Lesson Study & Self-Esteem

Abstract

This research aims to measure links between self-esteem and Lesson study. Methodology : It was conducted in 2019 with more than 250 pre-service teachers during one semester. These students took part in a teaching module named BP43ENS, that implemented a kind of LS adapted to the initial training context. They answered 7 surveys, including the Self-Esteem Scale elaborated by Rosenberg (1969). The other surveys consisted of individual surveys (individual information like gender or age, self-evaluation of the competences developed through the module BP43ENS and questions about the LS they went through) and group surveys (information about how the LS group works). The collected data was analyzed in a quantitative perspective with a statistic model including MCO regressions, path analysis and multilevel analysis. Findings/Results : The results show that the participants increased their global self-esteem, despite the short investigation period (about 4 months). Some of this gain may be related to certain dimensions of the LS. In particular, the clinical approach of this form of research-training was valued by the students.