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“Understanding the distinction between “incidental” and “purposeful” lesson study learning is essential if U.S. lesson study practitioners are to engage in a deeper, more sustainable lesson study process. Groups could conceivably go through numerous iterations of lesson study without ever becoming aware of or addressing this concern. Lesson study practitioners need to become vigilant monitors of their own work in order to avoid this pitfall. As a community, U.S. lesson study practitioners need to pay explicit attention to thinking and learning about how to achieve a lesson study practice that is purposeful and productive because it is goal driven.”( Lewis & Tsuchida, 1998) This excerpt is particularly salient to Cornerstone schools as we approach the 2007 Winter Conference to be held in Stamford, Connecticut. As a school change organization, we are ready to move deeper into studies of classroom lessons to build practice that is worthy of sustainability while impacting teachers, students, and schools to the deepest level. Last month Spotlight on Literacy included a checklist for improving Lesson Study and impacting student achievement. The Winter Conference promises to be chock full of learning as we continue to explore the role of Facilitator and Knowledgeable Other to meet this end. The following article describes the journey of one school district, Springfield, Massachusetts, and the beginning of their exploration of goal driven Lesson Study. |
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CORNERSTONE NETWORK
WINTER MEETING “Within Sight, Within Reach, Within Us” The keynote speaker, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and Director of the New York Planetarium, will open the conference on Wednesday, January 31, 4:30 p.m. Host of “NOVA Science NOW,” other PBS programs and author of seven books, Mr. Tyson, will talk of his pursuit of astronomy as a young African-American urban student. Through his remarks, he promises to “bring us closer to the universe of ambition” (expanding the imagination of possibilities in the minds of students, parents and educators) and “closer to the universe itself” (demonstrating the excitement of science as a learning content.) Those attending this meeting will experience a focus on Literacy teaching strategies needed for scientific inquiry, an understanding of what it means to be a “knowledgeable other and facilitator” of Lesson Study, and first-hand experience of non-fiction expository writing. As a Cornerstone network colleague, click here to see the detailed schedule (draft—last minute details still jelling) of the rich content in store for you. |
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