Task design and enactment: Developing in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge in lesson study

Paula Gomes; Micaela Martins; Marisa Quaresma; Joana Mata-Pereira; João Pedro da Ponte

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Paula Gomes ¹ ^* , Micaela Martins ¹ , Marisa Quaresma ¹ , Joana Mata-Pereira ¹ , João Pedro da Ponte ¹

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¹ Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PORTUGAL^* Corresponding Author

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Designing tasks to foster students’ learning is challenging for teachers. In this article, we aim to understand how designing, enacting, and reflecting on tasks promotes the development of in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge during lesson study. Data was collected through participant observation with audio recordings and document collection. Data analysis was based on a category system for task design and students’ work and a teachers’ didactical knowledge framework. The results suggest that, despite their different teaching experiences, there are aspects that both in-service and prospective teachers attended to when designing tasks. However, in-service teachers had clearer aims when designing tasks and changed them, after observing and reflecting on students’ work. Moreover, proposing tasks and reflecting on students’ work allowed both groups to rethink their practice to foster students’ learning, highlighting the potential of lesson study to deepen their knowledge.

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in-service teachers
lesson study
mathematics
prospective teachers
task design
teachers’ didactical knowledge

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2022, Volume 18, Issue 7, Article No: em2131

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Gomes, P., Martins, M., Quaresma, M., Mata-Pereira, J., & Ponte, J. P. D. (2022). Task design and enactment: Developing in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge in lesson study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(7), em2131. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12172

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Gomes P, Martins M, Quaresma M, Mata-Pereira J, Ponte JPD. Task design and enactment: Developing in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge in lesson study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2022;18(7):em2131. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12172

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Gomes P, Martins M, Quaresma M, Mata-Pereira J, Ponte JPD. Task design and enactment: Developing in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge in lesson study. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2022;18(7), em2131. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12172

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Gomes, Paula, Micaela Martins, Marisa Quaresma, Joana Mata-Pereira, and João Pedro da Ponte. "Task design and enactment: Developing in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge in lesson study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2022 18 no. 7 (2022): em2131. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12172

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Gomes, P., Martins, M., Quaresma, M., Mata-Pereira, J., and Ponte, J. P. D. (2022). Task design and enactment: Developing in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge in lesson study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(7), em2131. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12172

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Gomes, Paula et al. "Task design and enactment: Developing in-service and prospective teachers’ didactical knowledge in lesson study". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 18, no. 7, 2022, em2131. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12172