Diffusion of an educational innovation: A case study of "lesson study"

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330237
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Naruto University of Education
• Principal Investigator: ONO YUMIKO 鳴門教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 教授 (20177273)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAKAMOTO Robin 杏林大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (10460023) ; CHIKAMORI Kensuke 鳴門教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 教授 (40108874) ; MAEDA Mitsuko 大阪女学院大学, 国際・英語学部, 教授 (70454668) ; ABE Tateo 東北文教大学, 人間科学部, 准教授 (80706440) ; ISHIZAKA Hiroki 鳴門教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 准教授 (20537493)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 授業研究 / イノベーション理論 / リフレクション / 授業改善 / 継続的現職研修

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined diffusion process of an innovation (lesson study) after the termination of a project (JICA) in the Philippines, Indonesia and South Africa.
In the Philippine, lesson study was "reinvented" as "macro demonstration teaching" to acknowledge best student teachers. In Indonesia, lesson study has been endorsed as effective professional development by central and local government. On the other hand, in South Africa, no evidence was confirmed that lesson study was sustained after the project termination. It is suggested that diffusion of innovation like lesson study depend on long term commitment by an agent like university.

Free Research Field

異文化間教育