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In this video sequence, we see three extracts edited from the first teaching cycle of a Learning Study on Chinese language :

  • an extract of a Chinese lesson where the focus is on enriching a sentence by adding relevant adjectives and adverbs;
  • an interview with some of the students, one of whom seems to have a view of the lesson which is different from what the teacher intended;
  • a post-lesson conference involving the Learning Study team who address the issue raised by the boy and then take this into consideration as they modify the lesson plan for the next cycle of the Learning Study.
  
       
   
   

In viewing this clip, it is important to keep in mind that we are seeing extracts from a Learning Study cycle. The aim of Learning Study is to enhance pupils' learning, and in order to do that teachers need to be 'incisive' (perceptive, insightful, sharp, penetrating) in their observation and analysis of the lesson.

Notice that it is not apparent in the lesson that some pupils may be viewing the lesson in their own ways. This only emerges in talking to the pupils, which then prompts teachers to address the issue in their post lesson conference.