Tōwen-hsien
Vice President of the Institute of National Development and Strategy, Renmin University of Chinese
Professor at the School of Marxism
Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on the construction of ideological and political courses in schools, summarized the historic achievements of ideological and political courses in the new era, clarified the situation and tasks of ideological and political courses in the new era, expounded the content requirements of ideological and political courses in the new era, clarified the main responsibilities of ideological and political courses in the new era, and provided a scientific guide for continuously opening up a new situation in ideological and political education in the new era. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, take the party's innovative theory in the new era as the guide, base itself on the great practice of the new era, and constantly promote the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses, so as to ensure that there are successors to the party's cause and the construction of a modern socialist country.
Summarize the historic achievements in the construction of ideological and political courses in the new era. Since the beginning of the new era, the cause of the Party and the country has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, pushing the mainland to embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has always insisted on putting the construction of ideological and political courses in schools in an important position in education work, the party's leadership over the construction of ideological and political courses has been comprehensively strengthened, the direction of socialist education in all types of schools at all levels has become more distinct, and the teachers of ideological and political courses are more confident in teaching and devoting themselves to educating people.
The historic achievements in the construction of ideological and political courses in the new era are fundamentally due to the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a series of important speeches on the construction of ideological and political He pointed out at the National Conference on Ideological and Political Work in Colleges and Universities that ideological and political theory courses should be strengthened in the course of improvement; During the inspection of the Chinese People's University, it was made clear that the essence of ideological and political education is to be reasonable, and it is necessary to pay attention to methods and methods, and explain the truth deeply, thoroughly, and lively; At the fifth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, it was emphasized that we should persist in reform and innovation and promote the integration of ideological and political education in primary and secondary schools. The Party Central Committee has put the ideological and political course in the context of the overall situation of national rejuvenation and the changes in the world in a century, and promoted it from the perspective of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, building a strong modern socialist country, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The party and the state have issued a number of guiding documents on strengthening and improving the ideological and political work of colleges and universities under the new situation, deepening the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses in schools, and establishing a principal responsibility system for the leadership of party organizations in primary and secondary schools, and incorporating the construction of ideological and political courses into the assessment and political inspection of the leading groups of party committees at all levels. It is the full implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions and the strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee, the joint efforts of all types of schools at all levels, teachers and students, and the use of innovative theories to guide creative practice to make breakthroughs, so that the ideological and political courses have a new look and the quality of ideological and political courses has been improved.
Clarify the situation and tasks of the construction of ideological and political courses in the new era. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "The central task of the Communist Party of China is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to build a great modern socialist country in an all-round way, realize the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization." "Focusing on the goal of building a modern socialist country, the construction of ideological and political courses urgently needs to create a new situation. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that in the new era and new journey, the construction of ideological and political courses is facing new situations and new tasks, and there must be new atmosphere and new achievements, emphasizing that it is necessary to adhere to the guidance of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, fully implement the party's education policy, implement the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people, adhere to the construction of ideological and political courses and the party's innovative theoretical arming to advance simultaneously, build a curriculum and textbook system with socialist thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the core content, and further promote the integration of ideological and political education in primary and secondary schools.
Every time the party's theoretical innovation takes a step forward, the theoretical armament must follow suit. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the guiding ideology of the Party and the country, contemporary Chinese Marxism, Marxism in the 21st century, and the essence of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit, realizing a new leap in the Sinicization of Marxism. Ideological and political courses are aimed at college, middle school, and primary school students who have a bearing on the future of the country, and are an important position and an important way to arm themselves with theory. The construction of ideological and political courses is advancing simultaneously with the party's innovative theoretical arming, which is to use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to guide the entire ideological and political courses, build a curriculum and textbook system with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the core content, open an introduction course on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and fully integrate Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into all ideological and political courses. In recent years, courses related to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era have been fully offered in primary and secondary schools, and the unified textbooks of "Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" and related textbooks have been published one after another, and the curriculum and textbook system has been gradually improved. The adolescent stage is the "jointing and booting period" of life, and it needs to be carefully guided and cultivated the most. The growth, maturity, and success of young people cannot be achieved overnight, and they need to be patiently guided. Ideological and political courses should start with buttoning up the first button of young people, and make all school stages connected, coordinated, and linked, and gradually and spirally upward, so as to realize the integration of ideological and political education in primary and secondary schools.
