The Origin and Development of Lesson Study in Japan
The Origin and Development of Lesson Study in Japan
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日本课学的起源与发展
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10.1007/978-3-030-04031-4_9
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发表时间:
2019
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通讯作者:
Naomichi Makinae
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作者:
Naomichi Makinae
This study aims to clarify the history and issues in the origin of lesson study in Japan. In 1872, a new school system was started by the Meiji government. In that period, the object lesson approach was introduced in the normal school [teacher training college] as an updated teaching method for the new elementary schools. The object lesson approach method is based on Pestalozzian theory, according to which teaching in school should start from observation of objects that helps children recognize concepts through their intuition. This method introduced a significant change in teaching. The normal school undertook the responsibility of spreading the new teaching method through training teachers as well as editing and publishing instruction manuals and textbooks. In the process, the criticism lesson was introduced as a teacher training method. In this method, the normal school students presented a lesson to the class, while other students observed and discussed it. For observation and discussion, four points of criticism were used: matter, method, teacher, and children. These are also useful for today’s lesson study. Along with the criticism lesson, the object lesson approach was spread to the whole country through normal school products such as instruction manuals, new textbooks, and the teachers who graduated. This form of lesson study shows us its origin and its principles. Later, the criticism lesson expanded its role from preservice teacher training to in-service professional development. This describes how lesson study originated in Japan.