LSI in April's Faculty and Staff Briefs
Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to recognize accomplishments and provide a space where honors, awards, bylines, presentations, grants, service and any other notable items can be showcased.
Tag: Brenda Wawire News Archive
Brenda Wawire News Archive
LSI Co-Presents Virtual Session on Large Class Pedagogy with the World Bank
Dr. Adrienne Barnes-Story's video presentation on the Education & Skills Ops Hub Event: Class Size Realities: Evidence, Practice, and Pathways for Learning at Scale presented in cooperation with World Bank Education and Skills Department.
LSI in February's Faculty and Staff Briefs
Faculty and Staff Briefs are produced monthly to recognize accomplishments and provide a space where honors, awards, bylines, presentations, grants, service and any other notable items can be showcased.
LSI Researchers Conduct First-Ever Study of Large-Class Pedagogy in Sub-Saharan Africa Utilizing Video and Behavioral Observation Software
In 1994, Malawi was an early adopter of a policy introducing free primary education across sub-Saharan Africa. The policy opened the doors for unmatched opportunities for children across sub-Saharan Africa but also led to major challenges. One of which was equipping teachers to teach classes of up to 300 students. Researchers at the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) began looking for solutions to this problem in 2022
Research Spotlight: Large Class Pedagogy
Free primary education for all in sub-Saharan Africa is a fantastic policy but class sizes of 80, 100, 200 or more has meant less time teaching and more time managing behavior. We are in Malawi looking for solutions.
LSI Team Surpasses 80 Interviews with Tallahassee Refugee Families Exploring Educational Experiences
LSI is leading the "Strengthening school experiences for refugee young people, families and their teachers in Tallahassee" project. Now in its 10th month, the LSI team has conducted more than 80 interviews with refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Syria, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Afghanistan.
LSI Team Examining the Educational Experiences of Refugee Families in Tallahassee
This past January, Learning Systems Institute (LSI) Director Rabieh Razzouk awarded a new LSI SEED grant to Dr. Celia Reddick, Julie Twomey, M.Ed. and Dr. Brenda Wawire. The proposal facilitates the first systematic study of the educational experiences of refugee students, their families and teachers in Tallahassee. During the first six months of the project, 36 interviews were conducted with refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Syria.
Dr. Wawire Awarded Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship
Dr. Brenda Wawire, a research faculty member at the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University, has been awarded a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship.