Set Based On The New Curriculum For Geography Course

The new curriculum reform of basic education begins in china at the end of 20th century. The reform that disparate curriculum object, various curriculum structure, modern curriculum content, flexible curriculum implementation and developing curriculum estimation is a fundmental change to traditional curriculum theory Meanwhile, more newer and higher demands are being put forward for teachers in regard to teaching views, knowledge structure, basic teaching skills and humanity qualities etc. Basic education reform brings strongly impact and challenges to present teacher education. As the machine run tool of educational work , teacher education can not adapt to the specialization requirements of teachers, so the reform of normal universities must be carried out and the core is curriculum-set reform.By using the methods of document summary method, questionnaire investigation, interviewing , experience summary method and drawing lessons from the developing tendency of education-reform outside china, the paper makes a research on curriculum-set reform of geography in normal universities.The paper consists of five parts.The first part analyses the background and the realistic significance of curriculum-set reform of geography in normal universities by the review of curriculum reform of basic education and theories of teacher specialization. Above which, it brings out the research route.The second part elaborates the theoretical basis of the reform clearly. The third part conveys a detailed analysis on the characteristic of new curriculum reform of basic education. Through the interpretation of the new curriculum standard.This part presents the differences between the geography teaching syllabus and new curriculum standard in the aspects such as curriculum idea, curriculum content, curriculum sturcture. And then further analyzes the appeals for the teacher specialization from new curriculum reform. The forth part is the positive analysis about the present situation of geography curriculum in normal universities. The problems: From the point of curriculum concept, it emphasizes on researching not teaching, emphasizes on theory not reality, emphasizes on classical theory not modern scientific knowledge; From the view of curriculum content, the content is old,repeated and the structure of the knowledge is dull; From the view of curriculum-structure, the proportion of the major curriculums is too high, but that of the public curriculums and education curriculums is opposite ,the major and required curriculums are much more than optional curriculums. The whole curriculum system lacks of flexibility and elasticity. On the base of the four parts above and comparison with foreign geography curriculum-set reform, the fifth part puts forward the necessities and suggestions of the curriculum-set reform of geography in normal universities. The suggestions include that Innovate curriculum objectives, perfect the curriculum structure, renew curriculum content and make top quality courses. The lastis the conclusion of the research.