Lesson Study in Singapore: 2013

Monday, November 11, 2013

Concluding Lesson Study

Concluding Lesson Study from Jimmy Keng

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Lesson Study at Japanese School in Connecticut

Please save the date: Greenwich Japanese School Open House, Friday, 15 November 2013

Place: Greenwich, CT

The public research lessons have been confirmed:

Apple (Special Education): Mathematics in Shopping

Gr. 3: Multiplication Algorithm - Two-digit times one-digit

Gr. 5: Investigating Interior Angles

Gr. 7: 3-D Figures - Spatial Figures (Polyhedrons)

Lesson plans will be sent to Open House participants.

Detailed information will be available by next week at www.globaledresources.com

Saturday, September 14, 2013

APEC Khon Kaen International Symposium on Lesson Study

APEC Khon Kaen International Symposium 2013 Yeap from Jimmy Keng

This is the presentation I made at the APEC session.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Keynote Lecture 1 Makoto Yoshida (USA)
Keynote Lecture 2 Chen Xiangming (China)
Both spoke about the use of lesson study as a vehicle for reforms. Yoshida used mthematics education while Chen used language education as examples.

Keynote Lecture 3 John Elliott (UK)
Elliott spoke about how lesson study exemplifies Teacher as researcher idea made popular by Stenhouse. Elliotte is well known in the field of action research.

Day 1 comprised three keynote lectures.

MyNotes of the lectures are available here

Day 2 comprised of one keynotes and four plenary sessions with many concurrent sessions.

Keynote Lecture 4 on early childhood education was by Ingrid P. Samuelsson (Sweden) and Keynote Lecture 4 was by Ference Marton and Ulla Runesson (Sweden).

The Plenary Sessions were on special education, teacher education, teacher research, school development from principals' perspectives, and early childhood. There was also a plenary on progress and resistance in lesson study. I am involved in the plenary on early childhood with Kiyomi Akita (Japan) and Camilla Bjorklund (Sweden). The slides I used in summing up their presentations are available here.

Details for WALS2013 in Bandung

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Lesson Study at PCF Kindergartens

Lesson Study Overview Lecture for PCF Kindergartens from Jimmy Keng

Mass Lecture on 4 September 2013

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Bandung 2014

World Association for Lesson Study WALS International Conferences

Singapore 2012

The conference brought together about 1200 delegates from 25 countries across the globe. The largest contingent was from Singapore, followed by Sweden, Japan and Indonesia. For the first time ever, WALS had representatives from 8 new countries: Bahrain, Ghana, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, South Africa and Uzbekistan. The programme included 3 keynote addresses, 6 plenary sessions, 238 papers, 19 symposia, 9 workshops, 41 posters and school visits. The organizing committee was warmly thanked for providing an excellent conference.

Sweden 2013

This year the WALS conference chaired by Associate Professor Mona Holmqvist, held in Gothenburg between 6 – 9 September, has attracted more than 600 delegates from 29 countries. It is a significant WALS conference because it is the first to be held outside East Asia. The theme, “Learning and Lesson Study as Teacher Research” is being explored through 5 keynotes addresses, plenary sessions, symposia, workshops, poster exhibits and culminates in school visits.

Indonesia 2014

This conference, chaired by Dr Sumar Hendayana, will be held at the Indonesia University of Education in Bandung from November 25 – 28 2014. The theme is “Becoming Reflective Educators and Professionals of Learning”. This conference has received support from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The first call for papers will go out on 30 November 2013.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Dunman High School

Facilitating Lesson Study Discussion from Jimmy Keng

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Lesson Study in Early Childhood Settings

This will happen on 4 September 2013.

This lecture is about the process of lesson study and how it provides teachers with professional development in content, pedagogy and content-pedagogical knowledge. The speaker will describes each stage of the process and what each stake holder can do to maximise the impact of lesson study.

It is given by Dr Yeap Ban Har.

