地理技能是指人们从事地理研究与学习的技术和能力,它既包括了从事地理研究与学习的有关技术手段,也包括了进行地理研究与学习的有关能力。地理方法是指人们从事地理研究与学习的思路、途径、手段及解决问题的策略等。由于受高考指挥棒和评价方式应试性的影响,传统的基础地理教育过程中,课堂教学对学生地理技能与方法的培养,仅限于考试做题和“回答地理问题”。这种利用书本上的知识回答虚拟地理问题,来培养学生地理技能的作法,其现实地理意义和实际操作过程不强,学生一旦回到错综复杂的现实情境中,难以将所学地理知识、地理技能应用到现实生活中。随着科学技术的发展和知识经济的到来,人们已深刻地认识到“获取”知识比“记住”知识更重要,“创造”知识比“理解”知识更有价值。因此,重视学生地理技能的培 Geographical skills refers to people engaged in geographic research and learning skills and capabilities, which covers both geographical research and learning related technical tools, but also includes the ability to conduct geographical research and learning. Geographic method refers to the people engaged in geographic research and learning ideas, ways, means and strategies to solve the problem. Due to the influence of the college entrance examination baton and the test mode of evaluation, in the traditional process of basic geography education, the training of students’ geography skills and methods in classroom teaching is limited to exam questions and “answering geographical questions”. The use of the knowledge of books to answer the question of virtual geography to cultivate the students’ geographical skills, the actual geographical significance and practical operation process is not strong, once the students return to the complex situation, it is difficult to study the geographical knowledge, geographical skills Applied to real life. With the advent of the development of science and technology and the advent of a knowledge-based economy, people have realized profoundly that “knowledge” is more important than “remembering” knowledge, “creating” knowledge is more than “knowledge” value. Therefore, emphasis on student geography skills training