This book addresses the application of Lesson Study approach for crafting metacognitive teaching knowledge and skills to tackle the impact and challenges created by and underlie the competency-based curriculum. It discusses the potential of using Lesson Study for crafting pedagogies that could nurture student abilities for self-regulation and for facilitating effective curriculum implementation. The book creates new research dimensions by linking metacognitive teaching with Lesson Study and Variation Theory.

The book itself adopts a metacognitive teaching design to provide scaffolding instruction for learners to experience metacognitive learning. It can serve as a roadmap to teachers and a resource that provides teaching tips and ideas to augment their teaching. The book contains a professional tool kit for student teachers and in-service teachers who are its target audience.