Student Voice in Lesson Study

Offering theory and practical insights, this publication brings together top-quality contributions by distinguished authors from research and practice as well as students from around the world to flesh out the role of Student Voice in Lesson Study (SVLS).

The book provides a comprehensive up-to-date compilation of important issues around SVLS. Chapters guide readers to understand the rich contextual nature of student voice in education and Lesson Study. It includes teachers, their learners, and researchers offering practice-oriented insights into their Lesson Study experience. The book explores and discusses theoretical foundations, social functions, roles, aims and purposes, the impact of attending to student voice, an emerging SVLS-methodology including issues of planning, coordinating, conducting, and reporting about student voice, dialogic teaching and learning, as well as democratic citizenship in Lesson Study.

It is a useful guide for practitioners and student educators interested in the benefits of Lesson Study in the classroom.

Anne Mette Færøyvik Karlsen is an associate professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, where she is responsible for courses that are part of the Master program of Educational Leadership. Her research focuses specifically on student voice and teachers’ professional learning in Lesson Study.

Claudia Mewald is an independent Lesson Study researcher and freelance teacher educator. She is a retired Professor of TESOL, having previously taught and conducted qualitative research in foreign language methodology, and testing and assessment at Austrian and international universities and schools.

Tomoko Tamura is a professor at Waseda University, Japan. Her work focuses on school-based curriculum development and management, student agency, Lesson Study, and teachers’ professional learning, and she has contributed to national-level educational policy discussions.

Yuko Uesugi is a professor at the prefectural Eikei University of Hiroshima, Japan, specialising in American literature and English education, focusing on Sylvia Plath, CLIL, and innovative pedagogy. She leads national and international projects on global competency, BEVI-based assessment, and developing new models linking intercultural competency with English proficiency.