Lee Shulman

Lee Shulman

Lee S. Shulman is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the study of teacher education, assessment of teaching, and education in the fields of medicine, science and mathematics. He is a professor emeritus at the Stanford University School of Education, past president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, past president of the American Educational Research Association, and the recipient of several awards recognizing his educational research. From 1963 to 1982, Shulman was a faculty member at Michigan State University, where he founded and co-directed the Institute for Research on Teaching (IRT).

Among his many achievements, Shulman is credited with bringing the phrase "Pedagogical Content Knowledge" (PCK) into research discourse. Shulman is the 2006 recipient of the University of Louisille Grawemeyer Award in Education.

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