Restructuring of Lesson Study as a qualitative research method for educational research and its problems

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590190
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Takashi Otani 名古屋大学, 教育発達科学研究科, 教授 (50128162)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 授業研究 / 質的研究 / 研究方法論 / 教育研究 / 研究言語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a result of examination of restructuring and systematizing lesson study using qualitative research methodology followings were found. (1). Lesson study can be recognized as a particular style of qualitative study. (2).Therefore lesson study can be restructured as five steps of ①decision of research question, ②research design, ③data collection, ④data analysis,⑤theorization. (3). Findings of qualitative study can be effectively applied to each steps and ⑥application of conceptual and theoretical framework, ⑦presentation of result. (4). It is necessary for lesson study as international research language to examine how common and how different both are ,and to interact and share findings each other.

Free Research Field

教育学