《基础教育课程改革纲要》中强调“改变课程过于注重知识传授,强调形成积极主动的学习态度”。在实际的高中地理教学中,教师作为教学过程中的组织者、调控者,是学生提高自主学习能力真正意义上的指导者。因此,培养高中学生特别是少数民族学生自主学习能力的策略既是适应新一轮课程改革的需要,也是培育学生能动学习的教学方式。本文分析了在高中地理教学中如何培养民族学生自主学习能力。 “Basic Education Curriculum Reform” emphasizes “changing the curriculum is too much emphasis on imparting knowledge, emphasizing the formation of proactive learning attitude ”. In the actual geography teaching of high school, as the organizer and regulator of teaching process, the teacher is the true guide of the students to improve the ability of independent study. Therefore, the strategy of cultivating high school students, especially minority students, is not only to meet the needs of the new round of curriculum reform, but also to cultivate students’ active learning teaching methods. This article analyzes how to cultivate the autonomous learning ability of ethnic students in high school geography teaching.