Guerrero, Hilda
Bilyeu, L. (2009). Teachers and librarians collaborate in lesson study. Knowledge Quest ,38 (2), 14-19.
Lesson Study is a method common in Japanese schools that has been adopted by teachers and librarians who would like to improve their teaching skills as well as student achievement. During this lesson study, a group of teachers are " released" for the day in order to attend a sort of workshop where they meet with other teachers and librarians. The teachers then come up with up with a lesson plan and teach it in the classroom. Other teachers and librarians observe and take objective notes on the teaching method as well as student reactions and participation. The teachers then receive feedback from colleagues and are able to reteach with improvements. This method really encourages collaboration between librarians and teachers and it has shown positive results. It does require a budget because substitute teachers must be brought in due to the fact that teachers use a portion of the day creating a lesson plan. What do you all think?
I think teachers should have the same kind of ongoing training that the students do, and this is a good way to achieve this. I think schools must look at the overall benefits of shelling out money for the subs, rather than worrying about a budget. Teachers, students, and parents all learn better when we have opportunties to get together, share our best practices, and explore better alternatives. This would be especially helpful if newer teachers who are learning a lot of new styles and especially 2.0 collaboration tools would be partnered with experienced ones. The experienced ones would help with classroom behavior, but update their skills to stay relevant, motivated, and excited.
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