Incorporating Student Choice: Reflective Practice and the Courage to Change

Katie Dredger was a successful AP English Literature and Composition teacher when she began questioning the exclusivity her course represented. Here she shares how she was able to open her course to all students willing to attempt the challenge, while maintaining and even raising her intellectual st...

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Published in:English journal 2008-09, Vol.98 (1), p.29-35
Main Author: Dredger, Katie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academically Gifted
Advanced Courses
Advanced Placement Programs
Branagh, Kenneth
Career Change
College Instruction
College students
Cooperating Teachers
Courage
Course Descriptions
Curricula
Demography
English Curriculum
English language
English Literature
English teachers
Extracurricular Activities
Gifted
Grade 11
High school students
High schools
Leadership
Lesson Plans
Literature Reviews
Minority Groups
Minority students
Musical motives
Occupations
Poetic themes
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
Prerequisites
Private schools
Public School Teachers
Public Schools
Reading Achievement
Reading Motivation
Reading Strategies
Reflective Teaching
Secondary school curricula
Secondary school students
Short stories
Student Attitudes
Student Experience
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Track & field
Tragedy
Vocabulary
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Summary:Katie Dredger was a successful AP English Literature and Composition teacher when she began questioning the exclusivity her course represented. Here she shares how she was able to open her course to all students willing to attempt the challenge, while maintaining and even raising her intellectual standards.
ISSN:0013-8274
2161-8895
DOI:10.58680/ej20086722