Advanced Placement Geography: Opportunities and Challenges for Geographers.

Murphy, Alexander B.

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ERIC Number: EJ576337

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Advanced Placement Geography: Opportunities and Challenges for Geographers.

Murphy, Alexander B.

Journal of Geography, v97 n3 p132-36 May-Jun 1998

Argues that the creation of a College Board Advanced Placement examination in geography is an indicator of the resurgence of interest in geographic education. Traces the history of the Advanced Placement Program and the place negotiated for geography within it. Discusses continuing challenges that exist for geography educators. (DSK)

Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Geography Instruction, Social Studies

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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