...Tendai Charles Purpose This conceptual paper strengthens the basis on which lesson study and learning study justify claims about student learning without treating classroom data as proof. It reframes evidencing learning as a problem of proportionate warrant linking claims, the object of learning...

...Pernilla Ahlstrand The purpose of this paper is to show how the object of learning, in this case playing with groove in rhythmic sequences, can be analysed and recognised using phenomenography. Through working on a specific object of learning this study shows how analysing the pre-tests...

... 01 2018 15 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Collaboration Expansive learning Learning study Object of learning Subject didactic groups Teachers professional development The interest in different forms...

... secondary school mathematics teachers in Tanzania formed a learning study group, guided by the theory of variation, to share their experience of how to engage learners in experiencing critical aspects of the object of learning. In-depth interviews, records of teachers’ lesson preparation meetings...

.... However, three critical issues need further conceptual and empirical research before new learning cycles can be implemented and evaluated: the object of learning, the SLA-variation theory interface, and the roles of variation theory on different educational levels. Originality/value – By identifying...

...Professor Ulla Runesson; Keith Wood; Crystal Lu; Vincent Andrew Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report how teachers have engaged in a Learning Study to develop, from the experience of their students, an object of learning which has important implications for pedagogy. Design...

...Professor Ulla Runesson; Eva Björkholm Purpose – Knowledge concerning the meaning of the object of learning is an important contribution of Learning study. The purpose of this paper is to generate this kind of knowledge and show how it can be developed and refined in the different phases...

...Keith Wood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: Can student teachers use variation theory to design and review lessons? Can exposure to variation in designs for lessons with the same intended object of learning develop student teachers understanding of design? Design...

... budgets – the object of learning – a power point presentation incorporating systematic variation was designed to reduce the overwhelming mass of (often irrelevant) data normally presented to students in textbooks and examiners' reports as part of the solutions to cash budget problems. In total, three...