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APEC Lesson Study Project: Looking Back and Expansion among APEC member economies APEC HRD Project. 03 -2006,02 -2007,02 -2008 Collaborative Studies on Innovations for Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Different Cultures (I)(II)(III)
Target of the Project: Respond to the APEC priority area Priority area of the third APEC Education Ministerial Meeting “Stimulating Learning in Mathematics and Science” 1) Improve quality of Teaching Improve thethe quality of Teaching and Learning Mathematics Through Lesson Study through Lesson In Chile, Oct. 2007, total 2300 people observed a model of teaching approach at Seven Auditoriums . Plan (Preparing) →Do (Observe Lesson)→ See (Reflection) 2) Supporting Challenges of Each Economy through Lesson Study
Why do we need Lesson Study? We can reform curriculum documents but difficult to implement it. Implementation of Curriculum Standards Professional Development of In-service Teachers No reference 7% No existence Knowing the existence only 0% Existence but a few participation 33% Having an opportunity to read 7% Existence 20% Existence and Working 40% Trying to implement Well implementing 87% 0% Well working 86% of Economies are engaging in movement of Lesson Study for improvement. The Project is: Useful for Improvement of the Quality of Education 100%. Influential to Other Subjects Such As Science 93%. Through Lesson Study, Specialists, including new comers, are working; for Developing Innovative Teaching Approach → 93% as a Part of Curriculum Implementation → 80% for Curriculum Improvement → 80% for Sharing Model of Teaching Approaches → 80% for Developing Teachers → 80% for Developing Students → 80% for Developing theory of teaching → 50% 0% 7%
Project Framework: APEC Fund and Self Fund APEC grant ($90, 000), Thailand ($50, 000), Japan ($90, 000), USA ($15, 000), and other expenses by each economy Project Meeting For Planning (Japan) For Producing (Thailand) Products: Textbook Videos Knowledge Bank Wiki from Chalk and Talk Approach to Child Centered Approach APEC Each Economy Specialists Group of Teachers
Products for APEC Lesson Study Project during 2006 -2008 Reports and videos (approx. 20 video) Developing model of teaching approaches Sharing model of teaching approaches on Knowledge Bank Developing Lesson Study community using website, Knowledge Bank, Wiki, Live broadcasting
Live Lesson Demonstrations on Dec. 9 and 10, 2007 Number of the Access of the Internet TV program APEC Outside North America 233 2 South America 97 16 Chile(54), Peru(43), Brazil, Argentina Chile Peru Thailand(87), Malaysia(37), Singapore(25), Brunei Thailand Malaysia Singapore Darussalam, Darussalam Hong Kong, Kong Philippines, Philippines India, India Chinese Taipei, Taipei Korea, Korea Indonesia, Indonesia China, China Macau , Israel, Jordan, Turkey Asia (except Japan) 199 41 Japan 677 0 Oceania 24 Europe 0 Africa 0 1130 (553) Total Economies (Number of access in case larger than 20) USA(150), Canada(83), Mexico, USA Canada Mexico Honduras, Guatemala 0 Australia(22), New Zealand 74 Sweden(46), UK, France, Denmark, Bosnia Herzegovina, Norway, Netherland, Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, Germany 5 Uganda, South Africa, Morocco 138 40 economies in the world, 19 economies from APEC (Number of the access from APEC except Japan)
Expansion during 2009 - 2010 • Expand to other subjects such as Science • Supporting expansion in each economy by encourage successful economy to host Lesson Study workshop • Supplementary to Books, using effective means of communication like videos on website, live broadcasting via internet, Wiki website to share experiences among APEC member economies
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