| In the process of curriculum reform, students of geography skills are increasingly becoming the focus of national reform. The geographic skills on the basis of existing knowledge and experience, is the technology and capacity of geographical activities and practices, through repeated practice, strengthen and training, is practical application, expand the migration of the geographical knowledge. The basic work of the geography teacher, is to analyze and apply the geography textbooks, which as the basic carrier of the geography curriculum, teachers with the content and objectives of skills development is conducive to the cultivation of students’ geographical skills.This article attempts to contrast geography skills development in China and the United States Geography Standards "scientific discoverer" of high school geography "PEP compulsory1" as the research object, select American high school geography textbooks, materials geographical skills content proportion, presentation materials and the same teaching content case comparative analysis, the main findings are as follows:Analysis of the Sino-US geography curriculum standards and textbooks reflect the content of geographical skills, geography skills in the Sino-US materials showed the following characteristics:(1) American textbook on the part structure always reflect the geographic skills development and the diversification of the presentation;(2) American textbook focus on the students’ hands-on skills development and knowledge-oriented practicality;(3)The Sino-US materials focus on the experimental refinement in presentation, to facilitate students to operate autonomously;(4) American textbook on theoperation of the skill content far more than the proportion of Chinese material s. Comparative analysis of American high school geography textbooks can be drawn from the following revelation:(1) PEP geography textbooks on geography skills content in the reform continues to progress;(2) The preparation of teaching materials, the geography skills development content should be designed to improve the proportion of operational skills, constitute a complete system;(3) Compilation of teaching materials should focus more humane, reflecting the concept of the new curriculum reform;(4) To strengthen the use of modern information technology to collect, process, analyze geographic information, and solve geographic problems;(5) Materials Design geographical case, should focus on the design in the case of living. |
