A Comparative Study Of The New And Old Standards Of Geography Curriculum In Senior High School

The national curriculum standard is the basis for the preparation,teaching,evaluation and examination of the teaching materials,and is the basis of the national management and evaluation course.As a national programmatic document,curriculum standards guide all aspects of national education and have a great impact on curriculum reform and practical teaching.Therefore,by comparing the differences between the different versions of the curriculum,not only conducive to comprehend the prospects of the development of national curriculum,but also conducive to understanding and grasping the curriculum standards.In this paper,the author took the "2003 high school geography curriculum standards(experimental draft)"(hereinafter referred to as the 2003 version of the standard)and "2017 high school geography curriculum standards(draft).(hereinafter referred to as the 2017 version of the standard)as the object of the study.The author used the literature research method,comparative analysis method,text analysis method and qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis method to study the differences between the two different versions from the following eight aspects:general framework,curriculum nature and idea,curriculum goal,curriculum structure,course content,academic quality standard and implementation suggestion,in order to understand the development of China’s geography curriculum trends and prospects which can provide some ideas and suggestions for the majority of geography teachers.By comparing the different between the 2003 version of the standard and 2017 version of the standard text,we draw the following conclusion:the version of the 2017 revision is not only the requirements of the development of the times,but also the requirements of geography which is becoming more mature.For the 2017 version,the system structure continuously improve,logical reinforcement;curriculum ideas focus on highlighting the core culture;curriculum objectives intended to achieve sublimation,to achieve from the "ability to" to "literacy" change;curriculum structure has been adjusted reasonable;the course content are more contemporary through deleting a lot of content.The compulsory courses become more basic,elective courses emphasis more on self-selectivity;implementation recommendations also updated comprehensively,the recommendations do correspond with the reality and the level of education in the current geographical education.