The World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) aims to promote and advance the research and practices focused on Lesson Studies in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Lesson Study is practised worldwide and has proved to be a successful and effective means of facilitating teachers’ professional growth and enhancing teaching and learning. The 2009 conference was held in Hong Kong and the 2010 conference in Brunei.
The third International WALS Conference was held in Tokyo in November 2011. Four hundred participants from 15 countries attended the conference, which was organised by the University of Tokyo. Whilst members of WALS from other countries have ‘borrowed’ Japanese Lesson Study and adapted and contextualised it in their respective educational systems, this conference provided an opportunity to experience first-hand how Lesson Study is practised in Japanese schools and to engage in dialogue with teachers and researchers from very different education systems.
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