Geography Learning Theory

Author: Xia Zhifang
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book is a monograph in the field of geographical learning research in China. It not only summarizes and inherits past experiences and traditions in geographical learning but also elaborates on the goals, tasks, and strategies of geographical learning from new perspectives and concepts. The author systematically studies the entire process of geographical learning, reveals many important facts reflecting the laws of geographical learning, points out the psychological phenomena and characteristics of students in geographical learning, proposes a basic ability system for geographical learning, and particularly emphasizes the training of geographical information literacy, geographical practical skills, and geographical innovative awareness. The author also analyzes the existing problems and their causes in school geographical teaching and student geographical learning, and puts forward several improvement suggestions. The research findings in this book have significant practical implications for guiding the research of geographical learning theory and the reform of geographical teaching. The book has a rigorous structure, profound arguments, and novel viewpoints. It can serve as a reference for middle school geography teachers and geography teaching theory teachers at normal universities in teaching and research, and can also be used as a selective textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in geography education at universities.