Popularization of remote sensing education and general course construction in undergraduate education

35th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment

地球科学;生态环境科学

Wang, Jing'Ai^1,2 ; Sheng, Zhongyao^1,2 ; Yu, Han^1,2

Beijing Normal University, School of Geography, 19# Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, China^1

Beijing Normal University, Key Laboratory of Regional Geography Research, 19# Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, China^2

关键词: Comprehensive qualities;    General course;    Remote sensing images;    Undergraduates;    University course;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/17/1/012262/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/17/1/012262

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The construction of a course focused on remote sensing is important because it cultivates college students' geographic abilities and popularizes remote sensing technology. Using internet datasets, this article compares data from general undergraduate courses at almost 100 universities located in the United States and China with 3 years of experimental teaching data from the general undergraduate "Remote sensing Region" course at Beijing Normal University. The comparison focuses on curricular concepts, course content, website construction and the popularity of the remote sensing topic. Our research shows that the "remote sensing region" course can promote the geographic abilities of college students by popularizing remote sensing observation technology. The course can improve the overall quality of college students by breaking major barriers, and it can promote global and national consciousness by presenting material with global and regional relevancy. Remote sensing imaging has become known as the third most intuitive geographic language after text and maps. The general remote sensing course have the three following developmental qualities: interdisciplinarity, popularization and internationalization.