Dr Yeap Ban Har is the principal of Marshall Cavendish Institute and also Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at Pathlight School. He teaches mathematics education courses all over the world and taught at National Institute of Education for a decade prior to his current appointments in 2010. In early childhood education, he teaches courses at SEED Institute / Wheelock College and SIM University. In lesson study, he is Singapore's specialist at APEC Lesson Study research group. He is also a council member at World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS). In WALS 2013 in Sweden, he will participate in a plenary session on lesson study in early childhood setting with professors from Sweden and Japan. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics education and Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies (NUS) and Master of Education (NIE/NTU).

Monday, August 5, 2013

Lesson Study Trip to Nagoya

Nagoya Lesson Study Programme from Jimmy Keng

Monday, July 29, 2013

Readings

Some articles on lesson study

Article 1

Article 2

Teck Ghee Primary School together with other schools in S6 Cluster used a modified version of lesson study in their cluster professional development.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Lesson Study Open House @ North Vista Primary School

NVPS Lesson Study Open House from Jimmy Keng

LESSON STUDY (LS) OPEN HOUSE 2013 ~ PUBLIC RESEARCH LESSONS

North Vista Primary School is honoured to organize the LESSON STUDY (LS) OPEN HOUSE 2013 ~ PUBLIC RESEARCH LESSONS, with the support from MOE North 1 Cluster and Citi-NIE, to benefit our education fraternity. We cordially invite teachers from all schools to attend the Lesson Study (LS) Open House.

The theme this year is “Teachers as Researchers”.

For any good school that seeks to engage its learners, the key success factor is the quality of its teaching staff.

Lesson Study is one of the key Professional Development Community (PLC) tools that our school utilizes to improve our instructional practices that in turn lead to improved student learning outcomes.

Using this Open House as a platform, we hope to promote LS as an effective Professional Development tool for Singapore teachers. Participants will have opportunities to observe one of the four concurrent research lessons in Primary Mathematics, Primary Science, Malay Language and Physical Education and participate in the post-lesson discussions which will be facilitated by our invited knowledgeable others from MOE and NIE. Kindly refer to the attachments on the details on the abstracts of the lesson study lessons, knowledgeable others and the programme.

Dr. Yeap Ban Har, Principal of Marshall Cavendish Institute will deliver the keynote address.

Date: 23 July 2013

Time: 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. (Registration and Lunch from 1 pm)

Venue: North Vista Primary School

Fee: $10 per participant (for lunch, refreshments and resources)

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Lesson Study @ Evergreen Primary School

This is the introduction lecture at the school.

Lesson Study Overview from Jimmy Keng

Monday, March 18, 2013

EARCOME6 Lesson Study Lecture

EARCOME 6 from Jimmy Keng

Photographs of the grade one open lesson is available on MCI's Facebook.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Lesson Study Overview at Princess Elizabeth Primary School

Lesson Study Overview from Jimmy Keng

Monday, February 18, 2013

Singapore Math & Lesson Study in Florida

Singapore Math througfh Lesson Study from Jimmy Keng

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lesson Study Immersion Program in Japan

IMPULS Lesson Study Immersion Program 2013

Project IMPULS (International Math-teacher Professionalization Using Lesson Study) at the Tokyo Gakugei University is offering an intensive Lesson Study Immersion Program in Japan in the summer of 2013 . Dates of the program are from June 23 (Sunday) to July 4 (Thursday), 2013.

Project IMPULS Lesson Study Immersion Program offers leaders of lesson study a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in authentic mathematics Lesson Study in Japan. Participants will observe several mathematics research lessons, developed through Lesson Study in elementary and secondary schools, and participate in live post-lesson discussions. All research lessons and post-lesson discussions will be simultaneously translated into English by the experts, Drs. Tad Watanabe and Makoto Yoshida. In addition, participants will have numerous opportunities to interact with teachers, students, and education professors from various regions in Japan.

Here is the tentative schedule for the Lesson Study Immersion Program 2013.

