Teacher perspectives about lesson study in secondary school departments: a collaborative vehicle for professional learning and practice development

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 192-213

  Cajkler, Wasyl ^a   Wood, Phil ^a   Norton, Julie ^a   Pedder, David ^a   Xu, Haiyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaboration; lesson study; observation of learning; secondary school; teacher development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922452025     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2014.887139     Document Type: Article

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