Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski

From Tallahassee to the world: Learning Systems Institute working in seven countries around the globe

Published: November 22, 2022 | 4:12 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Learning Systems Institute's work continues in seven foreign countries this year: Egypt, Lebanon, Malawi, the Philippines, Rwanda, Uzbekistan and Zambia.

A Florida State University research center is making an impact on education across the planet. Faculty at the Learning Systems Institute, or LSI, have worked with 44 countries during the center’s 53-year history, helping to train educators in all manner of academic subjects and at levels ranging from early childhood education to adult learners. “By […]

USAID and FSU residency program makes a lasting impact on teacher training in Zambia

Published: June 3, 2022 | 1:32 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

From left, Zambian teaching professors Handili Jimaima and Joshua Zulu, who completed a residency at Florida State University's Learning Systems Institute in 2022. (Elliott Finebloom/Florida State University)

Two Zambian educators are working hand-in-hand with FSU researchers as they look to improve teacher training in their country. Handili Jimaima and Joshua Zulu, who teach at Chalimbana University in Chongwe, Zambia, participated in a residency program at FSU during the 2022 Spring semester as part of a Learning Systems Institute (LSI) project. In partnership […]

USAID-Florida State University partnership set to boost teacher training systems in Zambia

Published: October 15, 2020 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, an associate professor with the Learning Systems Institute and director of the USAID Transforming Teacher Education Program. (Florida State University)

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will lead a five-year, $15 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve pre-service teacher training in Zambia. LSI faculty, in collaboration with partners School-to-School International and the University of Zambia, will work with 12 universities and colleges of education in […]

FSU launches Africa Network Colloquium Series with first speaker

Published: January 17, 2020 | 4:17 pm | Posted in: University News

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, associate professor of education

Florida State University has launched a new colloquium series, organized by the FSU Africa Network, with a focus on faculty research and teaching in Africa. The FSU Africa Network brings together faculty from across the university to share ideas and identify ways FSU can strengthen its research, teaching and service by connecting with each other […]

#FSUglobal: Florida State researchers improve teacher training and childhood literacy in Nigeria

Published: November 26, 2019 | 9:44 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Ana Marty, left, a Learning Systems Institute research faculty member, at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria, with university faculty members Talatu Musa Garba and Amina Adamu. Courtesy of Ana Marty.

A first-grade classroom in northeast Nigeria can be a difficult place to learn. Classes might be filled with 100 students, and although many children speak a regional language called Kanuri, teachers often give classes in Hausa, a wider-used lingua franca. Many of the students’ parents can’t read. Teachers may not be adequately trained. And classes […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: November 2017

Published: November 17, 2017 | 2:39 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Dennis Slice, Ph.D. (Scientific Computing) received this year’s Rohlf Medal Award from his alma mater Stony Brook University for excellence in his body of work on the development of new morphometric methods or for their applications in the biomedical sciences, including evolutionary biology, population biology, physical anthropology and medicine. Cesar Rodriguez, Ph.D. […]

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