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ABSTRACT
Graduate school in Marikina Polytechnic College has transformed its mode of teaching from face-to-
face to online setup and classified by the college as innovative class. Thus, an appropriate learning
assessment should be conducted throughout the innovative class. Lesson study was chosen to be
one of the outputs in Foundation of Mathematics for MAT-Math graduate school students (also
professional teachers who continued their studies) as learning assessment. This proceeds to the
objective of this study, which is to determine the personal learning of graduate school students and to
their teaching and learning as professional teachers after doing lesson study. The method used in this
research is social impact assessment. Reflections of graduate school students to the conducted
series of lesson study was collected and was analyzed through thematic approach. Furthermore, this
study shows that graduate school students learning after conducting lesson study are value in
collaboration, openness to continuous improvement, technological and pedagogical knowledge
enrichment, and writing scholarly works. Also, this study discusses the impact of lesson study to
graduate school students teaching and learning: plan-teach-reflect cycle implementation, teaching
creatively and innovatively, focus on students’ learning, current issues awareness in teaching and
learning, and pedagogical confidence. Consequently, it is suggested to use the lesson study as
learning assessment for graduate school students since, it is also considered as continuing
professional development for teachers.
Keywords: Lesson Study, Graduate School Students, Social Impact Assessment, Philippines
INTRODUCTION
“Doing lesson study has given me a lot Impact of doing Lesson Study to Graduate
of teaching strategies that I can use School Students’ Teaching and Learning
both in face-to-face learning and in
online class. It enhances my skills and According to Somma (2016), doing lesson
ideas because of different techniques study provides impact to the teaching and
that have been presented by different learning of teachers, as if it is a professional
groups. I've learned to widen my ideas development for them. In this research, some
on how to effectively teach students of these impacts have been identified after the
while they are also enjoying.” – GS Graduate School students conducted lesson
Student H studies and it has been discussed below:
“Lesson study influences my teaching
1. Plan-Teach-Reflect Cycle and learning in that it inspires me to
Implementation consider the best ways to interact with
students and share ideas using a new
In the study of Behling, et.al (2022), it application that might help students
was stated that the Plan-Teach-Reflect cycle understand the lesson that I am
must be used as a basis of teacher educations teaching…” – GS Student N
programs for the enhancement of professional
teachers. However, the plan-teach-reflect 3. Focus on Students’ Learning
cycle, also known as teachers’ reflective cycle,
is evident in doing lesson study which make In the new era of education, hardware
professional teachers understand better their and software are becoming more critical and
teaching practices in a collaborative way complicated to use in teaching. Having said
(Gutierez, 2015). This is proven by some of the that, professional teachers are likely to provide
reflections of the graduate school students: more support to their students for better
learning when using different technology in
“It (lesson study) gives us teachers the learning mathematics (Means, 2010).
opportunity to plan, teach, observe, Understanding and focusing on students’
and critique our practice and gained a learning other than the subject content is an
better understanding of the delivery of important practice in teaching and learning
instruction.” – GS Student K (Alter & Coggshell, 2009; Burn & Mutton,
2015). This practice become visible in the
“Lesson study will greatly help me in graduate school students after doing series of
better planning, teaching, observing, research lesson, to support this argument
and refining lessons.” – GS Student L below are some reflection of graduate school
students:
2. Teaching Creatively and Innovatively
“Lesson study engaged professional
Creativity and innovation are needed in development to improve my ways of
today’s education system, since learners from teaching and become the active
today’s generation are into social media and participant for improvement of students
technological devices (Seechaliao, 2017). learning.” – GS Student O
Teaching these students in creative and
innovative way allows learners to understand “Since (then) I learned about lesson
concepts, improves learners’ thinking capacity, study, I am now doing my best to craft
and boost learners’ problem-solving skills in lessons that are engaging for the
fun and interesting way (Sharna, 2022). As students.” – GS Student P
such, this becomes reflections of several
graduate school students after doing lesson 4. Current Issues Awareness in Teaching
studies to attain better learning for their and Learning
students. Following is some of the graduate
school students’ reflection: Lacking gadget, load expense, poor internet
connection, students’ lack of focus on the
“Lesson study enables me to enhance online discussion and parents’ lack of
both student learning and my own knowledge to their child’s lessons are some
teaching. I can be more creative and identified concerns and issues identified in the
innovative because of that (doing Philippines’ current education system
lesson study). It allows me a wide ( Education Issues in the Philippines: The
range of options for how to present my ongoing struggle, 2021). And as a professional
lectures.” – GS Student M teacher, if you are acknowledging these issues
and concerns in education, you are also
genuinely showing commitment in teaching
that could have a good impact in teaching and from each group, particularly that
learning (Swain, 2022). This action has factoring lesson using math tiles. That
revealed in the reflections of the graduate method was new to me. And at some
school students: point, I’m excited to teach it. I want to
teach mathematics again.” – GS
“I have been using the app that we Student S
featured in our lesson study which is
Whiteboard.fi, me and my students are “This makes me realize more of
used in utilizing the said application improving oneself, that I should pursue
and we find it as a great tool in myself in studying, for me to become a
assessing students’ skills and better, competitive, and innovative
competencies. But after the online teacher for my students. I believe "I
demonstration and focus group cannot really share something that I
discussion, I realized the risks we may really don't have in me". If I want more
encounter while using the app.” – GS better students, then that should start
Student Q from their teacher, and that teacher is
me” – GS Student T
“Not all interactive tools are effective in
all lessons, so as a teacher we need to With the above observed impact of doing
be more creative and explorer in our series of lesson study, it has shown an
class. Wherein we need to check what improvement to the teaching and learning of
is more effective and efficient to use in the graduate school students who are taking
these types of learners.” – GS Student the Foundation of Mathematics. This
R observations to the graduate school students,
who are also professional teachers, had
5. Pedagogical Confidence second the motion of Suhaili’s, et. al. (2014)
observations to their teacher-participants, who
Confident teachers are more likely to also have done lesson study. They state that
provide innovative teaching strategies that teachers who practice research lessons, also
focus improvement on students’ learning known as lesson study, have developed
(Nundy et al., 2009). Additionally, as identified positive effects to their teaching skills,
by James Eison in his article “Confidence in classroom management and problem-solving
The Classroom: Ten Maxims for New Teacher” skills.
in the year 1990, pedagogical confidence is
developed when teachers are understanding CONCLUSIONS
what are associated in teaching such as
knowing what the needs of students are in With the results from the analysis of the
learning such topic (Burkett, 2015). Exposing submitted reflections of the graduate school
the confidence of graduate school students students who are taking Foundation of
after doing lesson study supports the Mathematics at Marikina Polytechnic College,
propositions of Nundy and Burkett. This can be the following learnings of the participants are:
seen in some reflections of the Graduate (1) value in collaboration; (2) openness to
School students as an impact on their teaching continuous improvement; (3) technological
and learning. Below are some quoted knowledge enrichment; (4) pedagogical
reflections of the graduate school students: knowledge enrichment; and (5) writing
scholarly works.
“Lesson study made me miss teaching
mathematics more, it’s been 5 years. Moreover, it was observed that there
Since I am currently a high school are positive impacts in the teaching and
araling-panlipunan teacher, I am learning of graduate school students after
unable to utilize/apply the doing series of lesson study which are: (1)
knowledge/understanding I learned plan-teach-reflect cycle implementation; (2)
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