Inside Education On 103.2 Dublin City Fm

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I am joined by Professor Akihiko Takahashi from the College of Education at De Paul University who talks about the teaching of mathematics, about Lesson Study as a form of professional development for teachers and other matters. I spoke with Professor Takahashi after he addressed an event hosted by the UCD Japan Group. Among the items we discussed were the following: Why learn mathematics? How do children learn to solve problems? What is lesson study? Why in Japan lunch is considered to be an opportunity for teaching How lesson study helps teachers to grow Why collaboration is the foundation to being an effective teacher Why live classroom observation is better than observing teaching on video How the Japanese learn from other cultures Are teachers born or made?