通识教育课程改革探索——以河南理工大学地球科学概论课程为例

通识教育是普通高等学校教育质量的重要保证,如何加快推动普通高等学校通识教育高质量发展迫在眉睫。该文结合河南理工大学通识教育课程地球科学概论的现状,针对地球科学概论教学中存在的问题,在突出学科交叉融合背景下,从构建课程体系框架、整合思政育人元素、改革教学方式方法、完善课程考核方式等方面进行课程改革探索,旨在发挥地球科学概论普及地球科学知识、培养学生的科学精神,促进学生全面发展等重要作用。

General education is an important guarantee for the quality of education in colleges and universities,and it is urgent to explore how to accelerate the high-quality development of general education there.Based on the current situation of the general education course Introduction to Earth Science in Henan Polytechnic University,this paper aims at the problems existing in the teaching of Introduction to Earth Science and explores the curriculum reform from the aspects of constructing curriculum system framework,integrating ideological and political education elements,reforming teaching methods,and improving course assessment methods,under the background of highlighting interdisciplinary integration.This would play an important role in popularizing earth science knowledge to the students,cultivating their scientific spirit,and promoting their comprehensive development.