Sam Wineburg

Trained as cognitive psychologist, Sam Wineburg directs the doctoral program in history education at Stanford's School of Education. His Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past (2001) won the Association of American Colleges and Universities' Frederic W. Ness Book Award for the work that "best illuminates the goals and practices of a contemporary liberal education." He has also received, with his collaborators, the James Harvey Robinson Prize and the William Gilbert Award from the American Historical Association. Prior to moving to Stanford, he spent 13 years at the University of Washington, where he was professor of cognitive studies in education, adjunct professor of history, and recipient of the university's Distinguished Teaching Award.

Lecture topics:

• Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts
• The Three Meanings of History
• Making Thinking Visible in the History Classroom
• Forrest Gump and Other Keys to Students' Historical Understanding

Viewed Saturday, November 21, 2009