Steven C. Davis
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Ph. D. Awarded May 5, 2000 University of Florida Instruction & Curriculum
Dissertation title: White Preservice Teachers Dilemmas in Mentoring African American Children and Youths -- An ethnographic investigation based on case studies of four participants in the Bright Futures field experience and their dilemmas working as mentors for children from public housing neighborhoods.
M. Ed. 1990 University of Florida Elementary Education
B. A. 1989 University of Florida Elementary Education
Assistant Professor Jacksonville
University 1999-present
Student Teaching (8 semesters)
Curriculum Planning (8 semesters)
Elementary/Secondary School Curriculum (9 semesters)
Practicum Field Experience/Seminar (12 semesters)
Graduate Seminar--Teaching Strategies (6 semesters)
Special Education and Classroom Management (13 semesters)
Language Arts for Elementary and Secondary Classrooms (8 semesters)
Teaching Reading in Elementary Classrooms (2 semesters)
Reading Strategies for College Learning (4 semesters)
Childrens Literature (1 semester)
Instructor University of Florida 1993 -1999
Research in Elementary Education (9 semesters)
Classroom Reading I (2 semesters)
Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities (2 semesters)
Remediation of Reading Disabilities (2 semesters)
The University and the Student (Study Skills) (2 semesters)
Supervisor University of
Florida 1994 - 1999
Graduate Interns (4 semesters)
Bright Futures Mentoring Program Grant (8 semesters)
Reading Clinic Practicum (4 semesters)
Undergraduate Pre-Interns (2 semesters)
Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities (2 semesters)
Remediation of Reading Disabilities (2 semesters)
Teaching Assistant University of Florida 1993 - 1998
Bright Futures Mentoring Program Grant (research) (2 semesters)
Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities (2 semesters)
Remediation of Reading Disabilities (2 semesters)
Preprofessional Studies (2 semesters)
Classroom Reading I (2 semesters)
Elementary Teacher Duval District Schools 1990 - 1993
3rd grade teacher, San Jose Elementary (Select School for Multiple Intelligences)
5th grade teacher, San Jose Elementary (also Magnet School for ESOL
program)
Certifications
Elementary Education, Grades 1-6, certification maintained through 2005
ESOL in Higher Education, 45 hours completed May, 2003
Bondy, E. and Davis, S. (2000). The caring of strangers: Insights from a field
experience in a culturally unfamiliar community. Action in Teacher Education,
22(2), p 54-66.
Davis, S. (2004). Preservice professional education portfolio development: aligning Floridas
Educator Accomplished Practices with portfolio criteria and student teaching.
Presentation at Annual Conference of the Florida Association of Teacher Educators
(FATE), Orlando, FL, October 16.
Davis, S., Jaji, G., & Wilson, C. (2003). The Best of Both Worlds: A hybrid student
teaching portfolio that combines developmental and performance objectives.
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Association of Teacher Educators,
Jacksonville, Florida., February (18th).
Establishing and maintaining urban professional development schools. (2003). Panel
discussion at the Annual Conference of Association of Teacher Educators,
Jacksonville, Florida, February (16th).
Davis, S., Jaji, G., & Wilson, C. (2002). The Best of Both Worlds: A hybrid student
teaching portfolio that combines developmental and performance objectives. Paper presented at the Annual Fall Conference of The Florida Association of Teacher Educators Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, October (5th.).
Wise, W. S. & Davis, S. (2002). The educational philosophies of prospective middle
grades teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Educational
Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April.
Davis, S. (2001). White preservice teachers dilemmas in mentoring African American
children and youth. Paper Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington, April.
Bondy, E. & Davis, S. (2001). Lessons from ten years of a community-based field
experience. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, Seattle, Washington, April.
Davis, S. & Bondy, E. (2001). Insights from an early field experience: A ten year
perspective on the Bright Futures Mentoring Program at the University of Florida.
Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Association of Teacher Educators,
New Orleans, Louisiana, February.
Davis, S. (1999). Mentoring Dilemmas: Two case studies from the Bright Futures
Mentoring Program. Paper presented at the 1999 annual conference on
Qualitative Research in Education (QUIG), Athens, Georgia, February.
Bondy, E. & Davis, S. (1998). The Caring of Strangers: Insights from a Field
Experience in a Culturally Unfamiliar Community. Florida Educational Research
Association, Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Bondy, E. & Davis, S. (1996). He loves me, he loves me not: Preservice teachers tutor
in public housing neighborhoods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, New York, New York, February.
Bondy, E., & Davis, S. C. (1996). Helping them learn, getting along, and the lessons of
tutoring: Preservice teachers tutor in public housing neighborhoods. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New York, NY. February.
Bondy, E., & Davis, S. (1996). The functions of an early field experience in a culturally
different community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, March.
Davis, S. (1994). Integrating process writing and art: An approach that works for all
students. Workshop presentation at the annual meeting of Teachers Applying
Whole Language (TAWL), Gainesville, Florida, November.
Bondy, E. & Davis, S. (1991)..The evolution of a personal theory of teaching reading
during one semester in a teacher preparation program. Paper presented at the
annual International Reading Conference (IRC), Miami, Florida, January.
Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Golden Key National Honor Society
Jacksonville University Faculty Advisor of the Year, 2002
Nominated for Jacksonville University Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, 2001
Nominated for Jacksonville University Faculty Excellence in Community Service, 2002