Lesson study: Lost in translation?
Collaborative Lesson Research Launch Conference

On 10th July 2017 the IOE R&D Network hosted a special one-day conference to experience Collaborative Lesson Research, authentic lesson study as practiced in Japan, which helps teachers engage in ‘deep teaching’. 

Conference details

Lesson study is now popular in the UK. However, many UK models miss out several of the critical features of Japanese lesson study; much has been lost in translation. The conference is organized by a group of British mathematics educators who have worked on lesson study closely with Japanese experts in the past five years, with a view to highlighting the key elements of lesson study essential for the UK to help our teachers become proficient in ‘deep teaching.’ The day provided an excellent opportunity to experience Collaborative Lesson Research through a series of workshops.

Keynotes included

Professor Louise Stoll:
Leading a learning organisation – a home for lesson study
LS Learning organisations
Professor Becky Francis:
Within-school segregation by attainment: Issues and consequences
Professor Geoff Wake:
Lost in translation: introducing Collaborative Lesson Research
GW CLR Launch
Professor Keiichi Nishimura:
Deep teaching: an introduction to Japanese mathematics pedagogy
An Introduction to Japanese Mathematics Pedagogy
Workshop 1a
Learning through lesson planning – primary
Workshop 1b
Learning through lesson planning – secondary
Workshop 2a
Gathering evidence of learning: the lesson observation
SS On lesson observation
Workshop 2b
From novice to expert teaching through lesson study
RA Lesson Study An adaptation of the Japanese model
Workshop 2c
Building capacity for R&D: what research tells us
KST Building capacity for R&D
Workshop 3a
Powerful post-lesson discussions
SS On quality talk
Workshop 3b
Engaging in and with research: making it work
KST Engaging in and with research - making it work
Workshop 3c
Mobilising knowledge: the Japanese way

Session Resources