Placing Advanced Placement® Human Geography: Its Role in U.S. Geography Education. Issue 3 (3rd May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bednarz, Sarah Witham
• Is Part Of: Journal of geography. Volume 115:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 84
• Page End: 89
• Publication Date: 2016-05-03
• Subjects: AP Human Geography -- geography education -- powerful knowledge; Geography -- Periodicals; Geography -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 910.71
• DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2015.1083043
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1341

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article examines Advanced Placement Human Geography (AP HG) in the context of its place in efforts to reform geography education. It presents a critical analysis of the AP program and its curriculum, asserting that it represents "powerful knowledge" as conceptualized by Young. It concludes with a call for research in AP HG aligned with recommendations to focus geography education research. Geographers in higher education are encouraged to embrace AP HG as a mechanism to recruit students and majors.