Join WALS 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, September 20-22 Dear WALS member Meet new Lesson Study colleagues at WALS 2022! More than 250 presentations, from 28 countries have been submitted for the Malaysia conference! The Host Organizing Committee, led by Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohamad Sattar Rasul and Associate Prof. Dr. Zanaton Hj. Ikhsan, has planned three days of powerful keynotes and…
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Dear WALS member, It is my pleasure to introduce this October WALS Newsletter. Its contents all reflect a new age in lesson studies in which the world has become smaller not because of increased air travel but because so many people are now skilled in learning and teaching online. The first item provides an insight into innovative work by a…
Dear WALS member, Welcome to the WALS June Newsletter. The amazing conference being planned in Macau and Hong Kong will now be online. We are working closely with Dr Po Yuk Ko and Dr Sean Li in Hong Kong and Macau respectively to bring you a fantastic online conference with world class keynote speakers, Learning Studies from Hong Kong…
Dear WALS member, Welcome to Spring 2021. Many schools and universities around the world continue under pandemic restrictions: empty (with all teaching online), open (with distancing constraints) or partially open (with online teaching for many). Educators are understandably exhausted. And yet, in this newsletter, the amazing resilience and determination of WALS community members to limit Covid’s damage to student learning…
Dear WALS member, Welcome to this first 2020 WALS newsletter. We hope all WALS members are keeping safe during the Corona pandemic. Keep washing those hands. We wish everyone all the best at this worrying time. But don’t forget to book your place at the San Francisco WALS 2020 Conference. All indicators are that the virus will be long past…
Dear WALS member, A happy Lunar New Year and a big welcome to the first 2019 WALS News. This edition celebrates the injection of new talent from around the world joining the WALS Council. The Council plays a vital role in WALS, developing activities and policies to help promote high quality Lesson and Learning Study globally. The Council is multi-national…
Dear WALS members everywhere Welcome to the April 2018 Newsletter. My thanks to all the WALS portfolio holders, Council members and the WALS office staff who have been busy developing this year’s programme. The first 2018 Issue of the International Journal of Lesson and Learning Studies hit the WALS theme of 2018 on the head with its focus on the…
Introduction from WALS President Pete Dudley Our first WALS News in December had a strong East Asian feel with an interview with Pr. Manabu Sato and reports from conferences in Beijing and Thailand. This WALS News has a more European feel with a ‘first’ in Greece, and a ‘second’ in the Netherlands. There is IJLLS update from its new Editor…
A Word to Members Welcome to our first issue of a regular newsletter that will keep you updated and connected as members of our community. We start off with an interview with Prof Manabu Sato, a heads-up on an exciting new development: online webinars conducted by leading experts (Profs Catherine Lewis and Akihiko Takahasi will present in January), and introduce…