Comments on: STUDENT VOICE: There’s something missing from my Advanced Placement classes, and that needs to change

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:44:51 +0000

I took AP World this year as a freshman. My teacher recognized the Eurocentric nature of the new course and continued to teach the entirety of human history. I appreciated this broader view of the curriculum. In addition to embracing diversity and teaching students of other cultures, the pre-1200 history is essential for contextualizing modern history. I hope the college board corrects their decision in order to lean away from the Eurocentrism that prevails in many of their courses.

By: Jessica Trewhella

Jessica Trewhella — Sun, 01 May 2022 15:43:04 +0000

I taught the pre AP English curriculum and found it to be very white in nature. It was also disjointed and didn’t really address my mostly Dominican students. They could not connect with it due to the Eurocentric nature.

By: Steve Watson

Steve Watson — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:56:12 +0000

Regarding the writer’s critique of AP World, I am baffled. I teach the course, and the course covers the totality of world history. Europe is just a sliver of the curriculum. Much tine is spent teaching non-European regions of the world. For example, China and the Abbasid Caliphate cone to mind. So too Mail and the civilizations of Wear Africa. And because the course starts in 1250, we spend time putting these great civilizations in historical context. Finally, the APWH curriculum is written to be non-Eurocentric. I suggest Ms. Cluroe read the APWH framework written by the College Board to get an idea of what teachers are supposed to be teaching. It is unfortunate she feels this way.