Dave Powell

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Powell, D. & Hawley, T.S. (2009). Four way street: Fusing curriculum, pedagogy, content, and purpose to advance the common good. In E.A. Heilman (Ed.), Social studies and diversity education: What we do and why we do it. New York: Routledge.

Powell, D. (2008). Hedging our bets? Now, more than ever, is the time to be vigilant about improving teacher preparation. Teachers College Record. Available online at http://www.tcrecord.org; published November 4, 2008.

Ritter, J.K., Powell, D.J., & Hawley, T.S (2008). Do the cultural values underlying our written feedback to student teachers betray the conception of democratic citizenship we are teaching for? In M.L. Heston, D.L. Tidwell, K.K. East, & L.M. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Pathways to change in teacher education: Dialogue, diversity, and self-study. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (pp. 268-272). Cedar Falls, IA: University of Northern Iowa.

Ritter, J.K., Powell, D., & Hawley, T.S. (2007). Takin’ it to the streets: A collaborative self-study of field-based teacher education. Social Studies Research and Practice, 2(3).

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Powell, D.J. & Ritter, J.K. (2009, November). Bah, humbug!: Encouraging knowledgeable practice in social studies through the eradication of bullshit. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

Powell, D. (2009, April). Troubling epistemologies: A pragmatic approach to promoting purposeful and knowledgeable practice with preservice social studies teachers. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Diego, California.

Lea, V. & Powell, D. (2009, April). Crossing epistemological and cultural borders to develop critical consciousness in the social studies classroom: A study in the disruption of hegemony. Workshop accepted for presentation at the Pennsylvania Meeting of the National Association for Multicultural Education, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

Powell, D. (2008, March). New light through old windows: Developing a theory of PCK for history and social studies. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, New York.

Powell, D. (2007, February). ‘You don’t need no engine to go downhill’: Georgia’s Performance Standards and the future of social studies. Paper presented at the Harvard Graduate Student Research Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Prof. Powell lives in Gettysburg with a strong woman, three above-average children, two cats, and two dogs. He is waiting patiently for the Atlanta Braves to start winning again.