A Case Study Of The Development And Research Of Textbooks On Local Geography For Junior School

The Geography Curriculum Standard of compulsory Education(2011 Edition)points out that agrestic geography is a compulsory content,and its compilation should be incorporated into the local curriculum development plan.Agrestic geography helps to improve students' interest in learning geography.As a tool for the implementation of local geography teaching,the development of local geography textbooks is of practical significance to students' learning.At present,Zhangjiakou area does not pay enough attention to agrestic geography,and students' interest in geography learning is insufficient,which has a negative impact on students' development.Through teaching practice,I found that the agrestic geography of Zhangjiakou can be integrated with the chapter "the geography around us" in junior middle school geography,so I try to develop and study the agrestic geography resources of Zhangjiakou in the form of a case.First of all,it makes a theoretical analysis and related concept definition of the local geography textbooks,reviews the relevant research at home and abroad,and preliminarily establishes the development goals and specific requirements of the local geography textbooks according to the geography curriculum standards.It is divided into five steps: establishing the guiding ideology-choosing the overall model-establishing the framework,drawing up the plan-collating the materials,compiling the teaching materials-revising and perfecting.At the same time,five principles should be followed: select the content with educational significance;select the content that can highlight the unique geographical outline of Zhangjiakou;select the content that conforms to the characteristics of students and reflect the characteristics of the times;select the content that can carry out knowledge transfer;select the content that can supplement the unified teaching materials.Finally,the developed agrestic geography textbook is applied to teaching in three specific forms,and the agrestic geography textbook is evaluated and improved through teaching practice.The study draws the following conclusions: First,the development of agrestic geography textbooks must clarify the development goals and development principles,then choose the content of development,and then practice according to the development process of agrestic geography textbooks,finally,the development effect is evaluated through the application practice of agrestic geography textbooks.Second,there are three ways of relative application of local geography textbooks: first,it is applicable in the first section of the first chapter---"The Geography around us" of the seventh grade(volume one)geography textbook of Hunan version;second,it is applicable in the relevant school-based curriculum of agrestic geography;third,it is applicable in the curriculum of practical activities of geography.The interview survey shows that students prefer to learn agrestic geography textbooks through geographical practice.Third,the development and research of agrestic geography textbooks is not only conducive to promoting the professional development of geography teachers,but also conducive to improving students' interest in learning.