{"title":"How Key Competencies Progress across School Terms? A Study of “Activities” in Geography Textbooks for Secondary Schools","authors":"X. Xiang, Yaling Chen, Yuan Fang, Qi Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00221341.2022.2052936","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The recent round of curriculum reform in China has proposed the educational goal of developing key competencies. This study examined how key competencies are integrated into geography textbooks for middle schools through pre-designed activities. The results showed that the textbooks emphasized the regional awareness competency. The activities in these geography textbooks promoted key competencies differently across the school years, and each competency showed a different type of learning progress over time.","PeriodicalId":51539,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Geography","volume":"43 1","pages":"67 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Geography","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2022.2052936","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract The recent round of curriculum reform in China has proposed the educational goal of developing key competencies. This study examined how key competencies are integrated into geography textbooks for middle schools through pre-designed activities. The results showed that the textbooks emphasized the regional awareness competency. The activities in these geography textbooks promoted key competencies differently across the school years, and each competency showed a different type of learning progress over time.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Geography is the journal of the National Council for Geographic Education. The Journal of Geography provides a forum to present innovative approaches to geography research, teaching, and learning. The Journal publishes articles on the results of research, instructional approaches, and book reviews.