Teacher Learning with Lesson Study
Lesson study is a form of teacher professional development that originated in Japan. This article gives an overview of lesson study with its structure, variation, and history and reviews emerging lesson study research literature to explicate models of teacher learning with lesson study as well as to identify future research agendas. Teachers learn with lesson study by developing knowledge for teaching, establishing professional communities, and producing teaching resources. The challenges teachers face with lesson study in new cultures should be considered as learning opportunities by which teachers develop necessary inquiry skills, and that will help us understand teacher learning and existing teaching systems better.