Integrating Lesson Study into Pre-service Teacher Education: A Proposed Model of Learning to Teach in Real Context
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v2n4.473Keywords:
Lesson Study, pre-service teacher education, learning to teachAbstract
In this paper, we argue that there are potential advantages of integrating Lesson Study in pre-service teacher education as compared to the conventional model of pre-service teacher education. The paper will first describe the two key features of Lesson Study and theorize how these features can help to enhance pre-service teachers’ pedagogical and content knowledge, as evidenced in our earlier research studies that integrated lesson study into pre-service teacher education during their teaching method courses. This paper ends with a proposed model of integrating Lesson Study into pre-service teacher education, particularly during teaching practices.
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