Trends of and implications for the diffusion of lesson study: thematic analysis of WALS2019 conference presentations

• Published in: International journal for lesson and learning studies Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 61 - 74
• Main Authors: Fang, Yanping, Wang, Hongyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 05.01.2021; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Collaboration; Conferences; Education; Educational Administration; Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Participation; Physical Education; Reflective teaching; Research funding; Schools; Student Teachers; Trends; Universities; Thailand; Singapore; Spread; Research relationships; Lesson study; WALS; Theories and methods; Diffusion; Learning study; Adaptation; Cross-culture comparative; Implications

PurposeA first post-WALS attempt at a thematic analysis of the conference presentations since its first annual meeting in 2007, this paper aims to achieve two major purposes: first, to capture the trends of spread and diffusion of lesson and learning studies globally and second, to draw useful impli...