Japanese lesson study in mathematics : its impact, diversity and potential for educational improvement / editors, Masami Isoda ... [et al.] ; with support of Shizumi Shimizu ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Isoda, Masami.

Standardized Title:

Zu de miru Nihon no sansū sūgaku jyugyō kenkyū. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Japan.

Mathematics.

Lesson planning--Japan.

Lesson planning.

Effective teaching.

Mathematics teachers--Training of--Japan.

Mathematics teachers.

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Research--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century (2000) in the US, the authors quote from James Stigler's conclusions from various videotape research studies of mathematics teaching: ""The key to long-term improvement [in teaching] is to figure out how to generate, accumulate, and share professional knowledge"". Japanese Lesson Study has proved to be one successful means. This book supports the growing movement of lesson study to improve the quality of mathematics education from the original viewpoints of Japa

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Introduction: to the English Translation; Introduction: translated from the Japanese version; Chapter 1: Japanese Lesson Study in Mathematics; Chapter 2: Methods and Types of Study Lessons; Chapter 3: Trends of Research Topics in Japan Society of Mathematical Education; Chapter 4: Diversity and Variety of Lesson Study; Chapter 5: International Cooperative Projects; Appendices

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611121365

9781281121363

1281121363

9789812707475

9812707476

OCLC:

476099379