| Under the background of the new curriculum reform,it is the foundation of education to implement and promote students’ comprehensive and quality education.Geography has the unity of theory and practice,and the value of geography education is embodied in cultivating core literacy.Local geography teaching is a meaningful way to implement geography practice,which is conducive to students’ lifelong development.As the geography around students,local geography is easy to find and excavate its resources.Local geography cases are closely related to students ’ life so that students can learn about nature and society.Therefore,it is of great significance to take Zhengzhou as an example to study the application of local geography cases in high school geography teaching.Presently,the main research directions of domestic and foreign scholars and front-line teachers are the development and application of local geographical resources and the application strategies of local geographical cases.However,how to combine the local geography case resources in the region with high school geography teaching is a concern of many front-line geography teachers.This paper focuses on “the application of Zhengzhou local geography cases in senior high school geography teaching” as the core point.Based on defining the relevant concepts and theory,the paper analyzes the current situation and problems of local geography cases teaching in Zhengzhou,puts forward targeted application suggestions,designs typical teaching cases,and provides a detailed theoretical basis and practical support for Zhengzhou geography teachers to use local geography cases in geography teaching.Taking Zhengzhou city as an example,this paper,based on the guidance of constructivism theory,situated cognition theory,example teaching theory,and life education theory,firstly composes the relevant concepts,characteristics,and theoretical basis of local geography through the literature method.Combining with the teacher interview method to investigate the current situation of applying local geography cases in Zhengzhou,the paper analyzes three main problems of front-line geography teachers: insufficient scientificity,weak practicality,and weak integration in selecting cases,secondly,collecting and organizing the Zhengzhou local geography case resources based on the senior high school geography curriculum standards and the people’s education edition(2019)senior high school geography textbook,and classifying the Zhengzhou local geography cases according to the different ways of application,and proposing the principles of consistent with the curriculum standards and textbooks,emphasizing knowledge,practical activities,and integration with geography teaching.In response to the preceding problems,five application suggestions are put forward: establishing a case think tank to realize resource sharing;researching the curriculum standards and textbooks,problem-driven orientation;improving innovation ability and converting thinking modes;making good use of the platform to expand access channels;and strengthening teacher training to enhance their teaching skills.Finally,combing with the high school geography textbook of Renmin Education Edition(2019),typical local geography cases are designed and integrated into geography teaching,including “Zhongmou Watermelon-National Agricultural Products Geographical Indication Case,” “Airport Industry Cluster and Development” and “Jalu River Ecological Corridor Geography Case.” These cases mainly reflect the regional characteristics of Zhengzhou and can fit the high school geography curriculum standards,which is an essential embodiment of cultivating students’ core literacy.The article mainly completes the excavation and arrangement of local geography case resources of Zhengzhou city,forms the typical case teaching designs and application suggestions,provides enriched reference cases for the future classroom teaching of high school geography teachers in Zhengzhou city,facilitates the improvement of geography teachers’ classroom efficiency,guides students to care about the development of their hometowns,cultivates students’ native land emotion and carries out the value of education. |