study on Teachers’ Mathematics Pedagogy

      • Jo Clay Olson, Paul White, Len Sparrow

      Pages 39-57

   6. Examining Change in Teacher Mathematical Knowledge Through Lesson Study

      • Diane Hobenshield Tepylo, Joan Moss

      Pages 59-77

   7. Response to Part I: Jumping into Lesson Study—Inservice Mathematics Teacher Education

      • Akihiko Takahashi

      Pages 79-82

3. Emerging Issues from Lesson Study Approaches in Prospective Mathematics Teacher Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Investigating Approaches to Lesson Study in Prospective Mathematics Teacher Education

      • Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Joseph Zilliox

      Pages 85-102

   3. Lesson Study in Preservice Elementary Mathematics Methods Courses: Connecting Emerging Practice and Understanding

      • Aki Murata, Bindu E. Pothen

      Pages 103-116

   4. Lesson Study as a Framework for Preservice Teachers’ Early Field-Based Experiences

      • Paul W. D. Yu

      Pages 117-126

   5. Response to Part II: Emerging Issues from Lesson Study Approaches in Prospective Mathematics Teacher Education

      • Despina Potari

      Pages 127-132

4. Challenges and Promises of Unchartered Water: Lesson Study and Institutes of Higher Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. Lesson Study as a Tool for Developing Teachers’ Close Attention to Students’ Mathematical Thinking

      • Alice S. Alston, Lou Pedrick, Kimberley P. Morris, Roya Basu

      Pages 135-151

   3. Lesson Study as a Learning Environment for Coaches of Mathematics Teachers

      • Andrea Knapp, Megan Bomer, Cynthia Moore

      Pages 153-164

   4. Walking the Talk: Lessons Learned by University Mathematics Methods Instructors Implementing Lesson Study for Their Own Professional Development

      • Michael Kamen, Debra L. Junk, Stephen Marble, Sandra Cooper, Colleen M. Eddy, Trena L. Wilkerson et al.

      Pages 165-174

   5. Response to Part III: Challenges and Promises of Unchartered Water—Lesson Study and Institutes of Higher Education

      • Tad Watanabe

      Pages 175-178

5. Seeing the Whole Iceberg: The Critical Role of Tasks, Inquiry Stance, and Teacher Learning in Lesson Study

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. The Critical Role of Task Development in Lesson Study

      • Brian Doig, Susie Groves, Toshiakira Fujii

      Pages 181-199

Lesson study is a professional development process that teachers engage in to systematically examine their practice, with the goal of becoming more effective. Originating in Japan, lesson study has gained significant momentum in the mathematics education community in recent years. As a process for professional development, lesson study became highly visible when it was proposed as a means of supporting the common practice of promoting better teaching by disseminating documents like standards, benchmarks and nationally validated curricula. While the body of knowledge about lesson study is growing, it remains somewhat elusive and composed of discrete research endeavors. As a new research area there is no coherent knowledge base yet. This book will contribute to the field bringing the work of researchers and practitioners together to create a resource for extant work. This book describes several aspects of Lesson Study, amongst others: it gives an historical overview of the concept, it addresses issues related to learning and teaching mathematics, it looks at the role of the teacher in the process. The last two sections of the book look at how lesson Study can be used with preservice mathematics teachers and at university mathematics methods teaching.

• Education
• Lesson-study
• Mathematics Teachers
• Mathematics Teaching
• Teacher Education
• Teaching

• Department of Early Childhood Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

  Lynn C. Hart

• , Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

  Alice S. Alston

• , School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

  Aki Murata

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