International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies: Volume 7 Issue 1

The many faces of lesson study and learning study

Keith Wood

The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the contributions to the current issue.

A literature review of lesson study in initial teacher education: Perspectives about learning and observation

Deborah Lynn Sorton Larssen, Wasyl Cajkler, Reidar Mosvold, Raymond Bjuland, Nina Helgevold, Janne Fauskanger, Phil Wood, Fay Baldry, Arne Jakobsen, Hans Erik Bugge, Gro Næsheim-Bjørkvik, Julie Norton

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a structured review of literature on lesson study (LS) in initial teacher education (ITE). The focus was on how learning and observation…

Spreading lesson study in pre-service teacher instruction

Maria Laura Angelini, Neus Álvarez

The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of pre-service teachers (PSTs) who used lesson study on a five-week school-based teaching placement. The paper analyses 12…

Learning study is “hard”: case of pre-service biology teachers in British Columbia

Yuen Sze Michelle Tan

The purpose of this paper is to describe a pilot learning study (LS) comprising of three biology pre-service teachers (PSTs) in British Columbia, which took place during an…

Improving teacher learning: variation in conceptions of learning study

Guy Durden

The purpose of this paper is to identify teachers’ conceptions of learning study in order to provide the basis for an application of phenomenography/variation theory (PVT) to the…

Spiritual group training for adolescences: Investigating the effect of group training on spiritual well-being

Hillman Wirawan, Muhammad Jufri, Andi Anto Patak

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of spiritual group training on improving the spiritual well-being (SWB) among adolescences. The SWB is one of the factors…