A Comparative Study Of PEP And Hunan Education Edition 2 High School Geography Compulsory

High school geography education is basic education, reform of basic education in recent years include the development of curriculum standards, adjust the structure and content of the curriculum, integrated curriculum resources development and utilization, development and utilization of the most important of the21st century, and the materials are presented the basis of these acts. High school geography curriculum standards enacted in2003, as a standard, there has been a standard of the "situation, has appeared in Hunan, Beijing, Shandong prepared four sets of materials were referred to Gordon, PEP, in the illustrated and Lu teach version, in order to meet the requirements of most parts of China. Four different versions of geographic materials into different regions experiment in order to get a better implementation strategy.Paper selects one of the two sets of textbooks-PEP and the Gordon version of the high school geography compulsory as the research object, based on the theory to analyze and understand the contents of the two sets of textbooks and contrast materials, from four aspects:teaching materials the degree of compliance with the new curriculum, different teaching material contents frame structure differences, differences of different materials graphic structure differences and case activities to carry out the analysis of these two sets of textbooks.The first part is the Preface. From the research background, significance, current research and research strategy to elaborate on the subject of social value and practical significance.The second part is the theoretical basis. Curriculum theory of structuralism, humanistic curriculum theory, cognitive theory and communication theory.The third part of the study geography textbooks of different versions of the new curriculum differences. This part of the three comparative studies, different content, different learning styles and learning different feedback above.The fourth part is a comparative study of the two sets of textbooks frame structure, in this paper shows the PEP, Gordon version of the high school geography textbooks Compulsory2directory, and then to compare the similarities and differences of the textbook framework for the directory.Compare the two to the fifth part of the unique style of teaching materials, unique style style of graphic style and case textbooks and student activities, described by these two aspects of the commonalities and differences of the different versions of textbooks in style.Finally, the Conclusions and Recommendations.Through research, concluded as follows:(1) From the degree of compliance with the new curriculum, the two materials distinct characteristics and have different, but its fundamental purpose and core expression of a new curriculum requirements of modern citizens and students, and in accordance with their own unique way to interpret this. Learning way above the Gordon version focused on developing students’ independent thinking, and PEP focused on the students to take the initiative to explore. In the learning feedback, PEP and Gordon Edition abandon the "dead answer, and open answers, with emphasis on cultivating students’ understanding of the openness of the outside world. The two sets of geography textbooks are written in accordance with the new curriculum standards. The requirements of the new curriculum standards is necessary to comply with the requirements of the citizens of the formation of geographic literacy also aims to satisfy the curiosity of students to explore the natural world, representations of nature and human society geographical phenomena, the study of law and contact to help students understand and know this The nature and then to master the law of the analysis of the law of development of things.(2) From the structure, the two materials with a plate of the organizational structure, composed of chapters. Internal structure the PEP materials in accordance with the teaching materials, by reading and student activities plates; Gordon Edition by text reading and active plate.(3)From the two editions of the textbook style, graphic, PEP number of pictures that slightly more than the Gordon Edition, the image distribution is more uniform, concise text specification; Gordon version of the picture is more innovative, text more lively. From the case studies and student activities in terms of two sets of geography textbooks in case the proportion is relatively large. Compared to the case of the PEP more mature set; Gordon version of the case by training students to simulate geographic process as the main task. Two sets of textbooks follow the new curriculum for students in the new era, in which the selected student activities more than the form and very novel, but only student activities to be treated as a "classroom exercises. More mature but a small number of PEP cases can not meet the needs of the students’ cognitive development process of knowledge; Gordon Edition Although the number is relatively large, but also very difficult to combat the enthusiasm of students, improve learning efficiency there is no great help.