Education: PhD, University of Maryland (curriculum and instruction) MS, State University of New York - Albany (curriculum development and instructional technology) BA, State University of New York - Geneseo (political science)
Kevin Meuwissen, who joined the Warner School faculty in 2009, directs the social studies teacher preparation program. He has taught at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels, and has served in professional development and program evaluation capacities for several U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grants.
Meuwissen’s teaching and research focus on helping secondary social studies teachers develop a deliberative stance toward curriculum, instruction, and the political institution of schooling as they interact with diverse influences on their pedagogical decisions.
His research and teaching interests explore the development of “adaptive expertise” among teachers as well as strategic thinking across the social studies disciplines and the transformation of such thinking into social discourse and action. Most recently, his research explores secondary students’ political thinking and socialization and uses studies of student learning and case-building with prospective teachers as a means of conceptualizing and negotiating complex, and often discrepant, curricular aims.
Courses EDF410H Field Experiences in Middle Childhood (Social Studies) EDF411H Field Experiences in Inclusive Middle Childhood Settings (Social Studies) EDF416H Field Experiences in Secondary Schools (Social Studies) EDF417H Field Experiences in Inclusive Secondary School Settings (Social Studies) EDF418H Student Teaching in Secondary Schools A (Social Studies) EDF419H Student Teaching in Inclusive Secondary School Settings A (Social Studies) EDF420H Student Teaching in Secondary Schools B (Social Studies) EDF421H Student Teaching in Inclusive Secondary School Settings B (Social Studies) EDU432 Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies EDU433 Integrating Social Studies and Literacy EDU462 Implementing Innovation in Social Studies Education EDE477 Teaching and Learning in the Content Areas EDU499 Integrating Social Studies and Technology ED506 Concepts and Issues in Social Science Research EDU523 Theory and Research in Teaching ED571 Advanced Doctoral Seminar on Theory and Research in Teacher Education
