新一轮基础教育课程改革明确提出了地理教育要“使学生具有初步的地理科学素养和人文素养”,“培养现代公民必备的地理素养”。我们认为,培养学生地理素养的基础是“地图素养”,只有全面认识地图素养,才能够有的放矢地进行地理教学,进而极大地提高地理教学效益,为学生的可持续 A new round of basic education curriculum reform clearly put forward the geography education to “enable students to have a preliminary science and humanities literacy”, “cultivate the essential qualities of modern citizens.” In our opinion, the basis for cultivating students’ geographical literacy is “map literacy”. Only when we fully understand map literacy, will we be able to conduct targeted geography teaching so as to greatly enhance the effectiveness of geography teaching so as to ensure the sustainable development of students