测绘工程专业《地图学》课程教学改革的探讨

基于测绘工程专业人才培养的需要，介绍测绘工程专业地图学课程的教学目标和特点以及当前教学中存在的问题，对教学改革的内容和方法进行探讨。     

搞好课程建设深化教学改革培养高质量人才

分析了课程建设在高等学校教学工作中的地位和作用，以及课程建设的内容和途径。其中，着重阐述了教学内容和课程体系改革这个课程建设的重点。同时，对我院课程建设提出了一些有益的设想     

Towards a Regionally Balanced Geographic Education Beyond Geography Class

Abstract

This contribution to the “Comments” section first introduces a metric designed to estimate the amount of attention given to different countries of the world in academia using Internet “term paper mills”. This metric is used to introduce a call for the incorporation of more geographic education regarding peripheral areas of the world into the broader college curriculum. Even as geography courses struggle to incorporate knowledge of many peripheral parts of the world, the rest of the university experience is continuing to reflect perceived “national interests.”     

A constructivist approach to using GIS in the New Zealand classroom

The development of the revised New Zealand Curriculum provides an excellent opportunity to investigate GIS-based learning pedagogies within the social sciences classroom. The new curriculum privileges inquiry-based activities with a more participatory approach to learning, providing students with greater autonomy in their studies. This paper emphasises the value of GIS technology for extending student learning when situated within a problem-based learning (PBL) framework. Using GIS, students undertake geographic inquiry through meaningful learning grounded in constructivist learning theory. PBL is well suited as an instructional strategy for integrating GIS as students actively learn when presented with authentic, real-world problems.     

中外高校地理课程改革之比较

本文首先阐述了课程改革的意义、发达国家高校课程改革趋势,然后对比分析了中外高校地理课程改革基本情况,并提出了我国高校地理课程改革的措施。     

Geography in Schools

In Australia, geography, studied as a discipline, is generally non-existent in Grades K-6 (approximately ages 5-11 years) and, in some states, this state of affairs extends to Grades 7-10 (12-15 years). In New South Wales (NSW), the geography component has been strengthened in the Grades K-6 curriculum; there are mandatory and optional geography courses in Grades 7-10, and optional geography courses in Grades 11 and 12 (16-17 + years). In this paper, the place of geography in NSW, in the learning area of Studies of Society and Environment, is compared with geography curricula in five countries. In England and Wales, and in Finland, geography is regarded as an essential subject in the school curriculum. In the USA and Japan, attempts are being made to replace generalist social studies courses with disciplines, such as geography, from the humanities and social sciences. And, finally, Hong Kong has been influenced by curriculum developments in England and Wales, as well as in Australia.     

课程改革与地理教师的角色创新

面对课程改革中教育理念、教学方式、教学情境、教学效果评价体系的种种变化，地理教师必须重构面向21世纪中国教育未来的创新性角色，实现“教书匠”向“研究型学者”的转换，成为学生自主性学习的引导者、参与者及合作者，成为学生创新能力的培养者，真正适应新世纪人才培养的要求。