6/23	Sun.	Arrival day
6/24	Mon.	Opening Session and Workshop: Mathematics teaching and learning in Japan, and lesson study by Drs. Toshialira Fujii and Akihiko Takahashi
6/25	Tue.	Visiting a lower secondary school to observe a mathematics research lesson and a post-lesson discussion
6/26	Wed.	Visiting an elementary school to observe a mathematics research lesson and a post-lesson discussion
6/27	Thu.	Move to Yamanashi prefecture
6/28	Fri.	Visiting an elementary school to observe a mathematics research lesson and a post-lesson discussion weaknesses
6/29	Sat.	Move to Tokyo
6/30	Sun.	Free. Explore Tokyo and surrounding areas to experience everyday life in Japan.
7/1	Mon.	Free.
7/2	Tue.	Visiting a lower secondary school to observe a mathematics research lesson and a post-lesson discussion
7/3	Wed.	Visiting an elementary school to observe a mathematics research lesson and a post-lesson discussion
7/4	Thu.	Closing Session
7/5	Fri.	Departing day

Approximate Cost for participating the program

All the costs for the lectures/workshops during the program and the translation of the research lesson, post lesson discussion, and lesson plan will be provided by the Project IMPULS at no cost. The participants will be responsible for the international/domestic travel, and room and board:

● Program fee that covers the cost of hotel lodging during the program: 139,500 JPY (approximately $1600 U.S)

● Meals and domestic travel (approximately 500-1000 JPY for lunch and 1000-2000 JPY for dinner)

● International travel (approximately $2200 from the U.S.)

Application Form

Please send your application to Akihiko Takahashi at atakahas@u-gakugei.ac.jp by Sunday, February 10, 2013. Use subject line: “LSIP application”. You may write your responses within the text of the email message or attach them as a separate document (Word, RTF, or plain text format). You will be notified of acceptance or rejection by Wednesday, February 20, and will need to submit a deposit of 10,000 Yen by Friday, March 1.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Chicago Lesson Study Conference

The 2013 Chicago Lesson Study Conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, May 3 & 4, 2013 at Prieto Math and Science Academy, 2231 N. Central in Chicago (the site of last year's conference). The theme of this conference will be on "Bringing the Common Core to life through Lesson Study".

At this moment we have three math research lessons planned for the two days. Two of the lessons will feature teams from Prieto, where they have been working on supporting student note-taking as a way to help students "construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others." A kindergarten lesson will be based on a Japanese textbook that has been adapted to support the Common Core. A third grade lesson, probably addressing fractions, will focus on teaching through problem solving.

As usual, we will also have fabulous speakers providing insights into the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and lesson study.

A full announcement, with a tentative agenda and information about lodging and registration, will be sent out soon.

