This open access book is intended to assist teachers teacher trainers curriculum designers
editors and authors of textbooks in developing strategies to teach the multiplication of
natural numbers based on the experience of the Lesson Study in Japan. This approach to
mathematics education dates back to the 1870s and reconciles the emphasis on problem solving
with the treatment of the curricular contents. It has gained international recognition since
the 1990s and thanks to it mathematics education in Japan has been recognized as one of the
most efficient and innovative in the world.This growing international awareness has led to an
effort to apply the principles of Lesson Study to other parts of the world and this book shows
how experienced authors from Brazil Chile Mexico Spain and Portugal have worked to adapt
some of these methods and techniques to the Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries of
Ibero-America. Drawing on the impact of Lesson Study on government curriculum decisions and
teacher behavior in Japanese classrooms offering examples of lessons lesson plans and
suggestions for teaching and presenting examples of the good reception of the principles of
Lesson Study in Ibero-America Teaching Multiplication with Lesson Study - Japanese and
Ibero-American Theories for Mathematics Education shows how an efficient and cutting-edge
experience in mathematics education can travel the world and help teachers in many different
countries.
