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Promoting Lesson Study as Practically Useful R+D and Joint Practice Development in schools in Leicester. Professor David Pedder, University of Leicester dp243@leicester.ac.uk The University of Leicester School of Education is currently working with our three Teaching School Alliance partners – … Continue reading →

The 2013 WALS conference will take place at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, from 6th to 8th Sept. The theme of the conference is ‘Teachers as Researchers.’ Look out for more information on LSUK. Meanwhile, please hold these dates in … Continue reading →

‘Lesson Study enables the Numbers Count Teacher and the class teachers to work collaboratively and to learn from each other as elements of the Numbers Count Approach are extended to whole class practice.’ Louise Matthews, Head of Every Child Counts … Continue reading →

A school in Lowestoft has improved the quality of writing at Key Stage 2 through a focus on speaking and listening, and modelling the conventions of writing. Teachers found that ‘taking the time to look in detail at the structure … Continue reading →

A four page feature article on Lesson Study was published in TESPro on 28 September 12. The feature is based on an extensive interview with Pete Dudley, founder of LSUK. The article also features comments from Professor’s John Elliott and … Continue reading →

Would you like to meet others from across London and the SE to share practice and lesson studies? Would you like to be part of a London LSUK group? If so, take advantage of free membership of LSUK, and get access to … Continue reading →

A book published over the summer 2012 contains a chapter on the way trainees and schools make use of Lesson Study on teaching placements. ‘Reflection through Lesson Study’ by Pete Dudley and Elizabeth Gowing features in Reflective Learning and Teaching … Continue reading →

6 case studies from the Suffolk writing project have now been published on a new section of the website. These case studies identify the findings of LS groups that used a variety of approaches to improve progress in writing in … Continue reading →

Six primary schools in the London borough of Camden are currently working on a Lesson Study project with mathematics consultants Sami Miller and Nigel Bufton to secure Level 2b in Mathematics at the end of Y2, and then improve the … Continue reading →

Distinguished politician Charles Clarke has written a discussion piece about the value of educational research for the International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies (IJLLS). IJLLS – the official journal of the World Association of Lesson Studies, is an exciting … Continue reading →