Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of the Lesson Study (LS) to the professional development of teachers. The present work, which is part of a broader research effort, was realized from February 12 to April 1, 2016 in the second grade of lyceum in a school in the prefecture of Attica. Initially, all the school’s scholars (4) and 31 students participated. From the results of the survey, regarding the teachers’ perceptions of the contribution of the lesson study to the differentiation of their attitudes and practices for the design of the course and their teaching, all the teacher participants in the research stated that they benefited from the lesson study as far as the subject of their teaching and the foresight of students’ possible questions were concerned. At the same time, it has a positive impact on promoting co-operation and professional development of teachers as a form of training within the school.

Highlights

  • Professional development of teachers is an important factor in upgrading our education system

  • The main purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of collaborative teaching design in the context of the implementation of the Lesson Study (LS) to the professional development of teachers

  • Traditional and research lessons were transcribed in digital form as text files (Creswell, 2011)

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Introduction

Professional development of teachers is an important factor in upgrading our education system. It follows from the above that: a. From the implementation of the lesson study to the classroom, the professional ies.ccsenet.org. There is a lack of relevant research on the use of the lesson study in Greek secondary education. Vol 11, No 12; 2018 development of the teachers through the collaborative design of teaching is achieved; and b. This lack of research is intended to be covered in this research

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