Lesson Study, STEM subjects, learner-centered pedagogy, teacher collaboration, collaborative teaching, Lesson reflection.
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2024
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Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development
Abstract
For a long time, there has been a concern about the poor performance of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics related subjects in both primary and secondary national examinations in Kenya’s schools. Several programs and innovations have been put in place to address this shortcoming. Among the causes cited for poor performance is the poor instructional practices in the classrooms. Lesson Study as an innovation to teaching and learning, calls for teachers to work in collaboration, analysis, planning and continuous improvement of instructional practices through observations, evaluations of students’ learning and goal setting and to design instructional practices that can improve the overall performance of STEM education. This paper therefore seeks to establish how Lesson Study as an innovation can be used to improve classroom instructional practices to overcome the poor learning outcomes by learners especially in Junior Secondary schools in the advent of the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) introduced in Kenya. The study is significant in that it should impress CBC creators of the need to improve the implementation of the design and how innovative classroom practices can be used to improve learning outcomes, including, overall performance of the national examinations especially the STEM related subjects. The paper is based on available secondary data, current practices and reviews of existing literature on the effectiveness of Lesson Study in enhancing learning outcomes in the classrooms. The study revealed that the use of Lesson Study has had positive results in various classrooms across the globe. By teachers planning and observing the lessons together, they can see their flaws and those of the learners and therefore re-plan the lessons for better learning outcomes. The study concluded that Lesson Study has a positive effect on the quality of teaching and learning especially in mathematics and science leading to great improvement in all STEM subjects. With the advent of the Competency Based Curriculum, the study recommended that the new education system fully incorporates this innovation as part of the implementation process to overcome the flaws experienced in the previous curriculum, to improve the overall performance of examination of the STEM subjects and more so enhance classroom interaction in Junior Secondary Schools in Kenya’s education system.
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Lesson Study, STEM subjects, learner-centered pedagogy, teacher collaboration, collaborative teaching, Lesson reflection
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Cherui, R. G., Waiyaki, W., & Kipkenei, S. (2024). Lesson Study, STEM subjects, learner-centered pedagogy, teacher collaboration, collaborative teaching, Lesson reflection. Journal of Conflict Management and Sustainable Development.