Continuing professional development des...

The purpose of this article is to describe how Lesson Study as secondorder

action research can be applied and how we planned to evaluate

and improve course design, learners’ progress, team members’

roles and learning objectives of a 2-year university course for English

as a Second Language teachers. The article describes the concept of a

Lesson Study conducted in a course for teachers with aminimumof 3

years of teaching experience, rather than for students or undergraduates

as in traditional concepts of the Lesson Study approach. PFL

(‘Pedagogy and Subject Didactics Programme’) is a 2-year programme

consisting of three seminars and five groups meetings in

which the participants focus on the reflection of their professional

practice in their specific school situation. All participants are required

to plan, carry out and document their own action research project.

The team provides input on action research and current topics in

language teaching and learning, and advises participants. The methodology

follows a mixed-method approach based on action research

methodologies including questionnaires, interviews and observations.

Analyses are conducted qualitatively and quantitatively. The

article presents the concept of the project but not yet findings at this

stage due to curriculum development and approval issues.