What students say about LiD

"I wish that every Wednesday would come really fast so that LiD day would come sooner. And that the days of the week would only slow down when I was having a really good time or on LiD day."

“I think LiD is very interesting because you are the only one that is doing a topic about something. In the class you are able to tell your classmates about your topic. The best thing about learning in depth is that you’re a professional at that topic.”

“Learning in Depth is definitely something I’m going to be doing for the rest of my life. It’s so exciting because you never know what you will learn. It’s always surprising.”

“My topic for LiD is sea life. I think Learning in Depth is fun and interesting. You draw pictures and learn facts. It teaches you a lot. Learning in Depth is my favorite subject.”

NEW

LiDKiT Ready!

“LiDKiT: Resources for Implementing the Learning in Depth Program.”
The LiDKiT has all the resources we provide for implementing Learning in Depth in a classroom or school. You can order it from Pacific Educational Press.

Check out the additions to:

● Teacher/School Resources pages, where we have added examples of the questions or interesting statements that can be given to students with their topics at the opening ceremony. Also some pictures of students with their portfolios—some in folders, some in boxes.

Now Available!

"This is a fascinating, provocative, utterly visionary and courageously speculative imagining of an educational future that is simultaneously elite and egalitarian, deeply intellectual yet utterly connected to passion and identity. A most audacious proposal from one of education's most audacious thinkers . . . an inspiring challenge to those who aspire to deep understanding for their students.”—Lee S. Shulman, President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

"The Learning in Depth project has brought to our students a completely new relationship to learning that has been surprising in its depth and quality. After seeing Learning in Depth at work in our school community, I know this has been a critical, missing element. It has proven to be everything we imagined (and much more we didn't) when we heard about Kieran Egan's remarkable vision.”—Sheri Dunton, K-3 Teacher, Corbett Charter School.

“Learning in Depth outlines a bold and stimulating curricular innovation designed to improve the quality of schooling from kindergarten through high school. The book’s key idea is certainly worthy of serious debate and continued experimentation. For that reason alone, I commend its suggestive proposal to the attention of thoughtful educators everywhere.”—Philip W. Jackson, David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus University of Chicago.

For orders in the US and other countries: Click here.

For orders in Canada: Click here.

The Learning in Depth project

New LiD Book coming

[Illustration of cover, maybe larger size]

“You can read the introduction to Learning in Depth: A simple innovation that can transform schooling by clicking here. [link to: http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2009/10/23/introduction-to-learning-in-depth/].”University of Chicago Press is publishing the book in the summer of 2010. The Contents of the book are as follows:

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: The problem
Chapter Two: The proposal
Chapter Three: Objections and Responses
Chapter Four: The nature of the topics
Chapter Five: Some operating principles and examples
Chapter Six: Building the portfolio
Chapter Seven: What do we do next?
Appendix: Foundations for Learning in Depth
Conclusion