Lesson Study as a Human Science

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Title: Lesson Study as a Human Science
Abstract/Description: Neither experimental nor design research in education is as well developed in Japan as in the United States. Yet Japanese educational practice employs a type of educational research called "lesson study" that is credited for instructional improvements, including the shift from "teaching as telling" to "teaching for understanding" in science and the development of structured problem-solving lessons in mathematics. This chapter examines lesson study as an example of the emerging paradigm of "human science," offering an image of how research and practice can relate in ways that inform practical action and the field of educational research. (Contains 1 figure.) (via ERIC)
Author/creator: Lewis, Catherine C.; Akita, Kiyomi; Sato, Manabu
Date: 2010
In publication: Teachers College Record
Volume: 112
Issue: 13
Pages: 222-237
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Theoretical
Language: en
Open access/full-text available: en Yes
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 0161-4681
DOI: 10.1177/016146811011201315
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals); Full-text PDF Shared by Author (Academia.org); Item on ERIC (EJ903550)
Citation: Lewis, C. C., Akita, K., & Sato, M. (2010). Lesson Study as a Human Science. Teachers College Record, 112(13), 222–237. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811011201315
Abbreviation: Teachers College Record