A US-Japan lesson study collaboration reveals critical lenses for examining practice

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-185

  Fernandez, Clea ^a   Cannon, Joanna ^a   Chokshi, Sonal ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Japanese education; Mathematics; Professional development; Standards based reform; Teacher collaboration; Teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037320998     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(02)00102-6     Document Type: Review

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