Event Details

End: January 5, 2015
More Info: http://ucbhssp.berkeley.edu/teachinghistory

May 1-2, 2015 at UC Berkeley

Keynote Speakers:
Sam Wineburg, Stanford University
Peter Seixas, University of British Columbia

This Conference seeks to answer:

• How do we teach the habits of the historical mind at across the K-16 continuum? 
• How can educators across all levels support the teaching of historical thinking across the K-16 continuum?
• How can new platforms (social media, digitized archives, etc.) contribute to developing historical literacy?
• How can we assess the acquisition of historical thinking and literacy skills?
• What innovative pedagogical methods are being implemented with great effect in history classrooms?

Hosted by: Simo Mikkonen, University of Jyväskylä, the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project, the UC Berkeley History Graduate Student Pedagogy Group, and the UC Berkeley Department of History.

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