Bielefeld Conference on Teaching History in Higher Education

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History (History SOTL) and 'Decoding the Disciplines' (Pace & Middendorf) have inspired this conference on History Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the first of its kind in Germany. Topics are wide-ranging and include: the epistemology of history and its role in teaching history; historical models; change and recent developments in history teaching; students' conceptions of history and history learning; assessment, public history and employability; the use of web-based tools and resources; teaching global history; evidence-based and theoretically led teaching. Presenters include representatives from the USA, Australia and a number of European nations.