What are the electives in high school? And what are the required courses?

Math and Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Politics, Geography. Each of these has two electives except for Politics, which has no electives, and English, which has four electives.

Things like Japanese and Russian can only be taken for fun, and high school is still mainly about studying and getting into a good college so you can specialize in the major you're interested in in college.

Expanded Information

The difference between elective and compulsory:

Firstly, there is a difference in learning objectives and methods. Different texts have different learning objectives and learning methods, so in teaching, it is necessary to consider the differences between optional and compulsory textbooks, develop different objectives and teaching methods, and strive to fit the textual characteristics of the selected textbook to maximize the guidance of students' learning.

Secondly, the positioning of elective and compulsory subjects is different. Elective is the expansion on the basis of compulsory study. Elective courses are positioned on the basis of compulsory expansion and improvement, focusing on the appreciation of the course of the function of cultivation, guiding students to explore more in-depth research, improve literacy.

Third, there are different evaluation systems. Elective courses are only "optional reading", it is not a compulsory course of tuition, nor is it a simple copy of the university's elective course model, but according to the actual situation of students to develop a reasonable course objectives, in depth, breadth on the moderate expansion, advocate research, and attach importance to students' independent learning.

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