World Association of Lesson Studies WALS 2013 International Conference in Sweden

WALS 2013 Firts Announcement from Jimmy Keng

WALS 2013 Call for Papers from Jimmy Keng

My Presentations on Lesson Study

6.7.8 April Chua Chu Kang Primary School is having the research lessons for three levels.
25 March 2015 Dunman High School A workshop on Introduction to Lesson Study for teachers new to the school.
6 January 2014 Punggol Primary School A workshop on professional learning through lesson planning
4 September 2013 PCF Kindergartens A lecture for schools taking part in lesson study in kindergartens. This is a project with PCF Kindergartens.
24 July 2013 Xingnan Primary School A seminar on facilitating discussion during lesson study as well as discussing lesson videos.
28 June 2013 Nanyang Primary School A seminar on lesson study facilitation for all its learning team.
22 May 2013 Anglo Chinese Junior College A review lecture on lesson study. The physics team conducted an open lesson last year.
3 April 2013 Tampines Primary School An overview session for the teachers at the school.
27 March 2013 Evergreen Primary School embarks on a year-long lesson study on collaborative learning and technology. The professional learning teams were given an overview lecture on lesson study.
20 February 2013 Princess Elizabeth Primary School revisits the idea of lesson study
17 February 2013 APEC - Tsukuba International Conference in Tokyo Panel Discussion on factors for successful implementation of lesson study with panelists from Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Thailand and The Philippines
29 November 2012 WALS International Conference Plenary session on lesson study in early childhood settings
29 August 2012 Anglo Chinese Junior College hosted a LPC Symposium for the junior colleges, pre-university centre and schools with Integrated Programmes.
29 March 2012 Coral Secondary will be having a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
27 February 2012 First Toa Payoh Secondary had a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
17 January 2012 Kranji Secondary School and Dunman Secondary School are Ministry of Education's Partner Schools in the 21st Century Competencies implementation project. Both used lesson study as part of the process to explore using thinking routines and facilitation tools in their classrooms.
16 January 2012 Assumption English School began their lesson study journey. Throughout the first quarter of 2012, I facilitated lesson study in this school as well as in Kong Hwa School, Mayflower Primary School, First Toa Payoh Secondary School, and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.
13 January 2012 Bina Bangsa School in Jakarta did a lesson study on primary five mathematics. I had the opportunity to facilitate the discussion.
11 January 2012 Presentations on lesson study were made at Tampines Junior College's Third Professional Learning Symposium and , later on the same day, at Nanyang Primary School.
28 December 2011 Presentations on lesson study were made to teachers at Fairfield Methodist Primary School and Westview Primary School.
27 December 2011 An Introduction to Lesson Study was conducted at Assumption English School.
7 February 2011 Raffles Institution adapts the lesson-study process for its teacher mentoring programme for Philosophy teachers.
19 Jan 2011 Kong Hwa School is the first of many school to participate in Marshall Cavendish Institute's Lesson Study Programme. The first session helps each LS team identify its research theme.
6 July 2010 Jurong West Secondary School organised a session on lesson study in mathematics. This is an introductory session with examples from other schools. Venue: Jurong West Secondary School
4 May 2010 S1 Cluster CoP Mathematics organised a session on lesson study in mathematics. This is an introductory session with opportunities to write research themes and see examples from other primary schools. Venue: Jingshan Primary School
28 April 2010 I presented an introduction to lesson study to teachers at the newly set up School of Science and Technology.
13 April 2010 Workshop on facilitating post-lesson discussion hosted by North Vista Primary School for the school cluster. There was opportunity for participants to observe an open lesson and participate in the post-lesson discussion.
20 February 2010 I delivered a lecture at APEC- Tsukuba University International Conference in Tokyo on the use of assessment tasks in lesson study.
24 Feb, 10, 24 & 31 March 2010 In-service course Lesson Study in Primary Mathematics: Concepts & Principles. Venue: Bukit View Primary School. The follow-up course which required teachers to go through one cycle of the lesson-study process included teams from Bukit View rimary School (two teams), Princess Elizabeth Primary School, Lakeside Primary School (two teams)
13 January 2010 & 9 February 2010 I delivered an introductory lecture on lesson study to staff of Woodlands Ring Primary School and Da Qioa Primary School. The session at Da Qiao was recorded by ETD. Hopefully, it will produce a e-version of this lecture so that other schools that wants its teachers to be introduced to lesson study can use this as a resource.
2, 9, 16 & 21 March 2009 In-service course Lesson Study in Primary Mathematics: Concepts & Principles. Venue: Maris Stella High School (Primary). The follow-up course which required teachers to go through one cycle of the lesson-study process included teams from Haig Girls' School, North Vista Primary School and Ang Mo Kio Primary School
24 November 2009 I delivered three sessions on lesson study in pre-school setting in Singapore. This is based on my work with five PCF Kindergartens and Ministry of Education.
23 November 2009. I delivered a short lecture on lesson study to a gathering of middle managers from School Cluster North 4 at Nan Chiau High School.
