LESSON STUDYOR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING WHEN COLLABORATING WITH FACULTY ON INSTRUCTION

LILAC 2012GLASGOW, SCOTLANDAPRIL 12, 2012

JILL MARKGRAFERIC JENNINGSHANS KISHEL

Simple Definition:Collaborating with fellow teachers to plan, observe, and reflect on lessons. (Lewis, 2002)

WHAT IS LESSON STUDY?

THE LESSON STUDY PROCESS

WHO WE ARE

THE PROBLEM: FRESHMEN ENGLISH

Students who take the class will be able to search for, evaluate, and understand the implications of the information that they find and use them effectively.

OR

Information literacy

THE EXPECTATION

Lesson Study

THE SOLUTION?

LESSON STUDY @ UW-EAU CLAIRE

ENGLISH FACULTY

• Shevaun Watson• Assistant Professor

of English & Composition Director

• Cathy Rex• Assistant Professor

of English• Kate Hinnant

• Associate Lecturer of English

LIBRARY FACULTY• Jill Markgraf

• Head of Research & Instruction Department

• Eric Jennings• Instruction & Outreach

Librarian• Hans Kishel

• Research & Instruction Librarian for the Sciences

• Janice Bogstad• Head of Technical

Services Department

INITIAL GOALS

FOCUSED GOALS

PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE•Before the lesson students must:

• Understand types of sources of information

• Have selected a topic• Have done some

background research on their selected topic

PREPARING FOR THE SESSION

SESSION SPECS

COMPONENTS OF INITIAL SESSION

ASSESSMENT OF LESSON STUDY

INITIAL FINDINGS

THE LESSON STUDY PROCESS

COMPONENTS OF REVISED SESSION

ASSESSMENT OF LESSON STUDY

REVISED FINDINGS

BENEFITS OF OUR LESSON STUDY

QUESTIONS?

Thank you for attending!

Eric JenningsEmail: jenninge@uwec.edu

Phone: 001 715 836 4076Skype: ericjjennings