Return-Path: Received: from listserv.tc.columbia.edu (listserv.tc.columbia.edu [128.59.202.50]) by apakabar.cc.columbia.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g7TKVLtp006475 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:31:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Lesson Study Handbook by Catherine Lewis now available from RBS To: "Lesson Study Listserv" X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0 March 30, 1999 Message-ID: From: wang@rbs.org Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:37:47 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on notes/RBS(Release 5.0.2b |December 16, 1999) at 08/29/2002 04:37:55 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 List-Unsubscribe: Reply-To: wang@rbs.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by apakabar.cc.columbia.edu id g7TKVLtp006475 Hello, Lesson Study: A Handbook of Teacher-Led Instructional Change by Catherine Lewis is now available from Research for Better Schools at an introductory price of $19.99 through December 31, 2002. A brief description, along with an order form, is included in the body of this e-mail message. ---------------------------------------- Lesson study - the form of professional development long favored by Japanese teachers - has recently been initiated by teachers at many sites across North America. This handbook illuminates both the key ideas underlying lesson study and the practical support needed to make it succeed in any subject area. In lesson study, teachers plan, observe, and refine "research lessons" designed to bring to life their long-term goals for student learning and development. Japan's steady improvement of mathematics and science instruction since World War II is credited by researchers to teacher-led lesson study. Nine chapters address topics including the basic steps of lesson study, supports, misconceptions, system impact, and how to pioneer lesson study in your set-ting. The handbook provides practical resources including schedules, data collection examples, pro-tocols for lesson discussion and observation, and instructional plans for mathematics, science, and language arts. Contributions by US lesson study pioneers Lynn Liptak, Tad Watanabe, and Makoto Yoshida highlight additional issues in lesson study design. Catherine Lewis received her doctorate from Stanford University. Fluent in Japanese, she has researched lesson study since 1993, and has participated in research lessons at more than 50 Japanese and US schools. Her book Educating Hearts and Minds:Reflections on Japanese Preschool and Elementary Education (Cambridge University Press) was named an outstanding academic book of 1995 by the American Library Association's Choice. Lewis is a senior research scientist at Mills College in Oakland, California. This groundbreaking book is available only from Research for Better Schools, and the low introductory price of $19.99 expires at the end of this year. After December 31, the price is $24.99. If you believe that teachers should be the central force in their own professional growth, then read this book to discover both why and how lesson study matters. Lesson Study: A Handbook of Teacher-Led Instructional Change by Catherine Lewis Number of copies ____ x $19.99 per copy = __________________ Shipping and Handling + __________________ ($4.50 minimum; 12% for orders up to $250; 6% for orders over $250) Total = __________________ Name: ____________________________________ Position: ___________________________________ School or Institution: __________________________ __________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________ __________________________________________ City: ______________________________________ State: _____________ Zip: __________________ Phone: ____________________________________ E-mail: _____________________________________ Send payment or purchase order to: RBS Publications 444 North Third Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 Phone: 215-574-9300 Fax: 215-574-0133 info@rbs.org Visit RBS' Publications Online www.rbs.org Congratulations, Catherine, on the publication of this much-awaited Handbook on Lesson Study. Patsy ____________________________________ Patsy Wang-Iverson Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium @ RBS Research for Better Schools 444 N. Third Street Philadelphia, PA 19123-4107 vox: 215.574.9300 x264 fax: 215.574.0133 net: wang@rbs.org http://www.rbs.org --- Please feel free to post messages about lesson-study related announcements, events, and resources that you feel would be relevant to the lesson study community. If you are interested in discussing in-depth questions or insights, please use the collaborative lesson study discussion forum to conduct these online conversations: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/lessonstudy/discussionforums.html. For further instructions on using this listserv (including how to subscribe), please visit: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/lessonstudy/listserv.html.