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Stephanie D. van Hover

Project Director, School of Education and Human Development; Professor, School of Education and Human Development, Chair, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
Phone
(434) 924-0841

Recipient of the 2003 Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation Award of the National Council for the Social Studies for “Deborah Partridge Wolfe’s Contributions to Social Education” (Fall 2003).

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. 2001 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Social Studies Education Dissertation: Deborah Partridge Wolfe’s Contributions to Social Education

M.Ed. 1996 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Secondary Social Studies Education

B.A. 1995 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (1995) Major: History Minor: Education Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

2001 – present: Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

1998 – 2001: Graduate Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant, School of Teaching and Learning, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

1995 – 1998: Public School Social Studies Teacher, grades 6-12 Broward County Public Schools, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, Gainesville, Florida

TEACHING

University of Virginia, On-Grounds:

EDIS 560a: Teaching Social Studies in Secondary School, Part I Fall 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

EDIS 560b: Teaching Social Studies in Secondary School, Part II Spring 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

EDIS 587: Teaching Associateship Seminar (Secondary Social Studies) Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

EDIS 588: Teaching Associateship (Secondary Social Studies) Supervised Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 EDIS 589: Elementary Social Studies Fall 2001, Spring 2002

EDIS 788: Field Project Spring 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006; Summer, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

EDIS 965: Readings and Research in Social Studies Education Spring 2003, 2004

EDLF 710: Contemporary Issues in Education Summer 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

University of Virginia Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) Program:

ISLS 313: Critical Issues in Education Summer 2004, 2005

ISLS 413: Foundations of Education – Issues and Challenges Summer 2006

University of Virginia, Off-Grounds

EDIS 589: Curricular Issues in the Age of Accountability (Virginia Beach) Summer 2002

EDIS 589: Curricular Issues in the Age of Accountability (Richmond)

EDIS 589: Social Studies Elementary Methods (Roanoke Center) Spring 2004, 2005

University of Florida

SSE 5945: Practicum Teaching Secondary Social Studies Fall 1998, 2000

ESE 3034: Problems and Issues in Secondary Social Studies Fall 1999

ESE 6939: Seminar in Student Teaching (Social Studies) Spring 1999

SSE 6046: Perspectives in Social Studies Education Summer 1999

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