A Systematic Comparison Of High School Textbook Activities Based On Geographic Core Literacy

With the promulgation of the?Geography curriculum standard for senior high school(2017 Edition)?the core literacy of geography has attracted much attention.The new curriculum standard also puts forward new requirements for the compilation of geography textbooks,so the textbooks have ushered in a new round of revision.The change of activities is a highlight of the revision of the new geography textbook,and the activity system plays an important role in cultivating the core literacy of geography and changing students' learning style.Therefore,it is necessary to make a comparative study on the activity system of the fourth edition of senior high school?Geography 1?from the perspective of geography core literacy.First of all,it compares the basic characteristics of the activity system design of the fourth edition of textbooks from three aspects of activity type,content and presentation mode.Among the types of activities,the four editions of textbooks all present the characteristics of various types,but there are differences in the direction of students' ability training: the people's education press focuses on the improvement of students' reading and thinking ability;Shandong Education Press focuses on cultivating students' ability of reading,analyzing,designing and implementing activities;Hunan Education Press and China Library Press focus on the cultivation of reading thinking and reading analysis ability.In the activity content,the activity content of the fourth edition textbooks is not evenly distributed;The content selection is in line with the real life;There are continuity differences in problem setting.There are various types of activity charts in the fourth edition of textbooks;All the activities are based on the real situation;The layout adopts the traditional core design.Secondly,it makes a comparative analysis of the activity system of the four editions of textbooks from the macro and micro perspectives.From the macro point of view,this paper analyzes the main idea and core quality of the activity,and finds that the activity system of the fourth edition of textbooks has more training on geographical practical ability and comprehensive thinking,followed by regional cognition and human land coordination.From the micro point of view,this paper combs the level of geographical core literacy required by each problem in a single activity,and finds that the difficulty of the activity system of the fourth edition textbook is relatively small,between level 1 and level 2.But to be specific,the level of core literacy required by Shandong Education Press is slightly higher than that of other editions,while that of China library is relatively low.Finally,the paper puts forward the strategy of cultivating geographical core literacy based on activities.For the cultivation of the concept of man land coordination,we should excavate the material of activities and make clear the concept of man land coordination;Combined with the situation of the problem,it can arouse deep thinking of the relationship between man and land;Relying on the existing activities,the practice of man land relationship.For the cultivation of comprehensive thinking,we should make use of the chain of activity problems to construct the connection of elements;Based on the problem situation,we should pay attention to the analysis of time and space.For the cultivation of regional cognition,we need to make full use of maps to improve the ability of spatial positioning;Based on the geographical practice activities,recognize and analyze the specific area;Take a comprehensive analysis strategy to guide the exploration of regional characteristics.For the cultivation of geographical practical ability: collect and process geographical information,cultivate information awareness;Combing the geographical practice activities to provide students with free operation space;Design and implement the plan of geographical activities,reflect and improve the quality of activities.