http://www.ierg.net/LiD Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:19:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At Corbett Charter School. [From the website: http://corbettcharterschool.blogspot.com/, and Superintendent Bob Dunton’s blog:] “Launching Learning in Depth This event was truly a career highlight for me, as the project encompasses much of what I believe about powerful learning experiences. I would like to thank all of the teachers and administrators who ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2010/03/08/learning-in-depth-ceremony/ You can read the introduction to Learning in Depth: A simple innovation that can transform schooling by clicking here. "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: ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2010/02/16/new-lid-book-coming-2/ [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                                                                        ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2010/02/10/new-lid-book-coming/ The Learning in Depth project (LiD) is designed as an additional contribution schools can make to students’ education. Though relatively simple, it has the potential to make a major impact. The aim is to build knowledge, understanding, skills, and practices fundamental to effective learning. The basic idea In the first week of ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2010/02/10/learning-in-depth-a-simple-innovation-that-can-transform-schooling/ Learningtools for the final school years Byaround fifteen years of age students who have continued to elaborate the set oflearning tools described above commonly experience another quite fundamentalshift in their understanding, which can be described in terms of some newlearning tools they prominently deploy. The most evident index of this furthertool-kit ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2009/10/28/some-operating-principles-page-3/ This set of learning tools–the story form, binary oppositesand mediations, forming images from words, metaphor-use, puzzles and mystery,rhyme, rhythm, and pattern, and humor––can be used to engage the young studentswith their topics. They are hardly an exhaustive set, and I have no doubt thatexperienced teachers will be able to add ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2009/10/28/some-operating-principles-page-2/ Introduction How do we manage to get the five year old, or the seven year old, sufficientlyinterested in dust or apples to get the project off the ground? What will theydo for the first year or so?—especially if they can’t read. Mind you, there areother vulnerable points, such as the major ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2009/10/28/some-operating-principles/ January, 2009 The 2 to 3 students are collecting information with the librarian in the computer room (conveniently next door to the library) to learn how to find suitable sites for their topics. The youngest students are struggling with all the print. They eagerly join in a lesson on tracing. With ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2009/10/28/implementing-learning-in-depth-page-3/ My Knowledge Quest Oath   I ______________________, will seek, write, create and learn all I can about my chosen topic called, _________________________. I agree to… Ask for help and give help when needed. Honour the library by caring for and respecting the books and equipment Present my work before each report card date. Our First Knowledge Quest Class in the ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2009/10/28/implementing-learning-in-depth-page-2/ These reflections are from the first implementation of the LiD program in the 2008/9 school year. Linda Holmes is an experienced teacher in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. She took on implementation of the program after hearing LiD discussed quite briefly, and before any of the resources that have now been ... http://www.ierg.net/LiD/2009/10/27/implementing-learning-in-depth/