LSI in November/December Faculty & Staff Briefs
Notable
Jennie Robinette, Kate Schell, and Brenda Wawire, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) led a series of qualitative data analysis sessions with the Large Class Pedagogy Research Team, which now includes two UROP students, two undergraduate OPS staff, two graduate students, and four faculty members. This research contributes to the work conducted for the Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice Activity in Malawi.
Probak Karim led a travel team comprised of Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D., Melba Marin-Velasquez, Jim Reynolds, Robert Hannah, and Ninamarie Sapuppo (Learning Systems Institute) to Bangladesh to support a project in planning for secondary school teacher and leadership education professional development training and to observe the piloting of existing materials.
Ana H. Marty, Ph.D. virtually supported Augustine Kamlongera, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) on two workshops in Blantyre, Malawi with the Ministry of Education to further activities under the Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice Activity: A Teaching Practice Advisory Group meeting and a Diploma Framework Development Work Session.
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D., Augustine Kamlongera, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) and LSI staff on the USAID STEP project in Malawi delivered 6,644 books, including 5,808 National Reading Program teacher’s guides and learner books in English and Chichewa, to all primary Teacher Training Institutions.
Anna Romanova, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) hosted six visitors from Ukraine’s Nizhyn Lyceum, a historic institution founded in the 19th century, as part of the Ukraine Task Force’s continued work.
Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) chaired “Ten Years of NSF's GEOPAths Program: Projects, Practices, and Perspectives I and II” at the American Geophysical Union conference.
Honors and Awards
Brenda Wawire, Ph.D., was awarded a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship to continue her research on improving the learning and development of children and youth worldwide.
Presentations and Conferences
Bhushan Dahal (Learning Systems Institute) presented his paper "Enhancing Community–School Partnerships in Nepal: Study of School Management Committee Leadership" at the UCEA Graduate Student Summit.
Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented her poster “Bridging the Gap into the Geoscience: A Partnership between Florida State University, Local Geoscience Stakeholders, and the Boys and Girls Club of the Big Bend” at the American Geophysical Union conference.
Ana H. Marty, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) presented two sessions at the STEP Teaching Practice Advisory Group meeting in Malawi. One was on the upcoming Teaching Practice Pilot, and the second was on the tools and strategy to monitor the Pilot.
Flavia Ramos-Mattoussi, Ed.D. (Learning Systems Institute) chaired a session at the 17th annual International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation in Seville, Spain.
Grants
Adrienne Barnes-Story, Ph.D. and Brenda Wawire, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) were awarded a grant to conduct research on Testing the Viability of e-CPD Across Malawian Higher Education Institutions. This grant was awarded by the Pulte Institute at Notre Dame University under the USAID Supporting Holistic and Actionable Research in Education (SHARE) envelope.
Bylines
Robert Schoen, Ph.D. (Learning Systems Institute) was published in the journal Learning and Instruction for the article “Improving the teaching and learning of statistics.”