Thursday, August 25, 2011

3rd Lesson: Lesson Study

24th August 2011

It was an engaging discussion learning about "lesson study".

I like how the lesson was paced, by getting us to talk about what we know about lesson study first, then exposing us to the gist of lesson study by showing us 2 case studies and then how it can benefit us as teachers professionally.

The 2 case studies were interesting, I especially enjoyed watching our guest lecturer take a class of K1 on the cubes activity (: One thing I took away from that video was her enthusiasm and her questioning ability! Personally I feel a teacher can never have too many questions as questions stimulate thinking and may not necessarily require an answer, rather, just to get the brain gears going.

I learnt that besides our norm here, which is attending workshops or conferences, milestone courses, having informal/formal mentoring during in-house training and reading up professional development books and articles, alternatives like lesson studies may also work well. In our context, some may not be as open nor comfortable with having other professionals sit in our classrooms and observe us, but it is undeniable that good points and learning do take place because it is important that we improve and perfect our practices from time to time. This is shown and proven through the videos shown, in reference especially to the one in Japan context.

All in all I have learnt something new and it was through an engaging method, and no I did not fall asleep! Hooray!

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