Explain the content requirements for the construction of ideological and political courses in the new era. What to talk about and how to talk about it is like the "body" and "use" of the construction of ideological and political courses. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that we must always adhere to the guiding position of Marxism, take the world-renowned achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics as the content support, and take the excellent traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture as the foundation of strength, explain the truth deeply, thoroughly and lively, promote the connotative development of the construction of ideological and political courses with integrity and innovation, and continuously improve the pertinence and attractiveness of ideological and political courses.
The essence of ideological and political courses is reasoning. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. A really good ideological and political course is not about passionately performing and practicing lip sync, but about presenting facts and reasoning. What is said well is based on what is done well, and the two are unified. The disconnection and divergence between the two is a taboo in ideological and political courses, and seeking truth from facts is undoubtedly the "living soul" of ideological and political courses. Facts speak louder than words, and today's students have a broad vision and diverse information, and it is ultimately up to them to be persuaded by facts. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have taken a series of strategic measures, promoted a series of transformative practices, achieved a series of breakthroughs, and achieved a series of landmark achievements, which are of milestone significance in the history of the Party, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of socialist development, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation. This is the richest treasure of ideological and political courses in the new era, which greatly enhances the appeal, affinity, and persuasiveness of ideological and political courses. To tell the story of the new era well and implement the main principles of ideological and political courses, we must solidly implement the specific requirements of the "eight unifications", face all kinds of erroneous trends of thought, respond to students with thorough academic analysis, and guide students to discover, analyze and think about problems. On the basis of accuracy, we should explain deeply and thoroughly and lively, understand the growth law of college students in the digital age, keep pace with the times to explore teaching methods and methods that meet the requirements of the times, and use various forms such as case-based teaching, inquiry-based teaching, interactive teaching and thematic teaching to make ideological and political education more warm, vivid, amiable and credible, and let the truth enter the brain and heart.
Clarify the main responsibility for the construction of ideological and political courses in the new era. To do business, we must rely on people and organizations. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to focus on building a team of ideological and political teachers with strong politics, deep feelings, new thinking, broad vision, strict self-discipline and positive personality. He stressed that party committees (party groups) at all levels should put the construction of ideological and political courses on the important agenda, and all types of schools at all levels should consciously assume the main responsibility, constantly open up a new situation in ideological and political education in the new era, and strive to cultivate more new people of the era who can reassure the party, love the country and dedicate themselves, and take on the important task of national rejuvenation.
The key to running ideological and political courses well lies in teachers, and the key lies in giving play to teachers' enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity. It is necessary to train more politically strong and capable "economic teachers" and "human teachers" and cultivate "great gentlemen" in ideological and political courses. First of all, teachers of ideological and political courses should be politically strong. In order to let people with faith talk about their beliefs and to solve the problem of students' ideals and beliefs, teachers of ideological and political courses can only have confidence in their own beliefs and highly agree with the content they preach, and can they effectively guide students to truly learn, understand, believe, and apply. Teachers of ideological and political courses should be capable. The ideological and political class is not a "water class", but a very creative work. Doing a good job in ideological and political courses not only has "art", but also "learning" and "Tao". The political and ideological nature of ideological and political courses is closely linked to the academic and professional nature. Teachers of ideological and political courses should have innovative thinking, dialectical thinking, broad vision, awareness of problems, solid foundation in Marxist theory, and extensive knowledge of philosophy, social sciences and natural sciences. The key to running China's affairs well lies in the party and in the party's strong and comprehensive leadership. Only by strengthening the party's overall leadership over the construction of ideological and political courses can we ensure the correct political orientation of the construction of ideological and political courses in schools, ensure that schools use scientific theories to train people, guide people with correct thinking, and cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. Party committees at all levels should vigorously shoulder the "first responsibility," put the building of ideological and political courses on the important agenda, grasp the conspicuous problems restricting the construction of ideological and political courses, and adopt effective measures in the work pattern, contingent building, and support guarantees. It is necessary to establish a work pattern in which the party committees exercise unified leadership, the party and the government work together to manage the work, the relevant departments assume their respective responsibilities, and the whole society coordinates and cooperates, so as to promote the formation of a good atmosphere in which the whole party and the whole society work hard to run ideological and political courses well, teachers conscientiously teach ideological and political courses, and students actively study ideological and political courses.
Source: China Education News
WeChat editor: Zhang Jingjing
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