As part of the
first Teaching American
History grant (2001 - 2004),
Oakland teachers of history
collaborated on lesson planning
and evaluation using the Lesson
Study method.
Lesson Study
is a structured process in which
a group of teachers identify
an instruction problem, plan
a lesson using primary resources,
teach the lesson (one member
of the group teaches the lesson
while the others observe), evaluate
and revise the lesson and share
the results with other teachers.
By collaboration
and an emphasis on lesson revision,
the insights of several teachers
are brought to bear on the problems
of effectively teaching challenging
historical concepts.
Lesson Study methodology
is widely used in Japan and
has been credited for the shift
from “teaching as telling”
to “teaching for understanding”
in Japanese mathematics and
science classrooms.
For more information on Lesson
Study see the article by Catherine
Lewis, " What
are the Essential Elements of
Lesson Study?" The California
Science Project Connection. Volume
2, No. 6. November/December 2002.)
As part of the first Teaching
American History grant (2001 -
2004), Oakland teachers of
history collaborated on lesson
planning and evaluation using
the Lesson Study method. |
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