A Comparative Study Of Chinese And Japanese Junior High School Mathematics Textbooks

Japan’s mathematics education has drawn wide attention from the internatio na l mathematics education community.At present,the development of Japanese textbooks has made remarkable achievements,which also acts as important reference in the preparation of Chinese junior high school mathematics textbooks.Shanghai has always played a "leader" role in Chinese education reform,so the preparation of mathemat ics textbooks that suit for the development of Shanghai is particularly important.In this paper,through the methods of literature research,comparative analysis and content research,this paper analyzes the characteristics of the curriculum standards of Shanghai and Japan junior high school,the specific structure of two versions of textbooks,the arrangement of contents,the setting of case exercises and graphic design.A qualitative and quantitative comparative study is made in order to find the differe nce between the two versions of textbooks,and then to make recommendations on the drawing up of Shanghai junior high school mathematics textbook.Through the comparison of curriculum standards and textbooks,it is found that in the curriculum standards,Japan focuses on cultivating students’ mathematical thinking and hands-on ability.Shanghai is more focused on the students’ solid knowledge and problem-solving ability.The two junior high school mathematics curriculum standards also have certain difference are I the curriculum content.The Japanese curriculum standards is elaborated in the four aspects of number and type,graphics,quantitat i ve relationship and data use.The Shanghai standard is to be specific regulated in four aspects of the number and algebra,graphics and data processing,and practice.In the aspect of the content,the two versions of the textbooks are set up both in the structure the "chapter-section-class".Chapter introduction and text presentation both have their own characteristics;The content of the Shanghai version is wider than Tokyo version,but the content depth is relatively lower;The two versions are also very concerned about the practice,and arranged a lot of exercises.By comparing the two versions of the exercises,it is found that the number of exercises in Tokyo version is more than that of Shanghai,but the comprehensive difficulty is less than Shangha i,which is resulted from the different from principles of exercises setting.Comparing the graphic design of the two versions of textbooks,we can find that the cover design,text il ustrations and the whole main colors of the two versions has their own style.Based on the comparison of Shangha i and Japanese junior high school mathematics curriculum standards and textbooks,I puts forward some suggestions on the drawing up of the textbooks of Shanghai.First.Adding special columns,focusing on the setting of head and bottom of the column to enhance the fun of textbooks.Second.Focusing on the background of knowledge,changing the concept of presentation and weakening the graphics and geometric difficulty;Third.Strengthening the exercises and real life links,focusing on the process of presentation of the example;Four.Seting the characteristics of the column graphic,paying attention to the harmony of the text and gragh,as well as the match of the color.