Supapon Saosing. Development of mathematics curriculum to promote learning and innovation skills of the 21st century through the application of lesson study. Doctoral Degree(Curriculum and Instruction). Chiang Mai University Library. : Chiang Mai University, 2014.
Development of mathematics curriculum to promote learning and innovation skills of the 21st century through the application of lesson study
Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to 1) develop a mathematics curriculum to promote learning and innovation skills of 21st century through the application of lesson study and 2) to study the results of using this curriculum. Key participants in developing the curriculum were the Academics vice Director, Chief of Academic Affairs, Chief of Research and Human Resources Development, Chief of Curriculum and Instruction, Mathematics Department Chair, 8 mathematics teachers, and the researcher. Users of the curriculum were teachers in Mathematics Department of Wiengjedee Wittaya School, Lee District, Lamphun Province. Research instruments used to develop the mathematics curriculum were focus group meeting minutes and videotapes. Research instruments used to study the results of using the mathematics curriculum were the 21st century skills performance observation form, videotapes, audiotapes, field notes of the researcher. Qualitative data were analyzed from observations, field notes, tape scripts, meeting minutes and finally made summarization. Quantitative data were analyzed by means of frequency and percentage.
The curriculum development process for this research started from the initial meeting between the school executives and the researcher to look for the way to promote higher-order thinking skills of the students. The researcher presented the framework of the learning and innovation skills of the 21st century, open approach, and lesson study as tools for promoting higher-order thinking skills. From that meeting, we concluded that those tools could be implemented by a group of mathematics teachers. Afterwards, the researcher held a meeting with mathematics teachers to discuss about the possibility to promote higher-order thinking skills in mathematics classrooms. In the next meeting, the researcher again presented those tools. Later on, the researcher organized workshops to help the teachers learn more about the 21st century skills and open approach. Finally, they agreed to develop the mathematics curriculum for 7th graders and implemented it in the 1st semester of 2013 academic year. In the process of curriculum development, we used Tabas model combined with applying lesson study approach. As for lesson planning, teaching and class evaluation 3 steps of lesson study, namely, collaborative lesson planning, teach and observe, and after lesson reflections were employed.
The study revealed that the team of teachers was able to work cooperatively through the cyclical model of lesson study in order to develop the school mathematics curriculum. This mathematics curriculum consisted of 4 learning units, 32 teaching hours and 85.71% of all curriculum development team agreed that the curriculum was suitable. As for the development of students thinking skills, the students were gradually developed learning and innovation skills of the 21st century at different stages. Within the first 2 weeks, collaboration skills were most prominent. Communication skills were observed later on. Almost at the end of the semester, the students finally developed critical thinking and problem solving skills, and creativity and innovation skills.