Teaching and Learning
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Sanders presents research from the Lamm Lab at the National Association for Agricultural Education Conference in Oklahoma City
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Katie Sanders, Kristin Gibson, and Allison Fortner presented their collective work on systems thinking as an educational tool during the CleanTech Symposium at the Delta Innovation Hub on UGA’s Campus. The three Lamm Lab members participated in the student poster competition that wrapped up the day-long event on Wednesday, April 20. The CleanTech Symposium was…
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At the 2022 Association for International Agricultural and Extension Conference, members of the University of Georgia Lamm Lab presented their research on education and extension from an international perspective. With multiple oral abstract presentations one poster presentation, the team was excited to share the results of multiple research projects with a diverse global audience. Below…
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A collaborative study conducted with the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and ALEC faculty, graduate students and post docs led to being recognized for their innovative work. The study used a single instrumental case study to assess the career preparedness of youth participating in a…
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Haley McMillan is an undergraduate student in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia. During the spring 2022 semester, Haley worked on a research project with Dr. Alexa Lamm and Kristin Gibson to determine if socioeconomic status predicted United States residents’ water conservation intention. Haley presented her research poster on…
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On February 13, 2022, Dr. Oyugi Millicent shared her dissertation findings focused on personal and contextual factors predicting agriscience teaching self-efficacy at the Southern Region Conference of the American Association for Agricultural Education (S-AAAE). Drawing from social cognitive theory, she utilized Binomial Logistic Regression to determine the log odds of observing high or low agriscience…
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Allison Fortner, doctoral student, is headed to France to complete an internship with the Safe Seaweed Coalition. She has been assisting them with their science communication efforts the past 6 months virtually and will now spend time in Paris with the Secretariat and then Roscoff, at one of the biological research stations, to get first-hand…
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What do African countries do when they face the challenge of personnel shortages in rural advisory services? The Malawi Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (MaFAAS) is striving to assist during times of extension personnel shortages. This case study examined the impact of a country for a network on ensuring farmers get the support they need.…
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Katie Sanders led first-year UGA students through an experiential learning opportunity in class where they got to role play by creating a conflict and then solving it using appreciative inquiry techniques. The question was: How can we solve conflict by appreciating what all bring to the conversation? We dressed up, got a little silly and…