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Ideological and Political Course Construction Must Seek Vitality through Reform and Innovation

王易:思政课建设要向改革创新要活力

· · Ideological & Political Education · Wang Yi, Vice President of Renmin University of China, Professor at the School of Marxism · Guangming Daily (15 March 2024, p. 6) · 14 min read

The ideological and political course is a key course for carrying out the fundamental task of fostering virtue and nurturing people. On March 18, 2019, at the symposium for teachers of ideological and political theory courses in schools, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that “ideological and political course construction must seek vitality through reform and innovation,” providing scientific guidance and an action guide for why and how to run ideological and political courses well in the New Era. Over the past five years, the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses have continuously condensed and focused through exploration, been strengthened and improved in practice, with construction concepts becoming increasingly clear, the basic pattern undergoing profound changes, the content system becoming increasingly complete, and methods and paths becoming rich and diverse. Standing at a new historical starting point, ideological and political course construction must take reform and innovation as its orientation, further strengthen Party leadership, innovation-driven development, coordinated linkage, and digital empowerment, and write a chapter of forging souls and educating people on the new journey.

思政课是落实立德树人根本任务的关键课程。2019年3月18日,习近平总书记在学校思想政治理论课教师座谈会上明确指出,“思政课建设要向改革创新要活力”,为新时代为什么要办好思政课、怎样办好思政课提供了科学指导和行动指南。5年来,思政课改革创新在探索中不断凝练聚焦,在实践中不断加强改进,建设理念日益明确、基本格局深刻变化、内容体系日臻完善、方法路径丰富多样。站在新的历史起点上,思政课建设要以改革创新为导向,进一步强化党的领导、创新驱动、协同联动、数字赋能,书写新征程上铸魂育人的奋进篇章。

1. Remarkable Achievements in the Reform and Innovation of Ideological and Political Courses

1.思政课改革创新成效显著

The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core attaches great importance to the construction of Marxist colleges, Marxist theory disciplines, and ideological and political courses, realizing the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses through a series of policies and measures, and achieving remarkable results in construction concepts, basic patterns, content systems, and methods and paths.

以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视马克思主义学院、马克思主义理论学科和思政课建设,以系列政策举措实现思政课改革创新,并在建设理念、基本格局、内容体系和方法路径等方面取得显著成效。

The construction concepts for the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses are becoming increasingly clear. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on ideological and political course construction and the series of policy documents issued by the Party Central Committee have clarified the issue of “how to grasp” the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses in the New Era. Important expositions such as “ideological and political course construction must seek vitality through reform and innovation,” “we must make good use of the ‘grand ideological and political course,’” “the essence of the ideological and political course is to explain principles,” and “promote the integrated construction of ideological and political education in universities, middle schools, and primary schools” anchor the basic direction of ideological and political course construction, profoundly explain the essence of the ideological and political course, expand the vision and pattern of ideological and political course reform and innovation from the height of national governance, and provide the fundamental guidance for running ideological and political courses well. The issuance of policy documents such as the “Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform and Innovation of Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Schools in the New Era,” the “Implementation Plan for the Reform and Innovation of Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Schools in the New Era,” and the “Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Marxist Colleges in the New Era” has improved the institutional system for ideological and political course construction and completed the top-level design for the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses.

思政课改革创新的建设理念日益明确。习近平总书记关于思政课建设的重要论述以及党中央出台的系列政策文件,明确了新时代思政课改革创新“如何抓”的问题。“思政课建设要向改革创新要活力”“‘大思政课’我们要善用之”“思政课的本质是讲道理”“推进大中小学思想政治教育一体化建设”等重要论述,锚定思政课建设的基本指向,深刻阐释思政课的本质,从治国理政的高度拓展思政课改革创新的视野和格局,为办好思政课提供了根本遵循。《关于深化新时代学校思想政治理论课改革创新的若干意见》《新时代学校思想政治理论课改革创新实施方案》《关于加强新时代马克思主义学院建设的意见》等政策文件的出台,完善了思政课建设的制度体系,为思政课改革创新做好了顶层设计。

