Lesson study as a vehicle for improving SEND teachers’ teaching skills

• Purpose – Collaborative professional development for inclusive teaching is a limited area of research,although there is an extensive need for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) teachers. Researchfindings of how teachers’ professional development can contribute to support the development of powerfullearning situations for all students are presented in this special issue. The aim is to contribute to the knowledgeof how the use of lesson study can develop teachers’ capabilities to offer high-quality education for studentswith SEND.Design/methodology/approach – The guest editor presents each of the papers and introduces key themesand concepts.Findings – The collection of papers is divided into two themes; the first has a focus on lesson study used byteacher educators during SEND in-service training. In this theme, the teachers are the students who arestudying different fields of SEND, supported by teacher educators. The second theme studies different forms oflesson studies carried out by researchers and teachers in the collaboration focused aspects of content that are ofimportance for students in SEND.Research limitations/implications – The papers focus on areas of education with a limited researchtradition, and as a result, the studies may be seen as starting points for further research. The results so far lackgeneralisability. Therefore, the researchers have to test the findings further under different conditions and withwider groups of teachers and students.Practical implications – The results of the papers can be used to develop both SEND teacher education, andcollaborative professional development for in-service SEND teachers. This issue will, therefore, be of interest toschool and system leaders.Originality/value – The papers contribute initial findings from an under-researched area and also combinelesson study with methods and designs not previously explored.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Didaktik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Didactics (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Lesson study

Collaborative professional development

Inclusive education

Special educational needs

Special didactics

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