http://ierg.net Site News daily 1 2006-09-02T21:01:07Z http://ierg.net/news-items/imaginative-education-training-courses This summer, instead of our usual conference, IERG will offer short training courses for people interested in learning more about Imaginative Education and how to put it into practice, on 27th (p.m. only), 28th & 29th JUNE , and also our Learning in Depth program 30th JUNE. These short courses will be taught by Kieran Egan, Gillian Judson, and Kym Stewart. We will be announcing registration information here shortly. No publisher shannah 2010-03-11T23:44:43Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/a-new-book-about-ie Engaging Imaginations and Developing Creativity in Education Edited by Kieran Egan and Krystina Madej. The book contains a series of papers about various aspects of IE, both theoretical and practical. No publisher shannah 2010-03-08T17:35:34Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/sean-blenkinsop-leads-a-1-000-000-project "Aligning Education and Sustainability in Maple Ridge, BC: A Study of Place-Based Ecological Schooling". No publisher shannah 2010-03-12T18:42:06Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/apply-now-fall-2010-master-of-education-med-degree-program Imaginative Education - Vancouver, Application Deadline: April 15th, 2010 No publisher shannah 2010-03-16T21:11:17Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/additional-director-of-ierg Gillian Judson has joined the IERG Directorial team, with Sean Blenkinsop, Kieran Egan, and Mark Fettes. Gillian completed her Ph.D. at SFU in 2009. She worked as a Research Assistant to IERG during much of her degree program, and has been a post-doctoral fellow with IERG since Jan. 2009. She continues to make significant contributions of both a theoretical and practical nature to our work. No publisher shannah 2010-02-16T00:21:00Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/learning-in-depth-book-coming-soon "Learning in Depth: A simple innovation that can transform schooling" is to be published sometime in the summer of 2010 by University of Chicago Press. The LiD idea, is catching on in many countries, including Canada, the U.S., Japan, Australia, England, Romania, and maybe others. Currently more than 1,000 children are building LiD portfolios, a number than may well double come Sept. 2010. No publisher shannah 2010-02-16T00:25:12Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/report-on-adhd-project IERG has been involved in a significant project in Romania concerned in part with how IE ideas can be useful for children with ADHD. The project was designed, coordinated and implemented by Nadia Tarnoveanu, Stefan Popenici and Ciprian Fartusnic. They have now produced a report on the project (in English) which will be of interest to anyone concerned with this area of educational difficulty. No publisher shannah 2009-10-30T19:48:43Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/first-ie-charter-school-to-open-sept-2009 The first Charter school based on Imaginative Education principles has opened in the Corbett school district in Portland, Oregon. Corbett is a small school district that currently has an Elementary, Middle, and High schools on a single site. Teachers and administrators in the district have been associated with IERG for a number of years. No publisher shannah 2009-10-27T19:52:41Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/japanese-text-that-describes-ie We are pleased to announce the publication of Prof. Kiyotaka Miyazaki’s new book, "Children's leaning, teachers' learning: Saito Kihaku and Vygotskian education." A number of the chapters are derived from papers that Prof. Miyazaki first presented at the IERG conferences during the past five or six years, where he has been a regular presenter, bringing Japanese ideas, especially those of Saito Kihaku, to our attention. His work has proven valuable for us, as we hope his introducing Vygotskian and IE ideas to Japan will also be fruitful. No publisher shannah 2009-10-30T19:50:58Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/learning-in-depth-on-cbc-radio Linda Holmes, a teacher in Langley, B.C. and a graduate of the IERG M.Ed. program, has been implementing the LiD program in her classroom. The experiment was the subject of a report on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. National News on Friday11th. Sept. 2009. No publisher shannah 2009-10-13T17:50:06Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/ie-in-china-continued We are delighted to announce the publication of Dr. Qingyu Pan’s new book about Imaginative Education. The book is titled IMAGINATIVE TEACHING; its first printing is 5,000 copies. This comes close on the heels of Dr. Pan’s recent article in the Chinese journal Educational Research, which also describes IE and what it offers to Chinese education. No publisher shannah 2009-09-28T18:27:59Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/learning-in-depth-resource-materials The Learning in Depth project continues to gather interest and increasing numbers wanting to implement the program. More programs are planned to begin in Sept. 2009, and others plan to use the Fall semester for January 2010 implementation or the academic year to prepare for full implementation in Sept. 2010. In response we have prepared a DVD of Resource materials to help any teacher or administrator wanting to become involved in the implementation process. No publisher shannah 2009-08-17T20:56:49Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/ierg-workshops We have been giving workshops throughout the summer, in England, Singapore, the US, and nearer to home. The picture to the left shows activities at a one-day workshop at Crofton House school in Vancouver, using the Resource materials described below. We have been introducing the general principles of Imaginative Education and also the Learning in Depth project. No publisher shannah 2009-07-27T16:50:02Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/ie-resource-materials-suggestions-for-their-use We have available a limited number of new kits entitled: “Introducing Imaginative Education: Resource materials & suggestions for their use.” They are designed to help anyone who wishes to introduce Imaginative Education in professional presentations, workshops, or classes. No publisher shannah 2009-07-27T16:34:20Z News Item http://ierg.net/news-items/new-m-ed-cohorts We had planned to open a new M.Ed. cohort beginning Sept. 2009 at our Surrey campus, but were surprised and delighted to be flooded with applicants. We had so many excellent teachers applying for the program that we have opened two cohorts instead. No publisher shannah 2009-08-20T18:08:52Z News Item