21 November 2009. I delivered a plenary lecture on lesson study under the title How To Empower Your Teachers to Deliver a Wolrd-Class Programme to an audience of 750 school leaders and teachers at My Pals Are Here Annual Gathering in Jakarta Indonesia.
2-3 September 2009 In collaboration with SEAMEO RECSAM, Ministry of Education Singapore hosted a seminar on lesson study in primary mathematics. I gave a presentation on lesson study in primary mathematics in Singapore. I was also involved in the two research lessons that were conducted on the second day of the seminar.
13-16 July 2009 Among the various sessions I presented at National Conference on Singapore Math in Las Vegas, USA, was a session on lesson study in kindergarten and elementary school mathematics. I shared research lessons, their research themes and nuggets from the post-lesson discussions.
16 March 2009 Yu Neng Primary School. In this session, teachers were given a quick introduction to lesson study and given a chance to articulate their research themes. Subsequently, I shared tools used in lesson planning, research lesson and post-lesson discussion to facilitate teacher learning. The school has done some lesson study in the past year. This session was repeated on 23 November 2009 for Griffith Primary School which will start on lesson study in selected subjects and grade levels in 2010.
4 Feb 2009 Unity Primary School. A similar session to the one in Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School was held for the group of primary five science teachers interested to do lesson study in the school.
21 Jan 2009 Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School. The presentation was an introduction to lesson study. It aimed to put teachers in the correct mindset when doing lesson study. The school is embarking on a whole-school approach, led by the mathematics department. KCPP sent teachers for the in-service course Lesson Study in Primary Mathematics last year.
29 March 2012 Coral Secondary will be having a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
27 February 2012 First Toa Payoh Secondary had a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
17 January 2012 Kranji Secondary School and Dunman Secondary School are Ministry of Education's Partner Schools in the 21st Century Competencies implementation project. Both used lesson study as part of the process to explore using thinking routines and facilitation tools in their classrooms.
16 January 2012 Assumption English School began their lesson study journey. Throughout the first quarter of 2012, I facilitated lesson study in this school as well as in Kong Hwa School, Mayflower Primary School, First Toa Payoh Secondary School, and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.
13 January 2012 Bina Bangsa School in Jakarta did a lesson study on primary five mathematics. I had the opportunity to facilitate the discussion.
29 March 2012 Coral Secondary will be having a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
27 February 2012 First Toa Payoh Secondary had a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
17 January 2012 Kranji Secondary School and Dunman Secondary School are Ministry of Education's Partner Schools in the 21st Century Competencies implementation project. Both used lesson study as part of the process to explore using thinking routines and facilitation tools in their classrooms.
16 January 2012 Assumption English School began their lesson study journey. Throughout the first quarter of 2012, I facilitated lesson study in this school as well as in Kong Hwa School, Mayflower Primary School, First Toa Payoh Secondary School, and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.
13 January 2012 Bina Bangsa School in Jakarta did a lesson study on primary five mathematics. I had the opportunity to facilitate the discussion.
29 March 2012 Coral Secondary will be having a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
27 February 2012 First Toa Payoh Secondary had a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
17 January 2012 Kranji Secondary School and Dunman Secondary School are Ministry of Education's Partner Schools in the 21st Century Competencies implementation project. Both used lesson study as part of the process to explore using thinking routines and facilitation tools in their classrooms.
16 January 2012 Assumption English School began their lesson study journey. Throughout the first quarter of 2012, I facilitated lesson study in this school as well as in Kong Hwa School, Mayflower Primary School, First Toa Payoh Secondary School, and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.
13 January 2012 Bina Bangsa School in Jakarta did a lesson study on primary five mathematics. I had the opportunity to facilitate the discussion.
29 March 2012 Coral Secondary will be having a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
27 February 2012 First Toa Payoh Secondary had a seminar on introduction to lesson study.
17 January 2012 Kranji Secondary School and Dunman Secondary School are Ministry of Education's Partner Schools in the 21st Century Competencies implementation project. Both used lesson study as part of the process to explore using thinking routines and facilitation tools in their classrooms.
16 January 2012 Assumption English School began their lesson study journey. Throughout the first quarter of 2012, I facilitated lesson study in this school as well as in Kong Hwa School, Mayflower Primary School, First Toa Payoh Secondary School, and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.
13 January 2012 Bina Bangsa School in Jakarta did a lesson study on primary five mathematics. I had the opportunity to facilitate the discussion.