Current studies emphasise that nature plays a key role in geography education. However, little research has been devoted to elucidating the underlying mechanisms by which nature contact (NC) influences academic achievement. With the aim of filling this gap, this study provides a serial multiple mediator model that examines how contact with nature promotes academic achievement in geography (AAG) and is further associated with the serial multiple mediating effect of students' sense of place (SOP) and geospatial thinking (GT). A self-report questionnaire was administered to 885 senior high-school students in China. The results indicated that the positive association between NC and students' AAG was not only mediated by an SOP and GT but also serially mediated by an SOP and GT. The findings and details are valuable for educational researchers and practising teachers, as they extend our understanding of the factors influencing AAG and how they correlate with geography learning processes.

提升青少年气候变化意识水平对于我国推进生态文明建设具有重要意义.本文从气候变化态度、个人关注、气候变化知识、增值作用和气候友好行为5个维度构建青少年气候变化意识量表并展开调研.结果显示,青少年气候变化友好行为意向较为强烈且态度积极;气候变化知识与其他气候变化意识关键成分间相关性较弱;中学地理课程中的气候变化教育渗透有待加强.基于上述发现,本文提出的培养策略有:构建"地理+"气候变化专题,通过跨学科学习强化气候友好行为;开展气候变化议题式教学,通过情境具身强化价值观念;倡导在地实施气候变化教育,通过研学实践提升气候变化意识水平.

赛里木湖,古称"净海",位于中国新疆维吾尔自治区博尔塔拉蒙古自治州博乐市境内的北天山山脉之中,紧邻伊犁哈萨克自治州霍城县.它是新疆海拔最高、面积最大的高山冷水湖,也是大西洋暖湿气流最后眷顾的地方,被誉为"大西洋的最后一滴眼泪".

PurposeFamily environment has the major impact on children’s academic development. The aim of this study was to research the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography. Further, geospatial thinking, as a form of spatial thinking focusing on the scale of the geographical environment, is closely related to family environment and academic achievement in geography. Thus, the study was more specifically to apply a mediation model to explore the potential mediating role of geospatial thinking.MethodsA total of 1,037 upper-secondary-school students in Western China were surveyed using t the Family Capital Questionnaire and the Geospatial Thinking Test Questionnaire. SPSS (version 26.0) was used for descriptive statistical analysis and correlation analysis. The PROCESS plug-in (version 4.0) was used to test the mediating effect of geospatial thinking.Results(1) The correlation analysis showed that family capital has a positive effect on academic achievement in geography and is related to geospatial thinking. Moreover, geospatial thinking exerts a positive effect on academic achievement in geography. (2) The results of mediation analysis indicated that geospatial thinking plays mediating and buffering roles in the relationship between family capital and academic achievement in geography after controlling for family residence and gender. The direct and indirect effects accounted for 75.32% and 24.68% of the total effect, respectively.ConclusionThe results indicated that family capital not only affected academic achievement in geography directly but also indirectly through geospatial thinking. This finding provides some ideas for the development of geography education, which suggests that geography educators need to pay more attention to the influence of the family environment on students’ geography learning in curriculum design and teaching processes. Also, the mediating role of geospatial thinking further uncovers the mechanisms underlying the academic achievement in geography. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on both students’ family capital and geospatial thinking in the process of geography learning, and carry out more geospatial thinking training to improve academic achievement in geography.

甘肃,这个地图上看起来像哑铃一样的地区,是中国离海洋最远的省份,其中的地貌类型却姿态万千.由于远离海洋,周围的高原又恰好截留了来自海洋的暖湿气流,包括河西走廊在内的整个西北地区都变成了干旱半干旱区. 一、张掖七彩丹霞 彩色丘陵景观在白垩世(大约1亿年前)是一个大湖(见图1),由于气候变化,湖中沉积形成了含有不同矿物成分的水平状泥岩、砂质砾岩.大约8000万年前,受地壳运动而挤压变形,原水平的岩层发生褶皱或倾斜.3600万年以来的抬升和剥蚀作用使这些变形后的岩层暴露出地表,经风化和剥蚀,逐渐形成了一个个低矮的小山丘.

家庭在个人成长中发挥着不可替代的作用.本文通过对浙江省517名高一学生进行问卷调查,探讨家庭社会经济地位对学生地理学业成就的影响机制.研究结果显示,家庭社会经济地位不仅对学生的地理学业成就产生直接影响,还可以通过生活方式和学会学习素养的链式中介作用对学生地理学业成就产生间接影响.由此,地理教育要关注家庭因素、联结日常生活、重视情感体验,实现公平与质量兼备的强有力地理教育.

在全面推进乡村振兴的背景下,文教旅融合成为乡村发展的"新捷径".研学旅行不仅能直接激发乡村活力,还能召唤青少年投身乡村建设.本文试图基于设计思维过程模型,围绕"如何打造乡村项目以协调经济发展与环境保护",设计杭州市青山村的地理研学课程.

Purpose This study explored the relationship between sense of place and academic achievement in geography and used a mediation model to verify the mediating role of creativity in this relationship. Methods A total of 1,037 upper secondary school students were surveyed using the Sense of Place Scale, the Innovative Behavior Scale, and their geography test scores. SPSS (version 26.0) was used for descriptive statistical analysis and correlation analysis. The PROCESS plug-in (version 4.0) was used to test the mediating effect of creativity. Results (1) The correlation analysis showed that sense of place has a positive effect on academic achievement in geography and is related to creativity. Moreover, creativity exerts a positive effect on academic achievement in geography (2). The results of mediation analysis indicated that creativity plays mediating and buffering roles in the relationship between sense of place and academic achievement in geography after controlling for gender and residential address. The direct and indirect effects accounted for 65.708 and 34.292% of the total effect, respectively. Conclusions The results indicated that sense of place affected not only academic achievement in geography directly but also creativity indirectly. This conclusion provides certain ideas for the development of geography curriculums. Since academic achievement in geography is related to both sense of place and creativity, it is necessary to pay more attention to integrating sense of place in geography education and to foster creativity in curriculum development and teaching of geography.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to public health problems, including depression. There has been a significant increase in research on depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little attention has been paid to the overall trend in this field based on bibliometric analyses.MethodsCo-Occurrence (COOC) and VOSviewer bibliometric methods were utilized to analyze depression in COVID-19 literature in the core collection of the Web of Science (WOS). The overall characteristics of depression during COVID-19 were summarized by analyzing the number of published studies, keywords, institutions, and countries.ResultsA total of 9,694 English original research articles and reviews on depression during COVID-19 were included in this study. The United States, China, and the United Kingdom were the countries with the largest number of publications and had close cooperation with each other. Research institutions in each country were dominated by universities, with the University of Toronto being the most productive institution in the world. The most frequently published author was Ligang Zhang. Visualization analysis showed that influencing factors, adverse effects, and coping strategies were hotspots for research.ConclusionThe results shed light on the burgeoning research on depression during COVID-19, particularly the relationship between depression and public health. In addition, future research on depression during COVID-19 should focus more on special groups and those at potential risk of depression in the general population, use more quantitative and qualitative studies combined with more attention to scale updates, and conduct longitudinal follow-ups of the outcomes of interventions. In conclusion, this study contributes to a more comprehensive view of the development of depression during COVID-19 and suggests a theoretical basis for future research on public health.