This book analyzes the impact of Lesson study on special needs education by studying the ways in which the Lesson Study process is implemented in different educational contexts in the Netherlands, Singapore, the UK and Sweden.

Lesson Study does not have the same meaning as its original Japanese expression Jugyou Kenkyuu —Jugyou meaning instruction or lesson(s) and Kenkyuu meaning study or research. This edited volume discusses how Lesson Study is utilized in Japanese teacher education and in the rest of the world.