《论语》说:“博学而笃志,切问而近思”。中国古人做学问,很讲究从自己最感兴趣的问题出发,由近及远地认识世界并培养思维能力。现代地理教育理念与这种“切问近思”的治学传统,有着天然的联系。地理科学本身就是研究实际空间关系与规律的科学,乡土地理便是从“切问近思”的角度,研究身边的地理事物与地理现象。新课改根据地理学的这一本质特点,规定地理教学要讲学生身边的地 “Analects of Confucius” said: “erudite and Atsushi, cut close to thinking ”. Ancient Chinese scholarship, very particular about their own most interested in starting from the near and far to understand the world and develop thinking skills. The concept of modern geography education has a natural connection with this kind of traditional Chinese learning tradition. Geographical science itself is the science of studying the actual spatial relations and laws, and the local geography is to study the geo-physical phenomena and geographical phenomena around it from the perspective of “asking nearly everything”. New Curriculum Reform According to this essential feature of geography, it is stipulated that geography teaching should teach the students