Monthly Archives: January 2014

New Book Out Now. ‘Lesson Study: Making a Difference to Teaching Pupils with Learning Difficulties’

Edited by Professor Brahm Norwich and Jeff Jones, this book documents the findings of a two year project conducted at Exeter University between 2010 and 2012 funded by the Esme Fairbairn Foundation. It features contributions from the team that worked … Continue reading

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LSUK publishes the fourth edition of the Lesson Study Handbook (English) which has already had thousands of downloads from this site. This fourth edition has been updated in the light of research findings and includes strengthened advice on LS group protocols, assessment, how lesson study improves teacher learning and the leadership of lesson study by school Principals.

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Toshiya Chichibu, Senior Researcher at Japan’s National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER), has recently spent time in Kazakhstan promoting effective Lesson Study practice. In this blog for LSUK, he reflects on his time there and on common messages between LS in the UK and in Japan. In fact he even thinks there are one or two ideas Japan can take from LSUK practice……

Toshiya Chichibu writes On 15th November 2012 I was with Pete Dudley at Kazakhstan’s international conference for teacher professional development which featured a number of symposia on action research, on coaching and mentoring, and on Lesson Study. Pete and I … Continue reading

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