Promoting the Community Construction of Ideological and Political Courses in Colleges, Middle Schools and Primary Schools by ＂Integration＂
The construction of an integrated community of ideological and political courses in universities, primary and secondary schools is a brand-new way to improve the effect of ideological and political education. As the leading unit in the construction of an integrated community of ideological and political courses in primary, middle and primary schools in Gansu Province, Marxist College of Northwest Normal University cooperates with 14 units in the province to strengthen the reform and innovation, teaching and research, practical education, teacher training and other measures to build an ideological and political education community and continuously promote the high-quality development of ideological and political education.
Highlight problem orientation and improve working mechanism
The construction of an integrated community of ideological and political courses in universities, primary and secondary schools involves the connection and operation of many factors. The college adheres to the problem orientation, actively builds the working mechanism of the community, and forms a "collective consensus" and "action program" for the integrated construction with 14 cooperative units. Regularly carry out academic seminars on the construction of integrated communities, focusing on the integration of training objectives, teaching materials, teaching optimization and operation, teaching and research resources, teaching staff and other elements, to break through management barriers and form a sound working mechanism. The College actively coordinates with the administrative departments, promotes the establishment of steering committees and expert steering groups for the integrated construction of ideological and political courses in universities, primary and secondary schools, studies and formulates the implementation plan for the integrated community construction, and establishes the integrated normal communication mechanism, integrated sharing and co-construction mechanism, integrated teaching and research mechanism, integrated practical education mechanism, integrated teacher training mechanism, etc., and promotes the continuous improvement of the "community" mechanism with the sense of "integration".
Establish the concept of synergy and enhance the joint force of educating people
The focus of community construction is "coordination", and the key is to unite "joint efforts" to ensure that the teaching material system of ideological and political courses in all study sections in the region is built as one, the teaching content is focused as one, and the teaching and research activities are carried out as one. Under the guidance of "the concept of collaboration", the college signed agreements with Marxist colleges of many universities in the province to help and build together, took the lead in establishing the same-domain alliance for the integration of ideological and political courses in universities, primary and secondary schools, and regularly carried out provincial-level collaborative activities such as "hand in hand" collective lesson preparation meetings and "big training" team training, so as to strengthen communication and exchanges among teachers of ideological and political courses in various academic sections. Establish a mechanism of "classmate section, adjacent section and cross-section" for cross-class, collective lesson preparation and joint research, open up the boundary of ideological and political course teachers in colleges, middle schools and primary schools, build a platform for collective research and sharing of teaching resources, and create conditions for promoting academic research of ideological and political education. Relying on the famous teacher’s studio of ideological and political course and the provincial teaching team of "Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s Theoretical System" and "Situation and Policy", the College has also selected exemplary "seed teachers", continuously built a high-quality teaching resource pool, actively expanded the diversified ways of ideological and political education personnel training and service, and continuously enhanced the educational synergy of the community through integrated teaching and scientific research.
Adhere to overall planning and improve the effectiveness of educating people
Practice teaching is not only an important part of ideological and political course teaching, but also an important starting point for ideological and political education. The college adheres to the student-centered concept of practical education, builds an integrated practical teaching community, promotes the mutual integration of practical teaching resources, and continuously improves the educational effectiveness of the community.
The college and community units make overall plans to build an integrated practical education mechanism, and rely on the practical teaching base of "Great Ideological and Political Course" to establish a cooperative system of sharing practical teaching bases; Relying on the platform of building an integrated community of ideological and political courses in universities, primary and secondary schools, we will cooperate with community members to build a practical classroom based on VR network teaching, innovate and expand the content and form of integrated practical teaching, actively build a practical education community, and empower practical teaching of ideological and political courses. The college also set up a theoretical propaganda group for college students in the new era, and went deep into universities, primary and secondary schools in the region to carry out social research. Through theoretical propaganda, pairing assistance and fixed-point teaching, it not only improved the effectiveness of practical education in each school section, but also accelerated the process of community construction.
Give full play to the advantages of disciplines and strengthen the teaching staff
Teachers are the key to running ideological and political courses well. As a key Marxist college in Gansu Province, the college has a national first-class undergraduate major in ideological and political education, a post-doctoral research station in Marxist theory, a first-class discipline authorized by a doctor’s degree in Marxist theory, and a first-class discipline authorized by a master’s degree in Marxist theory. It has formed an excellent talent training mechanism integrating undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies, trained a large number of outstanding ideological and political teachers for primary and secondary schools in the province, and has become a reliable guarantee for strengthening the teaching force of the community.
The College attaches great importance to the connotative construction of the teaching staff, insists on the combination of problem orientation, goal orientation and effect orientation, optimizes the secondary institutions of ideological and political course teaching and research, establishes the demonstration and research center of ideological and political course teaching, and strives to build a top-quality teaching and research team and demonstrate the "golden course" project. Organize outstanding backbone teachers to go to the practical education bases in primary and secondary schools in the province to carry out pairing assistance and exchange activities, give full play to the radiation-driven effect led by the demonstration of backbone teachers, and help young teachers in primary and secondary schools improve their professional level. The College has implemented the plan of "Master Studio" for ideological and political courses, jointly organized training and research with cooperative units, jointly conducted teaching seminars, jointly organized teaching exhibitions and jointly implemented practical research, which has hatched a number of backbone teams for the construction of an integrated community of ideological and political courses in universities, primary and secondary schools. In addition, the college also relies on institutions such as the Training and Research Center for Ideological and Political Work Team in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education and the Research and Talent Training Center for Ideological and Political Education in Colleges and Universities of Gansu Province to train business backbones of ideological and political education from all over the province, which has played a positive role in strengthening the teaching staff of the community.
(Author: Niu Jianqiang)