Selected Publications: Japanese Education

  • 2006 Lewis, & Perry, R. Professional development through lesson study: Progress and challenges in the U.S. Tsukuba Journal of Educational Study in Mathematics, Vol. 25. University of Tsukuba, Japan.
  • 2002, Lewis, C. Does lesson study have a future in the United States? Journal of the Nagoya University Education Department. No. 1 (p.1.-24).
  • 2000, Linn, M., Lewis, C., Tsuchida, I., & Songer, N.B., Science lessons and beyond: Why do US and Japanese students diverge in science achievement?, Educational Researcher, in press.
  • 1999 Lewis, C.. Resilient myths: Are our minds made up about Japanese education? In G. LeTendre (Ed.), Competitor or Ally? Japan's Role in American Educational Debates. New York: Falmer Press, 141-163.
  • 1998 Lewis, C. & Tsuchida, I. The basics in Japan: The three C's Educational Leadership, March 1998, 32-37.
  • 1998 Lewis, C., & Tsuchida, I. A lesson is like a swiftly flowing river: Research lessons and the improvement of Japanese education. American Educator, Winter, 14-17 & 50-52.
  • 1997 Lewis, C. & Tsuchida, I. Planned educational change in Japan: The shift to student-centered elementary science. Journal of Education Policy, 12:5, 313-331.
  • 1996 Lewis, C. "My job is to create happy memories": The Japanese elementary curriculum. Principal, 76:1, 21-24..
  • 1995 Educating Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Japanese Preschool and Elementary Education. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • 1995 Lewis, C. The roots of Japanese educational achievement: Helping children develop bonds to school. Educational Policy, 9, (June) 129-151.
  • 1992 Lewis, C. Creativity in Japanese education. In R. Leestma & H. Walberg (Eds.), Japanese Educational Productivity. Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies. No. 22. In Press.
  • 1989 Lewis, C. From indulgence to internalization: Social control in the early school years. Journal of Japanese Studies, 15, 139-157.

Selected Publications: US Education

  • 2006 Lewis, C., Perry, R. & Murata, A. How Should Research Contribute to Instructional Improvement? The Case of Lesson Study. Educational Researcher, 35:3, 3-14.
  • 2004 Lewis, C., Perry, R. & Hurd, J. A deeper look at lesson study. Educational Leadership, 61:5, 18-23.
  • 2003, Lewis, C. Lesson study’s essential elements, Northwest Teacher, Vol. 4. No. 3, Northwest Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science.
  • 2002, Lewis, C. Everywhere I looked - levers and pendulums, Journal of Staff Development, Summer 2002, 59-65.
  • 2000, Linn, M., Lewis, C., Tsuchida, I., & Songer, N.B. Beyond fourth grade science: Why do US and Japanese students diverge?, Educational Researcher, 29:3, 4-14
  • 2000, Daniel Solomon, Victor Battistich, Marilyn Watson, Eric Schaps, & Catherine Lewis. A Six-District Study of Educational Change: Direct and Mediated Effects of the Child Development Project. Social Psychology of Education, in press.
  • 2000, Battistich, V., Schaps, E., Watson, M., Solomon, D. & Lewis, C. Effects of the child development project on students' drug use and other problem behaviors. Journal of Primary Prevention, in press.
  • 1999 Lewis, C., Schaps, E., & Watson, M. Recapturing education's full mission: Educating for Social, Ethical, and Intellectual Development. In C. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 511-539.
  • 1999 Schaps, E. & Lewis, C. Perils on an essential journey: Building school community. Kappan, November, 215-218.
  • 1999 Battistich, V., Watson, M., Solomon, D., Lewis, C., & Schaps, E. Beyond the three R's: A broader agenda for school reform. Elementary School Journal. In press.
  • 1996 Schaps, E., Watson, M. & Lewis, C. A sense of community is key to effectiveness in fostering character education. Journal of Staff Development, 17:2, Spring, 42-49.