Exploring the variety and quality in the practice of lesson study in Singapore schools

Realising Learning: Teachers' Professional Development Through Lesson and Learning Study

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 41-61

  Lee, Christine Kim Eng ^a,b   Lim Ratnam, Christina ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS)   (United Kingdom)

^c Singapore schools ^*  (Singapore)

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EID: 84947869408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315814216     Document Type: Chapter

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