RT Journal Article T1 Lesson Study in initial training: an interdisciplinary academic experience. A case study in Spain. A1 Mayorga-Fernández, María Josefa A1 Peña-Trapero, Noemí A1 De-la-Rosa-Moreno, María Lourdes K1 Profesores - Formación profesional K1 Enseñanza - Innovaciones K1 Didáctica AB Purpose – This paper focuses on analysis of the incorporation of a Lesson Study cycle within the universitytraining proposal, as a teaching strategy in initial training in the Infant Education Degree.Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative research was conducted through a case study methodology.Findings – Proposing training strategies based on this methodology encourages both the reconstruction offuture teachers’ practical knowledge and also adequate professional development from initial training.Research limitations/implications – The main constraint in the study was the cost-benefit ratio, since thisexperience has required significant practical and emotional dedication by the people involved, while theexpected results have only been partially evident in the students. This would seem to imply that the strategyrequires continuity over time in order for future education professionals to take it fully on board.Practical implications – More continuity in such experiences would be required in order to fully analysetheir actual value. To this end, the experiences need to be more closely related to the university curriculum, andthere must be greater coordination between the subjects in order to ensure a holistic approach to LS.Originality/value – This article sets out an LS experience as a collaborative action-research strategy thatpromotes the reconstruction of students’ practical knowledge and their professional development in initialtraining PB Emerald YR 2021 FD 2021-05-28 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39806 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39806 LA eng NO Mayorga Fernández, M.J., Peña Trapero, N. and De La Rosa Moreno, L. (2021), "Lesson Study in initial training: an interdisciplinary academic experience. A case study in Spain", International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLLS-01-2021-0001 NO This research has been made possible thanks to funding provided by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness in the 2017 round of R&D projects, through the project: Lesson Study, School and University: Researching the Reconstruction of Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Training (EDU 2017-86082-p), part of the State Programme for the Promotion of Scientific and Technical Research of Excellence, a state subprogramme aimed at generating knowledge. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026