International Projects
November 19, 2024
During year three of STEP Malawi, 6,644 books, including 5,808 National Reading Program teacher’s guides and learner books in English and Chichewa for Standards 1-4, were delivered to all primary Teacher Training Institutions (TTI).
November 13, 2024
The Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University has received a SHARE Grant to support LSI's current work on the USAID Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice (STEP) Activity in Malawi.
November 13, 2024
Dr. Ely Djulia Katmadihardja is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Florida State University. This fellowship represents a full-circle moment for Dr. Djulia, who first began working with the Learning Systems Institute at FSU in 2006.
October 16, 2024
Florida State’s Learning Systems Institute (LSI) is leading the USAID Tunoze Gusoma (Schools and Systems) activity in Rwanda. The activity supports the Ministry of Education in ensuring that the Kinyarwanda literacy environment is of high quality and welcoming.
October 8, 2024
The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University has received its first-ever grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
September 6, 2024
Our teams at LSI, FCR-STEM, and CPALMS were busy #InnovatingLearning this summer‼️ Take two minutes and check out everything we were up to.
September 4, 2024
LSI And The Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship Join Forces On State Department Project To Promote Entrepreneurship Education In Armenia.
August 21, 2024
The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University has led the USAID-funded Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice (STEP) in Malawi Activity since 2022. Among the achievements during the third quarter of 2024, staff members from STEP supported teacher educators in planning and implementing 50 Participatory Action Research (PAR) projects, produced two videos on phonological awareness and the STEP Activity supported the development of a refined continuous professional development (CPD) implementation plan.
July 11, 2024
In the third quarter of 2024, the LSI team saw continued progress toward the project goals of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Tunoze Gusoma (Schools and Systems) Activity.
June 27, 2024
LSI Reports Encouraging Results From The Primary Teaching Residency Program In Rwanda. The project is showing encouraging results after just two terms. During term two, more than 80 teacher residents (TRs) in the program used targeted instructional strategies and received a performance rating of "meets" or "exceeds" expectations in all three observed lessons in the term. The TRs' knowledge, skills and attitudes in literacy, math and science continued to grow and the TRs continued increasing their engagement with online Canvas and in-person academic programming.