Understanding teacher learning in lesson study through a cultural–historical activity theory lens

Learning and Doing in Communities: Understanding Knowledge Management through the Lens of Activity Theory

In businesses, government departments and educational institutions, most innovative knowledge creation is achieved, not at the organisational or individual level, but in communities of people who have come together with a common interest. This paper describes a sequence of cases from a research project on the development of socio-technical systems, which support geographically dispersed communi...

a comparative study of the relationship between self-, peer-, and teacher-assessments in productive skills

تمایل به ارزیابی جایگزین و تعویض آن با آزمون سنتی مداد و کاغذ در سالهای اخیر افزایش یافته است. اکثر زبان آموزان در کلاس های زبان از نمره نهایی که استاد تعیین میکند ناراضی اند. این تحقیق جهت بررسی ارزیابی در کلاس های زبان انگلیسی به هدف رضایتمندی زبان آموزان از نمره هایشان انجام گرفته است که در آن نمرات ارائه شده توسط سه گروه ارزیاب (ارزیابی خود دانشجو، همسالان واستاد) در مهارت های تولید (تکل...

Abstract: Learning Through Creation: A Lesson in Anatomy Through Sculpture

Results: Of the 93 chiefs and chairman, 94% were male and 81% obtained full professor status. 98% were certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. The mean time since certification was 22 years (range 7–45 years). 87% graduated from medical schools within the United States. 9 plastic surgery programs were responsible for training 42% of the current chiefs/chairmen in plastic surgery. 56...

Lesson Study as a Means for Facilitating Preservice Teacher Reflectivity

This study sought to determine if, how, and the extent to which, the implementation of lesson study with preservice teachers facilitates reflection in its participants. The lesson study reports of 20 preservice teachers were analyzed qualitatively along three dimensions to determine what lesson study reports revealed about their reflections. More specifically, the analysis sought to determine w...

Improving Teaching through Lesson Study