Abstract

Lesson study was introduced in Chile in 2006. After a specific educational agreement between the ministries of education in Japan and Chile, some of the Chilean ministry’s specialists and academics involved in teacher training programs in Mathematics received specific training on Japanese methodologies at the University of Tsukuba. Upon their return, the trainees became involved in reformulating in-service teachers’ development programs. Also, a number of renowned specialists from Japan offered public lessons in many places in Chile, so that local teachers could observe lesson study and the open approach for problem-solving strategies. There were promising results, but a change in the nation’s government translated into a rather abrupt lack of funding and most of the activities faded away. However, some institutions are still working with the methodology and are expecting new opportunities for a new national strategy to develop.