Lesson Study in Kazakhstan Tavilya Akimova Center of

Lesson Study in Kazakhstan Tavilya Akimova Center of Excellence branch in Aktobe Director

Main dimensions for introducing Lesson Study in Kazakhstan COE are external advisers as part of post-course support Teacher training courses School-based teacher professional development Training school trainers Sharing website Annual LS conferences

School-based training «Practice-based inquiry» Training school trainers Training teachers to be school trainers in their own schools in relation to «Practice-based inquiry» including LS: CONTENT of 80 hour course: Lesson Study cycle, lesson planning, methods of observing the lesson, the ways of lesson analysis , introduction of concepts of LS ecology and culture of LS Schoolbased teacher training 1526 school trainers for 763 schools in 2018 • School trainers introduce LS within their own schools, support and consult teachers, who are eager to participate in LS in their school, to develop and extend research skills of teachers

Special sessions devoted to Lesson Study within the annual NIS international conferences since 2011 Annual conferences Participation in WALS conferences since 2013 Regional Lesson Study conferences since 2017

Regional Lesson Study conferences • In 2017 and 2018 - first regional Lesson Study conferences "Lesson Study: the experience of Kazakhstani schools“ where teachers share their experience on LS • 1300 teachers participated in 7 conferences

Sharing website http: //www. lessonstudy. kz

Moreover, in 2018 …

Set of resources «Lesson study Box» for teachers who want to conduct LS

Promoting Lesson Study beyond Kazakhstan Workshop «Action Research and Lesson Study: Nazarbayev Intellectual schools experience» within Ed. Crunch conference (Moscow)

Promoting Lesson Study beyond Kazakhstan • Lesson study workshop for the Teacher Development Institute staff, Tolyatti, Russia. фото

Promoting Lesson Study beyond Kazakhstan Seminar for managers and teachers of educational institutions, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Time-line of introducing Lesson Study in Kazakhstan 2012 2013 Lesson study approach is implemented in the content of training programs of the Center of Excellence 2013 2014 2018 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 Within the International Visits of scientific experts from conferences of Japan to AEO conduct "Nazarbayev workshops on Intellectual the schools" holding implementation sessions devoted of Lesson Study to Lesson Study 2018 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 Participation of the Center of Excellence in international conferences of Word Association of Lesson Study 2017 2018 2015 Center of Excellence is an official member of the Board of World Association of Lesson Studies Holding of regional conferences "Lesson Study: the experience of Kazakhstan schools" Training of school trainers and the introduction of intra-school professional development course “Practice –based inquiry’

Seminars and workshops on the Lesson study for teachers of Kazakhstan • April-July 2013 - senior research fellow at the National Institute of education Studies of the Ministry of education of Japan Toshiya Chichibu • October 2014 -Dean of the Saga University (Japan) Tetsuo Kuramoto • March 2018 - researcher at the National Institute for education policy research Toshiya Chichibu (Tokyo, Japan) for 60 trainers of the COE and 12 teachers of Nazarbayev Intellectual schools

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