Does Shanxi Province’s high school entrance examination take geography as a test?

Geography is so important, why not take it in the high school entrance examination? June 18, 2009 07:59:30 Source: Shanxi Daily Population growth, resource shortages, environmental pollution, climate warming and other common problems faced by mankind are actually very closely related to the discipline of geography. However, among the subjects currently taken in junior high school and high school, geography has become a minor subject, and the college entrance examination only accounts for 1/3 of "arts and comprehensive arts". Tokyo is the capital of which European country? Is Gansu a coastal province? Why is it night in the United States when our country is daytime? Why is it winter in the Southern Hemisphere when it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere? Don't think that these are "childish" questions asked by primary school students. These are questions that many high school students, especially science students, have asked geography teachers more than once, making them smile bitterly and be speechless. What's the problem? student? teacher? Or school? In fact, it is not the case. There may be a problem with the teaching arrangements of middle school geography classes and the current examination system. "Victim" of burden reduction Before the inspection by superiors, the principal asked angrily: Who made the globe crooked? "Apart from the admission rate, everyone thinks geography is important." Li Yuanping, who has worked as a middle school geography teacher for nearly 20 years and is now the deputy director of the Ordinary High School Curriculum Teaching Research Center of the Provincial Academy of Educational Sciences, said, "But when it comes to the admission rate, geography is not included in the exam. The scope can only be reduced to a minor subject. In addition to the burden reduction requirements in recent years, some schools equate burden reduction with subject reduction. In some schools, geography courses can only be seen on the curriculum. " Li Yuanping said that in 2000, the new year Before the round of curriculum reform, geography was not a test in the province's high school entrance examination. After that, Linfen City, as a pilot city for curriculum reform, added geography as a separate subject. Like Taiyuan, other cities continued to not take geography. In the past two years, Datong City had to take the geography test at the end of the second grade of junior high school. For a while, the geography teacher became a "hot potato". He persisted for two years, and finally "disappeared from everyone". Not only was geography not tested in the high school entrance examination, but also in the college entrance examination for several years in the mid-1990s. Li Yuanping said that this had a huge impact on the geography discipline, making geography teaching difficult. Geography teachers’ professional thinking has been shaken, and they have even been treated unfairly. Some have changed their courses to other courses, and some have done odd jobs in other departments of the school. ". Years of neglect have made the subject of geography gradually marginalized. Most people lack proper understanding of the importance of learning geography. Even when it comes to geography teaching, they just "circle the key points, memorize the key points, and test the key points", which is different from cultivating people with a global perspective and comprehensive analysis. The geography teaching goals of ability, cherishing the earth, treating the environment well, and the concept of sustainable development are far from each other. Because of the lack of attention, the geography teacher wanted to cry when he heard the "jokes" related to geography that happened in real life: Before the superior inspection, the principal asked angrily, who made the globe crooked? A boss lived in a star-rated hotel and saw a lot of watches at the front desk. After checking them out of habit, he said, Beijing time is still accurate... "Required course" in life. Xiao Wang was an intern in Suzhou last semester. He said that after transferring four times, he spent more than 200 yuan, not to mention the trouble and trouble. There is so much knowledge related to geography in life. Xiao Wang, whose hometown is in Yuncheng City and is studying in a technical secondary school in Taiyuan, had a very unforgettable trip during the winter vacation last year. According to school arrangements, Xiao Wang interned in Suzhou last semester. The end of the internship coincided with the Spring Festival, and train tickets were "hard to get". Xiao Wang and his classmates decided to take a long-distance bus. When they arrived at the bus station, they happened to miss the train bound for Tianyuncheng and had to take the long-distance bus to Zhengzhou. After arriving in Zhengzhou, they took a train to Sanmenxia and planned to take a train back to Yuncheng. Since I contacted my family in time, I took a bus back to Yuncheng in Sanmenxia. Xiao Wang said that after changing trains four times, not to mention the trouble and trouble, he also spent more than 200 yuan. Wei Dailing, a geography teacher at Jiexiu No. 1 Middle School, analyzed that Xiao Wang’s experience fully illustrates the importance of learning geography, because the best choice for medium and long-distance transportation is the train, and even if you take a car, you must choose a direct destination. Especially when it comes to Sanmenxia, ??taking a train to Yuncheng requires a walk of 258 kilometers around Zhongtiao Mountain, while taking a car on the Lucky Three Expressway is only 42 kilometers.

Wei Dailing said, "Knowing astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom" is geography, and "reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles" is even more inseparable from geography. Although it is a minor subject in middle schools, it stands for the all-round development and ability cultivation of students. From a perspective, it is a "required course" in life. It can not only help students understand some natural knowledge, some simple astronomical phenomena, and climate knowledge, but also some knowledge of human geography, economic geography, understand the relationship between people and the environment, and help improve the scientific and cultural literacy of young people and improve their personality. , plays a very important role. Looking forward to "returning to the standard" Yang Linxian said that the "Geography Curriculum Standards" formulated by the Ministry of Education have injected new vitality and vitality into the geography curriculum in the new era, and are striving to return to the "standard". Geography is a subject that combines natural science and social science. It occupies an important position in the modern scientific system and has a very close connection with modern society. However, in the current situation where the baton of the college entrance examination plays a decisive role, the rise and fall of the subject is closely related to the examination system, and geography classes are in a very embarrassing position. "But geography is really important." Yang Linxian, a geography teacher at Chengcheng Middle School in Taiyuan City, said, "Learn geography well, and you will no longer be confused about where the small river in front of the door goes, and you will be able to choose in the lost forest. On the way to survival, you can also face sudden natural disasters and escape calmly. "Yang Linxian said that geographical education and geographical knowledge are produced in human production and communication, and have developed with the continuous improvement of productivity and the expansion of the scope of communication. The progress of human society is closely related. Hot topics in today's world, such as population issues, environmental issues, food issues, climate anomalies, economic development, disaster prevention and reduction, etc. are all related to the discipline of geography. Through geography teaching, students can establish a correct view of population, resources, and the environment, understand the importance of coordinating the relationship between human development and the environment, and then cultivate students' sense of urgency. Yang Linxian said that what is gratifying is that the "Geography Curriculum Standards" formulated by the Ministry of Education have injected new vitality and vitality into geography courses in the new era. The standards implement "one standard, multiple copies" and strive to return to the "standard" of the geography discipline. In the compulsory education stage, it is necessary to change the local chronicle-style teaching model under the "subject center" and "knowledge-based", and strive to create a geography curriculum that uses regional geography and rural geography as the learning carrier to cultivate students' geographical practical ability and inquiry consciousness. This will further stimulate students’ interest in learning geography and their patriotism. For current geography teaching, these signals are undoubtedly clear and strong. In order for students to learn geography that is useful for life and lifelong development, it is necessary to arrange teaching content according to students' psychological development rules and in connection with reality, guide students to start from real-life experiences and experiences, and stimulate students' interest in geographical issues. , cultivate geographical learning abilities and enable students to actively understand the functions and values ??of geographical knowledge. Only in this way can geography students love learning, teachers love teaching, and parents welcome it. Reporter Zhang Junbo Correspondent Zhang Xiaoni