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Jimmy Duplass, Ph.D.
He has served as an assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Louis University, Associate Provost at Wayne State University and the Campus Executive Officer at Penn State Altoona and 最新天美传媒 at Fort Myers.
Research Interests
- Philosophy & Foundations of Education
- Philosophy of Social Studies Education
- Ideology and Personal and Civic Identity
- Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies Education
Teaching
- SSE 7730: Philosophy of Social Studies Education
- SSE 7945: Applied Research in Social Science Education
- SSE 6636: Trends and Issues in Social Studies Education
- SSE 6617: Trends in K-6 Social Science Education
- SSE 5641: Reading & Basic Skills in the Content Area
- SSE 5331: Found Curriculum & Instruction of Social Studies Education
- SSE 4600: Read & Basic Skills Social Studies Education
- SSE 4333: Teaching Mid Grades Social Sciences
- SSE 4313: Teach Elem K-6 Social Studies
- EME 2040: Introduction to Technology for Educators
- Philosophical Foundations of Education
Selected Publications
Books
- The Essence of Teaching Social Studies: Methods for Secondary and Elementary Teacher Candidates. NY: Routledge, 2018
- The Idea of a Social Studies Education The Role of Philosophical Counseling, NY: Routledge, 2018.
- Teaching Elementary Social Studies: Strategies, Standards, and Internet Resources (3rd Ed.). CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010.
- The Elementary Teacher鈥檚 Guide to the Best Internet Resources, coauthored with B. Cruz. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007.
- Social Studies on the Internet (3rd Ed.), coauthored with M. Berson, B. Cruz, and H. Johnston. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2007.
- Middle and High School Teaching: Methods, Standards & Best Practices. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
- Teaching Elementary Social Studies: What Every Elementary School Teacher Should Know. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
- Crescent City Short Stories. New Orleans, LA: Creole Press, 1992.
Articles
鈥淭eaching Justice as a Personal Virtue and Civic Value: What鈥檚 an Elementary School Teacher to do in a Highly Politicized Environment?鈥� The Councilor A Journal of the Social Studies, Vol. 72, No. 2 (2014): 1-13.
鈥淚deology: The Challenge for Civic Literacy Educators,鈥� Journal of Civic Literary, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2014): 1-18.
鈥淪ocial Studies and the Common Core State Standards: A Lesson on the Settlement of the Caribbean,鈥� Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2013): 69-77.
鈥淭eaching History: Strategies for Dealing with Breadth and Depth in a Standards-based Environment,鈥� coauthored with M. Pearcy. The Social Studies, Vol. 102, No. 3, (2011):. 110 -116.
鈥淣CATE Professional Dispositions: What鈥檚 a Social Studies Education Professor to Do?鈥� coauthored with B. Cruz. The Social Studies. Vol. 101, No. 4, (2010): 141-151.
鈥淢aking Sense of 鈥楻ace鈥� in the History Classroom: A Literary Approach,鈥� coauthored with B. Cruz. The History Teacher. Vol. 42 No. 4, (2009) pp. 426-440.
鈥淐reating Effective Citizens: Unique Opportunities for Gifted Education through the Social Studies鈥� coauthored with C. Sheffield. Gifted Education International, Vol. 25, (2009): 237-245.
鈥淪ocial Studies: In Search of a Justification.鈥� The Social Studies Record, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2008): 45-51.
鈥淓lementary Social Studies: Trite, Disjointed, and in Need of Reform.鈥� The Social Studies, Vol. 98, No. 4 (July/August 2007): 137-144.
Recent Research
In 2022, Professor Duplass was named a Fulbright Scholar. He will serve as a consultant to the Latvian Ministry of Education tasks force on creating the countries first national standards for civics education and conduct seminars for graduate students preparing to be school leaders and university level teacher educators in the pedagogies that enhance democratic ethos.
Contact Info
duplass@usf.edu