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David
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Level/Social Studies Education Dept. of Instruction & Teacher
Education 803-777-6234 |
BIOGRAPHY
David Virtue is an assistant
professor of middle level education and social studies in the Department of
Instruction and Teacher Education at USC, and he is affiliated with the Office
of International and Comparative Education in the College of Education. Dr.
Virtue earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in social science education from
the University of Georgia, where he worked under the direction of Diane Brook
Napier, and he earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and sociology from
Lafayette College in Easton, PA. His dissertation
research focused on the implementation of integration policy targeting
immigrant and refugee schoolchildren in Denmark, and he has maintained an
interest in both comparative/international education and educational policy
responses to linguistic diversity. One line of his current research is concerned
with the preparation of middle level social studies teachers for work in
culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. He also does research on
aspects of middle level reform implementation, including middle level teacher
education and certification policy, curriculum development at the middle level,
and middle school organization. Before coming to USC, “Mr. V” taught seventh
grade world geography and coached basketball and tennis at The Lovett School in
Atlanta, and he also worked at Trinity School in Atlanta and Wallkill Valley
Regional High School in Hamburg, NJ. A native and longtime resident of Franklin,
NJ, Dr. Virtue currently resides in Columbia, SC with his family
- his wife Shannon, their son James Ryan, and their two four-legged children,
Maggie and Pup. When he has time, Dr. Virtue enjoys fly fishing, travel,
and Gamecock
athletics.
COURSES
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EDTEJ 621: The Middle Level School
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Description: This course offers an
overview of the middle level school with an analysis of developmental
characteristics, organization, curriculum, instruction and teaching. |
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EDTE 522: Integrated Curriculum At the Middle
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Course Description: Constructing, teaching, and
assessing an integrated curriculum for students in middle schools.
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EDML 563: Methods and Materials for Teaching
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Course Description: A study of goals,
content, methods, and materials of instruction in middle school social
studies. |
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CURRENT PROJECTS
On-TRACK: Teaching
Reading and Content Knowledge
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Virtue, D. C.
(2007). A glimpse into the school lives of young adolescent immigrant and
refugee students: Implications for the middle level. In S. B. Mertens, V. A.
Anfara, & M. M. Caskey (Eds.), The
Young Adolescent and the Middle School, (pp. 237-254). Charlotte, NC:
Information Age.
Virtue, D. C.
(2007). The impact of recent political changes upon programs for language
minority immigrant and refugee children in Roskilde, Denmark. In K. Schuster
& D. Witkosky (Eds.), Language of the
Land: Policy, Politics, Identity, (pp. 97-114). Charlotte, NC: Information
Age.
Virtue, D. C.
(2007). Seizing teachable moments to develop integrative middle level
curriculum. Middle School Journal,
38(4), pp. 14 – 20.
Virtue, D. C.
(2007). Middle level teacher certification in South Carolina: A case study in
educational policy development. Research
in Middle Level Education Online, 30(10), 1-14. Available online at http://www.nmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/publications/RMLE/rmle_vol30_no10.pdf
Virtue, D. C.
(2007). ESOL Rounds: An inquiry approach to preparing qualified and culturally
competent teachers for South Carolina’s classrooms. Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina,
2006 – 2007 Edition, (1 – 6).
Available online:
http://www.hehd.clemson.edu/schoolofed/scate/docs/journal/virtue.pdf
Virtue, D. C.
(2007). Folktales as a resource in social studies: Possibilities and pitfalls
using examples from Denmark. The Social
Studies, 98(1), 25-27.
Virtue, D. C. (2006). Meeting the needs of immigrant and refugee children in Denmark. Kappa Delta Pi Record 42(3), 133 - 135.
COMPLETE
CV (Updated 1/08)
NEWS
AND INFORMATION
SE Regional Middle Level Teacher Education Symposium to
be held in Charleston, SC May 21 – 23, 2008
USC LINKS
USC
Department of Instruction & Teacher Education
USC Middle Level Degree
Programs
EXTERNAL LINKS
AERA
Middle Level Education Research SIG
National
Middle School Association
South
Carolina Middle School Association (SCMSA)
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2007 South Carolina Middle
School Association Journal
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2006 South Carolina Middle
School Association Journal