Research On The Changes Of Agricultural Content In High School Geography Textbooks Since The Reform And Opening Up

Agricultural content occupies a prominent position in the content of geography courses at home and abroad,and is an important carrier to cultivate students' core accomplishment of geography subject.Since the reform and opening up,high school geography textbooks are also constantly developing.The academic circles have discussed more about the teaching of agricultural content in geography textbooks,but there are few research results on the changes of agricultural content in geography textbooks.Therefore,it is worth studying to explore the change of agricultural content in geography textbooks of senior high school since the reform and opening up.This study uses the literature research method,content analysis method,comparative method and historical research method to discuss the agricultural content of the 1982 edition,1996 edition,2004 edition and 2019 edition of high school geography textbooks published by People's Education Press.Specifically,on the basis of clarifying the requirements of education documents or high school geography curriculum standards for agricultural content since the reform and opening up,as well as exploring the compilation status of agricultural content in high school geography textbooks in different periods,this paper summarizes the changing characteristics of agricultural content in geography textbooks of senior high school,and analyzes the factors that affect the changes of agricultural content in high school geography textbooks factor.And then,relevant suggestions are made from the two perspectives of textbook compilation and textbook use.The main conclusions are as follows:Since the reform and opening up,agricultural content in high school geography textbooks has shown certain changes in terms of content selection,organization,and presentation.Firstly,in the aspect of content selection,the selection of agricultural content shows a trend of simplification and more prominent geographical features,and the agricultural location factor is the core of agricultural content.Secondly,in terms of content organization,the style structure is gradually standardized.Thirdly,in the aspect of content presentation,the text system is becoming more and more scientific and rigorous;the number and type of image system have increased,and more attention has been paid to the use of geographical landscape maps;the proportion of activity system has gradually increased,and the form has become more and more abundant,and the fusion between activity system and text system and image system has become better and better.The changes of agricultural content in geography textbooks of senior high school are influenced by both external and internal factors.The external influencing factors mainly include politics,economy,science and technology.The internal influencing factors mainly include the evolution of geography curriculum standards,the development of agricultural geography and the renewal of educational concepts.Based on the results of the research above,the revision and use of agricultural content in the current high school geography textbooks are proposed: it is recommended that textbook writers pay more attention to student differences and advance with the times when selecting agricultural content,which can appropriately increase relevant knowledge of geography history When designing the image system,the number of maps can be increased;when designing the activity system,extracurricular practice activities can be added.In addition,it is suggested that geography teachers should refer to the text system of previous textbooks to strengthen geography history education;refer to the activity system of previous textbooks to fully respect students' differences;identify and use different types of images to play their own unique functions;and update geography teaching materials in the light of the actual situation of agricultural development at present.