Return-Path: Received: from listsv.tc.columbia.edu (listserv.tc.columbia.edu [128.59.202.50]) by kachifo.cc.columbia.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA10825 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:35:19 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:34:52 -0500 To: "Lesson Study Listserv" From: Debbie Junk Subject: Re: Lesson Study in High School Math Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" List-Unsubscribe: Reply-To: "Lesson Study Listserv" X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 >Dear Jane and Lisa, I am not doing a lesson study with high school, but am planning on using the lesson study design of professional development as a catalyst for helping elem teachers reflect on and improve the daily interactions with students in math. I have yet to write my proposal for my dissertation, but this is my intent. So if anyone out there is doing any part (math related, interactions, OR elementary) I think we would have things to share. I have found a book, Teaching and Learning in Japan eds. Rohlen and LeTendre which may be helpful. I also am planning on attending the AERA conference next spring in New Orleans, and perhaps this could be a meeting place for those interested in implementing Japanese lesson Study in the US. Any thoughts? Debbie Junk junkdeb@mail.utexas.edu >Dear Jane, >I hope to begin a very small lesson study with high school science >teachers in the fall. I would love to be in contact with you about this >as it's my first attempt. > >I'd love to ask you some questions about how you introduced it to >the teachers in your previous lesson study. For example, a lot of >people I've talked to about lesson study respond "isn't that just >lesson planning. we already do that." Is it worth explaining how >lesson study is different or just accept that as a beginning and let >them see how it is different? > >Also, did you ever have problems with the discussion where for >example teachers didn't necessarily really want to think through >and discuss the "why" for their decisions? > >One final thought re: your work. I know somebody who has done >lesson study in Math for GED teachers. She is very committed to >lesson study and had a great experience. It's not a formal >highschool setting but still might be valuable. I will forward your >e-mail to her. Let me know if you want to pursue that discussion. > >Lisa Simon >Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: "Jane Gorman" >Reply-To: "Lesson Study Listserv" > >Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:47:10 -0400 > >> >>My colleagues and I at Education Development Center in Newton, >>Massachusetts are working on a proposal that would bring >lesson study to >>high school mathematics teachers in the Boston area. We have >for the past >>year been working with one group in Watertown, Mass and have >a two more >>groups starting up this fall. >> >>At the present time, I don't know of very many high school settings >where >>there is lesson study work going on, but would like to be in touch >with >>anyone who is doing this work. If you have a high school lesson >study >>group going or are doing research in this area, please contact >me. >> >>Thanks very much. >> >>Jane Gorman >>Center for Mathematics Education >>Education Development Center, Inc. >>55 Chapel Street >>Newton, MA 02458 >> >>617-618-2807 >>jgorman@edc.org >> >> >> >> >> >>--- >>You are currently subscribed to lessonstudy as: >lsimon@ccny.cuny.edu >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to >leave-lessonstudy-339867X@listserv.tc.columbia.edu >> > >--- >You are currently subscribed to lessonstudy as: junkdeb@mail.utexas.edu >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >leave-lessonstudy-339867X@listserv.tc.columbia.edu -- --- You are currently subscribed to lessonstudy as: jlc101@columbia.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-lessonstudy-339867X@listserv.tc.columbia.edu