Analyzing the lived experiences of student-teachers of Farhangian University from the consequences of lesson study: a qualitative study (A case study of the students of the Department of Social Sciences of Shahid Bahonar Birjand Campus)

Student-teachers of Farhangian University, while studying "Research and professional development course 3: lesson study and internship", familiarizing themselves with lesson study, they do lesson study. Therefore, in this research, the lived experiences of the student teachers of South Khorasan Farhangian University in the academic year of 2021-2022 were investigated in a qualitative and phenomenological way. According to the nature of the research, the purposeful sampling method of criterion type was used, and the data obtained reached saturation by interviewing 13 student-teachers. To analyze the collected data, Colaizzi analysis method and MAXQDA12 software were used as a data analysis tool. The findings were presented in the form of 6 main themes of increasing communication, creating learning opportunities and situations, learning through experience, educational design skills, solving problems in the teaching-learning process, changing teachers' beliefs and behaviors, and each of these main themes has several sub-themes. In general, the student-teachers believed that lesson study has increased their qualifications in different dimensions. Therefore, carrying out and implementing lesson research while developing the teachers and student teachers has changed their approach towards their teaching and provides the effectiveness of their teaching.