International Projects

Learning System Institute, The World Bank And ICESCO To Host Global Education Conference In Morocco This Summer

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will co-host a global education conference in Morocco next summer. LSI will join The World Bank and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) to host the "Educators Shaping Futures: A Global Conference on Teacher Preparation and Development" conference June 23-24 in Rabat.

LSI Continues To Move Towards Its Goals On The USAID STEP in Malawi Activity

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. 

LSI Reports Encouraging Results From The Primary Teaching Residency Program In Rwanda

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.

LSI Continues Its Implementation Of USAID’s Tunoze Gusoma (Schools and Systems) Activity

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University, in conjunction with FHI 360, Save the Children and the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB), have been working together since 2021 to enhance the pre-primary education system to develop, promote and improve students' emergent language and literacy skills, as well as strengthen the lower primary education system, school environment and classroom instruction to enhance students' literacy outcomes.

Dr. Barnes-Story Receives 2024 SEED Award From Council on Research and Creativity

Dr. Adrienne Barnes-Story, a Research Specialist at the Learning Systems Institute, has been awarded a 2024 SEED Award from the Council on Research and Creativity. Work on the project titled “Large Class Pedagogy in Low-Income Contexts: Exploring Methods with Teachers in Malawi” will begin later this year.