St. Michael’s Elementary School, in Burnaby BC, launched a kindergarten to Grade 7 Learning in Depth program in September, after getting one of 15 Innovation Partnerships grants. The opening ceremony took place on September 23, 2016. Caterina Kennedy (Principal): ‘Through the innovation project, we were able to implement the Learning in Depth Program across all […]
Colegio Tricahue, a new primary school in Requinoa, Chile, has started LiD. Parents and children gathered first for a description of how they would engage with the LiD program. Their topics were written in colourful paper birds hanging from the classroom ceiling. Parents lifted their children up so they could select a bird and discover […]
Program puts learning into kids’ own hands Grant allows Burnaby independent school to launch a school-wide Learning in Depth program. Cornelia Naylor | Burnaby Now April 1, 2016 10:54 AM Students at a Burnaby independent school will start going deep next year thanks to an $8,000 government grant. St. Michael’s Elementary School will launch a […]
A group of kindergarteners at Llewellyn Elementary School in Portland, OR (USA) embarked on their LiD journeys this month. The program is being initiated by a dedicated team of parents who are advocating for project-based learning opportunities. LiD is being piloted this year, with the goal of school-wide adoption in subsequent years. https://llewellynlid.wordpress.com/ Our ceremony […]
This year your kid could become an authority on whales, coral or money. As the B.C. school curriculum shifts away from a long list of topics and facts that children must learn by rote, educators will be able to try a new education program called Learning in Depth (LiD). Jocelyn McIntosh has been using LiD […]
Visit Linda Holmes’s great resources for teachers and parents interested in using LiD with their students and children. On her Living with Learning in Depth pages, Linda writes: “If you are interested in learning more about Learning in Depth or you want help with implementing LiD into your world, please contact me through this website. LiD […]
DO MAKE THINK SAY B.C.’s Learning in Depth program lets kids take the lead on education By ANDREA WOO VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Do Make Say Think is the name of a Canadian rock band, but we also thought the title was a good one for a weekly summer series […]
We are happy to announce the appointment of our first CORIX Research Assistant. Ms. Carolina López is a MEd student (Imaginative Education Cohort 2013-2015) in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She will help us in developing the LiD program in a variety of ways. Recently she worked with the IERG on a […]
Dignitaries at Mar Jok see Learning in Depth in action! The Minister of Education, Mr. Fassbender, along with Superintendent, Mr. Gloster and Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Beaudry, visited Mar Jok Elementary (West Kelowna, BC) on April 10 to see the innovative Learning in Depth program in action. Below you see Marlee teaching the Minister of Education […]
Take a look at some of the comments we receive when visitors download the +100 MORE LID TOPICS list. My daughter is in her first year of LiD at Irvington K-8. Her topic is rodents, and even at age six, I’m starting to see her move among accumulating knowledge to making connections. I’m witnessing the […]
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