The LiDKiT is nearly ready

The LiDKiT: Resources for Implementing the Learning in Depth Program is in final preparation and is now available for ordering here. It will be ready in the next month or so. The LiDKiT contains all the resources a teacher or school needs to fully implement the "Learning in Depth" program.

Format:

Box containing 2 books, DVD, activity cards, resource booklet, brochures, and laminated list of LiD topics.

Description

The Learning in Depth Program (LiD) has captured the imagination of teachers and students in over a dozen countries around the world. This innovative program fosters curiosity and nurtures a love of learning by allowing students to become self-directed experts on a topic over the course of their schooling.
Designed for teachers who will be supervising the development of students’ LiD portfolios, this resource kit addresses practical matters of keeping students imaginatively engaged with their LiD topics. The LiDKit: Resources for Implementing the Learning in Depth Program compiles materials for teachers who want to implement LiD in their classrooms or schools, as well as introduce LiD to other teachers, administrators, and parents. Included are:

• Dr. Kieran Egan’s book Learning in Depth: A Simple Innovation That Can Transform Schooling (University of Chicago Press, 2010), which provides the underlying theory for the Learning in Depth program
• a teachers’ resource, Implementing the Learning in Depth Program
• a booklet, A Brief Guide for Parents/Guardians
• 104 activity cards for students
• a laminated list of suggested LiD topics and the criteria for selecting them
• first-hand accounts by teachers who have implemented LiD with their classes
• a DVD with short videos, templates for teachers’ logs, blackline masters for student use, and much more.

“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.”
—Sheri Dunton, K–3 teacher, Corbett School, Oregon.

The LiDKit draws on the collaborative work of more than 25 teachers and researchers connected with the Imaginative Education Research Group at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.

LiDKiT Contents

• The book Learning in Depth: A Simple Innovation That Can Transform Schooling by Kieran Egan (University of Chicago Press, 2010)
• The book Implementing the Learning in Depth Program:
  • Introduction to LiD and the LiDKit
  • Getting Started
  • Building the Portfolio
  • A Model for Grade 1 Teachers: Learning in Depth about Money
  • Adapting LiD for Gifted, Talented, and Special Needs Students
  • Adapting LiD for Middle School and Older Students
  • Subject-Specific Adaptations of LiD
  • Letter to Parents
  • Letter to School Administrators
  • Templates for Teachers’ Logs and Blackline Masters
• Laminated list of Suggested LiD Topics and Criteria for Selecting Them
• The resource booklet Learning in Depth: A Brief Guide for Parents/Guardians
• The “Seven Steps for Implementing LiD” brochure
• Activity Cards for Students
• Brochure on LiD Team Support Services
• DVD:
  • Resources for Implementing LiD
    1. Topics list and criteria
    2. Starting questions and “Did you know?” facts
    3. LiD activity topics for students, sorted by categories
    4. Sample letter to parents/guardians
    5. Sample letter to school administrators
    6. A Model for Grade 1 Teachers: Learning in Depth about Apples
    7. A Model for Grade 1 Teachers: Learning in Depth about Money
    8. Teachers’ accounts of implementing LiD:
       Bob Dunton
       David Futter
       Linda Holmes
       Natasha Morley
       Shannon Shields
       
    9. Templates for teachers’ logs and blackline masters
  • Resources for Introducing LiD to Others
    1. Two videos
    2. A PowerPoint presentation
    3. “Seven Steps to Implementing LiD” brochure
    4. A Brief Guide for Parents/Guardians, in PDF format
    5. FAQs