Geography homework design under the new curriculum standard

[Keywords] homework content; homework form; cooperation; inquiry 〔Chinese classification number] G633.55 〔Document identification number] B 〔Article number] 1004-0463(2008)07(B)-0030-01

Homework is an extension of teaching and extension, and together with classroom teaching, it constitutes the two most basic aspects of teaching. Under the guidance of the objectives of the new curriculum, teachers should give full play to the characteristics and advantages of geography homework design, try to infiltrate the concept of the new curriculum, and change generative homework into pre-composed homework, in order to cooperate with classroom teaching to achieve the teaching objectives of the new curriculum.

I. The basic principles followed in the design of geography homework

1. The design of homework content should be based on the examination of basic knowledge first. That is, the design of homework, first of all, to be positioned in the examination of basic knowledge, the content of the homework should be closely linked to the basic knowledge of each class, the basic concepts and basic principles, through letting the students do their homework, to achieve the consolidation of basic knowledge, to detect the mastery of the basic knowledge of the purpose, this is the most basic requirements of the design of the homework.

2. The design of assignments should be conducive to the cultivation and enhancement of students' interests and abilities. That is, the design of geography homework for students interested in the problem, there is a certain degree of freedom, can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of students to learn. For example, in the study of "the geographical structure of the city" before the teacher can let the students to collect the city's location, structure, function and other aspects of the information, in the classroom everyone **** with the exchange. In teaching, teachers should also pay attention to students' geography comprehensive analysis ability, comparison ability, judgment and reasoning ability, image reading ability, image reproduction ability, fill in the drawing ability, memory ability, self-learning ability training.

3. The form of homework should be rich and varied to meet the needs of students at different levels. In the form of homework, the subject of geography has greater flexibility than other subjects, in addition to regular written assignments, teachers can also assign a variety of forms of homework from time to time, such as map drawing, local geography surveys, geography modeling, network assignments, and so on. When assignments are designed, regular written assignments focus on the training of basic knowledge and basic skills, while operational assignments focus on the cultivation of comprehensive quality. Teachers of the homework content selection should be closely linked to classroom teaching, but can not be limited only to the textbook knowledge within the scope of the homework should be carefully designed openness, selective homework, in order to allow students of different levels of independent choice, so that "everyone can practice, everyone can succeed", so that every student in different levels of training and development. The students will be trained and developed at different levels. Such as charts and maps drawing, agricultural production program design, choice of travel routes, etc., are very flexible homework.

4. Geography homework design should be conducive to students' inquiry-based learning and cooperative learning. The new curriculum emphasizes the attention to the learning process of students and cooperative learning between students, teachers and students. As a result, teachers should provide students with opportunities for inquiry in teaching, and the same should be reflected in the design of homework. They should try to assign assignments that are conducive to developing students' thinking, giving full play to their creative abilities, and providing opportunities for cooperation, so as to cultivate students' sense of cooperation and ability, and let students learn to interact with others, get along with others***, cooperate with others, and gain new knowledge and enhance their abilities in cooperation. Some assignments can be done cooperatively and some can be done with the cooperation and support of classmates or parents.

Two, innovative forms of homework, cultivate students' comprehensive ability

1. Textual expressive homework must be less and more precise. Expressive homework is a traditional form of written assignments, which requires students to learn the knowledge expressed in words through the presentation of the way to test the students' understanding of knowledge and the normative nature of language expression and other issues. However, the quality of arranging this kind of homework should be high, the number should not be too much, should be less and more precise, to avoid causing the burden of students and boredom of the psychological generation.

2. The assignment of charts and graphs to cultivate students' basic skills of map reading and drawing. Maps and charts are the second language of geography, and have the same important role as text materials in geography teaching materials. In the geography textbooks and high school exams contain a large number of maps and charts. Therefore, teachers should carefully design some mapping assignments when assigning homework. For example, when learning the earth's movement, students can draw different types of sunshine maps; when learning contour lines, students can draw topographic sections according to contour maps; when learning the regional geography of China and the world, students can draw regional maps. Practice has proved that the drawing of maps and charts is the best way to exercise students' basic map skills.

3. Practical assignments - a catalyst for knowledge and ability. Students in their own lives, the learning process, has accumulated a preliminary geographic knowledge, some geographic events also have some perceptual understanding, and through the field internships, small surveys, geography experiments and other practical assignments, can further strengthen the students' perceptual understanding and the combination of rational knowledge of the books to promote the knowledge and ability to transform each other, which is for the understanding of the student's knowledge, the ability to enhance the often have a cloudy day. The effect of this is that the students' understanding and ability to improve their knowledge and ability are often in the clouds.

4. Arrange network homework to expand the breadth and depth of students' knowledge. In teaching, combined with the teaching content, teachers can give students some network assignments. Such as allowing students to collect information related to the text, charts, videos, etc., in the classroom orally or in the form of e-mail sent to the teacher's mailbox, the teacher collated in the classroom feedback to the students, so that both can broaden students' knowledge, but also to cultivate the ability of students to collect information, expanding students' cognitive geographic phenomena of the depth and breadth of the teacher-student exchanges and the cultivation of students' interest in learning.