... behind these improvements. The research and theoretical framework outlined above plays an important role in this study as we leveraged it to improve teachers' MBT and collect relevant data, so as to analyse teaching improvement and its causes. To advance the work, we present the following research...

..., we deepened our research to investigate SCF-based HELS to meet new curriculum standard requirements and promote LS transformation. This paper presents a case study examining teachers' teaching improvement and students' subject competency development under the guidance of the SCF-based HELS model...

..., and training opportunities are provided to newly appointed teachers in a similar fashion across the nation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Lesson study Japan Teacher professional development Supervisors Teaching improvement Initial teacher training Mentors Toshiya Chichibu...

... study Cross-cultural analysis Teaching improvement Mathematics lesson Transnational learning A large body of literature shows a global consensus that teaching, teacher preparation programs, teacher workforce and teacher quality must be improved (Henry et al., 2012 ; Hökkä...