Local Geography Teaching, Under The New Curriculum Ideas

Local geography is an important part in the geography course for middle school students. Over a long period of time ,local geography has been restricted seriously, taking a part of little importance ,affected by the examination-oriented education system. This education system emphasizes the test of common and macroscopic knowledge. It involves little of all sorts of local conditions, which makes it hard to teach local geography.Quality education system emphasizes the development of character, encouraging students to learn something during the course, to explore in the practice, and to be good at collecting, concluding some useful knowledge in our everyday life. The study of local geography aims at our living conditions, which are our familiar living surroundings around us. In the condition, we can enjoy everything actually, and we can obtain the correct understanding of current objective conditions.The essay intends to illustrate the importance of developing local geography in the quality education ,by discussing the character, value, contents and purpose of local geography and the significance of local geography.