中美大学环境学教材的比较研究

Comparative Study on College Environmental ScienceTextbooks between America and China

我国高校目前通用的环境学教材在结构体系、内容和信息表达形式方面与美国存在较大差距。美国大学环境学教材在体系结构方面包括学习目标、提纲、总结、复习思考题、重要术语和网络资源,信息表达形式方面注重图文并茂,内容方面注重基础性、广泛性、交叉性、前沿性和实践性。通过这几方面的比较研究,对我国的环境学教材改革作了建设性的探讨:体系结构上趋向于教材与教参的结合;内容上要具有研究性、讨论性、开放性和前沿性,增强实例和实践环节的教学;加快教材更新的周期;形式上要做到图文并茂。

Current environmental science textbooks in Chi-nese colleges differ greatly from those in foreign col-leges on structure, contents and styles of information.By comparative studies, this paper proposed initiallyinto reconstruction of environmental science textbooksso as to improve the quality of environmental educa-tion, including: to combine textbooks with referencebooks in structure, to enlarge and reinforce examplesand practices in contents, to update more quickly, andto be excellent in both pictures and literary composi-tions in styles.