A comparative perspective on teacher collaboration: The cases of lesson study in Japan and of multidisciplinary teaching in Denmark

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapportBidrag til bog/antologiForskningfagfællebedømt

In this chapter, we present and compare two quite different organisations of teachers’ collaborative work: that of lesson study as a means for professional development of mathematics teachers in Japan, and that of Danish high school teachers’ collaboration in the setting of multidisciplinary modules. Each of these turns out to be crucially affected by certain school level paradidactic infrastructures, defined conditions and constraints of teachers’ collaborative work in preparing, observing and evaluating actual teaching. The systematic and comparative study of paradidactic infrastructures is proposed as a way to interpret and ultimately overcome difficulties which arise, for instance in attempts to realise major educational reforms.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelFrom Text to 'Lived' Resources : Mathematics Curriculum Materials and Teacher Development
Antal sider14
ForlagSpringer Netherlands
Publikationsdato1 jan. 2012
Sider291-304
ISBN (Trykt)9789400719651
ISBN (Elektronisk)9789400719668
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 2012

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