Understand: The role of Advanced Placement in contemporary education
Be able to do: Socratic Circle on the role of Advanced Placement
Step 1: Should students be encouraged to take the AP exams?
Step 2: Does the growth in Advanced Placement courses serve students or schools well? Are there downsides to pushing many more students into taking these rigorous courses?
Read 2-4 different entries in at the following site and identify several quotes from the text to support each side.
Step 3: Using your reading, participate in a Socratic Circle discussion
Step 4: Evaluate the performance of the inner circle discussion
Step 5: Which AP courses would you enroll in if you could? Should courses be open to anybody?
3 comments:
If i had the option to choose out of all of the A.P. courses i would choose:
Chines language and culture
chemistry
European history
physiology
Latin
To talk briefly on whether or not i believe A.P. courses availability, i believe that these classes should be offered to all students that are prepared to engage themselves in a rigorous course. This can be documented through the students class effort, capability to handle and maintain their grades prior the acceptance to an A.P. course. If students do not reach these requirements they should not be excepted into an A.P. course.
I would enroll in United States history and English Literature and Composition AP courses. I would enroll in these classes because I am most confident that I understand these subjects. If a student is confident that they will understand the material being taught in that class, and they are willing to study hard and do the work, they should be able to take an AP course of their choice.
AP courses should not be open to everybody. AP courses should be open to students who have taken certain classes in order to take that AP course. These students will then be prepared to take the AP course that want to tske. AP courses are great for students because they allow them to get credits for college courses. AP courses also better prepare students for classes that they will take in college.
If I was able to choose out of any/all of these AP Courses, I would pick:
Chinese Language & Culture
Musical Theory
Psychology
US History
I think that AP courses should be made available to anyone who is willing to put in the effort into taking the class, especially if there is only a certain number of seats available in the class. If that is the case, then students who would not take it totally seriously should not be allowed to take the course if there are other students who will. However, if there are a lot of excess spaces in the class, then i guess it's not really a problem if other students take the course. Afterall, they are the ones paying for the exam, and they are the ones who's grade will suffer when they don't put in the effort required.
-Colleen
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