{"id":59751,"date":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-education-professor-students-to-help-launch-online-class-for-kenyan-teachers\/"},"modified":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:00:00","slug":"uri-education-professor-students-to-help-launch-online-class-for-kenyan-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/uri-education-professor-students-to-help-launch-online-class-for-kenyan-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 education professor, students to help launch online class for Kenyan teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I., Feb. 4, 2015 \u2013 With the click of a computer mouse, a 溏心vlog免费B站 education professor and her students are reaching across the globe to train teachers in Kenya.<\/p>\n


\nThanks to 21st century technology, a nonprofit group founded by a former 溏心vlog免费B站 lecturer and enthusiastic 溏心vlog免费B站 students, the Kenyan teachers are learning how to teach math and literacy to other teachers in the African country.<\/p>\n


\nThe Africa Teacher Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by William Molloy, a former 溏心vlog免费B站 education lecturer, is spearheading the project. Over the years, Molloy and other teachers, including many 溏心vlog免费B站 alumni, have traveled to the country to voluntarily train hundreds of Kenyan and East African teachers.<\/p>\n


\nLast summer, though, the group decided not to go after Islamist militants stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, killing 67 people and wounding 200. But that horrific attack didn\u2019t stop Molloy.<\/p>\n

Instead, he explored offering the class online and reached out to Kathy Peno, a professor of adult education at 溏心vlog免费B站. The two came up with a plan that involves 溏心vlog免费B站 students, all pursuing their master\u2019s degrees in adult education.<\/p>\n


\nOver the next semester, Peno and Molloy will bring the training course to 16 teachers in Nairobi through Web seminars, or webinars. Sessions this month are scheduled for Feb. 14 and 21 from 6 to 9 a.m., which is 2 to 5 p.m. in Kenya. <\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 students are contributing by creating teaching tools based on adult learning theory that the Kenyan teachers can use when they train other teachers. For example, the importance of incorporating personal experience into teaching will be emphasized, as well as adapting teaching styles to fit the needs of each group.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt’s very important for my students to know that adult education happens beyond their own backyard,\u201d says Peno. \u201cIt\u2019s easy for students to focus on learning in their own context, but it\u2019s important for them to see what adult education looks like in other places, even on the other side of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe students are also experiencing firsthand the life-changing benefits of 21st century technology in the classroom. \u201cTechnology can be a very powerful tool in teaching,\u201d she says. \u201cAs 溏心vlog免费B站 explores global opportunities, this is a way to join in that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSo far, the Africa Teacher Foundation has trained more than 1,000 Kenyan, Tanzanian and Ugandan teachers and reached 50,000 students. Peno says she is so impressed by the nonprofit she asks Molloy to talk to her students every semester about the challenges and joys of teaching in Africa.<\/p>\n


\nMolloy founded his organization after visiting Kenya 10 years ago. He was invited to go to a \u201cfeeding,\u201d thinking he\u2019d be serving hay to elephants. \u201cI found boys and girls lined up in a Nairobi slum for rice and beans,\u201d he says. \u201cI was in tears.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSchools in Kenya are mediocre, at best. Up to 100 students are crammed into classrooms, with only one teacher. Books and supplies are scarce.<\/p>\n


\nAs a lifelong teacher, what caught Molloy\u2019s attention is that the teachers were untrained. His nonprofit aims to change that. The Kenyan teachers are taught reading, math and writing and how to create lesson plans. They come away with a certificate in professional development.<\/p>\n


\nPeno says she\u2019s honored that she and her students are involved in such a worthy global education project, which also provides valuable hands-on learning: \u201cMy students are excited to have the opportunity to put their knowledge and skills to such good use.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMolloy says he hopes to return to Kenya this summer, but will continue offering online courses. \u201cWe can reach thousands of people through these webinars,\u201d he says. \u201cThe potential is enormous.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tClick here for information about the master\u2019s degree<\/a> in adult education or call Peno at 401-874-4875. The degree is offered through the Department of Education in the College of Human Science and Services.<\/p>\n


\n\tPictured above: 溏心vlog免费B站 education professor Kathy Peno, and students studying for their master\u2019s degrees in adult education at the 溏心vlog免费B站. Photos by Kathy Peno.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I., Feb. 4, 2015 \u2013 With the click of a computer mouse, a 溏心vlog免费B站 education professor and her students are reaching across the globe to train teachers in Kenya. Thanks to 21st century technology, a nonprofit group founded by a former 溏心vlog免费B站 lecturer and enthusiastic 溏心vlog免费B站 students, the Kenyan teachers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}