Humanities and Social Sciences Basic Learning Guide (Revised Edition)

Author: Hu Zhihua, Gao Xia, Hu Yiqing (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is a supplementary guide designed to accompany the study of "Fundamentals of Humanities and Social Sciences" edited by Ding Boquan (Nanjing University) and Hu Zhihua (Jiangnan University), Capital Normal University Press, July 2004 (revised edition). Based on the teaching syllabus for the advanced specialized program in primary education (science direction) for primary school teachers advancing their studies in higher normal schools, this book summarizes the key points of the original textbook, highlights the main content, and provides necessary hints on some difficult aspects. Each chapter includes learning objectives and requirements, knowledge structure, key guidance, difficulty hints, study suggestions, self-assessment questions, and reference answers. "Fundamentals of Humanities and Social Sciences" was developed as an experimental textbook after the Ministry of Education's Department of Normal Education organized experts to conduct repeated deliberations. The book is divided into three parts, respectively explaining the basic knowledge of humanities and social sciences, important developments and trends in humanities and social sciences in the 20th century, and the relationship between the development of humanities and social sciences and reforms in primary education. The establishment of the humanities and social sciences foundation course and the compilation of the textbook reflect the spirit of reforming the teaching content and curriculum system of higher normal education in the 21st century.