By David Futter (Retired Middle School teacher, IE Consultant/Researcher, LiD Master, Lives in Victoria BC) A teacher asks his students to write themselves a letter. The topic, how do they see themselves in the future? Four years after they graduate, he sends the letters back to them. It is a way for people to look […]
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Imagination Champions Learning Series #2: Re-Envisioning Where/How Learning Takes Place
By Cecily Heras (MEd student, SFU; Educator; Coordinator, Imagination Champions Learning Series) On January 29 it was 8° and rainy around Vancouver. This was boots and raincoats weather. Ugh. But it was our second Imagination Champions session, our cohort was excited to meet up again, and we were ready to hear from Dr. Gillian Judson […]
Learning in Depth in a Franciscan Friary Cell
By: Kieran Egan (Emeritus Professor, Simon Fraser University) I am often asked where the idea for Learning in Depth (LiD) came from, and I usually say I’m not at all sure. Clearly many writers about education have noted the importance to human learning of specializing in something, even if they have not recommended a program […]