The basic pattern of the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses has undergone profound changes. The high-quality development of Marxist colleges, the continuous promotion of teaching supported by scientific research, and the social environment of jointly running ideological and political courses well together drive the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses in the New Era. Efforts are made to build a strong position for the education, teaching, research, publicity, and talent cultivation of Marxist theory, strengthening the construction of Marxist colleges as key colleges, Marxist theory disciplines as key disciplines, and ideological and political courses as key courses, objectively realizing the transformation of Marxist colleges from many to strong, from strong to excellent, and laying a solid organizational guarantee for promoting the connotative development of ideological and political courses. At the same time, the theoretical foundation for the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses has been further consolidated through the traction of scientific research projects. The National Social Science Fund has established a “Special Research Project on Ideological and Political Courses in Universities,” and the Ministry of Education has set up a special research project for university ideological and political course teachers within the “Prosperity Plan for Philosophy and Social Sciences in Higher Education Institutions,” promoting the theoretical deepening of the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses with solid theoretical research. With the high attention of governments at all levels, the cooperation and support of families, and the extensive participation of social organizations, a broad social pattern of schools, families, and society jointly running ideological and political courses well has initially taken shape.

思政课改革创新的基本格局深刻变化。马克思主义学院的高质量发展、以科研支撑教学的持续推进和共同办好思政课的社会环境,共同推动新时代思政课改革创新。着力打造马克思主义理论教育教学、研究宣传和人才培养的坚强阵地,将马克思主义学院作为重点学院、马克思主义理论学科作为重点学科、思政课作为重点课程加强建设,客观上实现马克思主义学院从多到强、从强到优的转变,为推动思政课内涵式发展奠定坚实组织保障。同时,思政课改革创新的学理基础以科研项目的牵引方式得到进一步夯实。国家社科基金设立“高校思政课研究专项”,教育部在“高等学校哲学社会科学繁荣计划”中设立高校思政课教师研究专项,以扎实的理论研究推动思政课改革创新的学理深化。在各级政府高度重视、家庭配合支持,以及社会组织广泛参与下,学校、家庭、社会共同办好思政课的社会大格局初步形成。

The content system for the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses is becoming increasingly complete. The construction of the ideological and political course curriculum system with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its core content, the comprehensive promotion of the “grand ideological and political course,” and the integrated construction of ideological and political courses in universities, middle schools, and primary schools have enriched the system of “what to do” in the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses in the New Era. With the full offering of the course “Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” at the undergraduate level in universities and the publication of the textbook “Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” the course group with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its core content has been further consolidated and improved, and the latest achievements of the Party’s innovative theory have been organically integrated into ideological and political courses. In addition, more and more social resources and social forces are actively “integrating” into the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses. Social practices such as “Great Country Borderlands” and “Thousand Villages, Ten Thousand Households” have launched a series of “walking ideological and political courses”; brand activities such as “Ideological and Political Courses on the Central Axis of Beijing” and “New Ideas on the Podium” have moved ideological and political courses to the front line of historical sites. The integrated construction of ideological and political courses running through all segments of universities, middle schools, and primary schools has also received widespread attention. In 2020, the Ministry of Education established the Steering Committee for the Integrated Construction of Ideological and Political Courses in Universities, Middle Schools, and Primary Schools, and in 2022 deployed the construction of a community for the integrated construction of ideological and political courses in universities, middle schools, and primary schools. The integration of curricula, textbooks, teaching, and teachers for ideological and political courses in universities, middle schools, and primary schools has been continuously deepened in the form of “jointly answering the same question.”

思政课改革创新的内容体系日臻完备。以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为核心内容的思政课课程体系建设,“大思政课”的全面推进以及大中小学思政课一体化建设,丰富了新时代思政课改革创新“干什么”的体系。随着“习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想概论”课在高校本科阶段全面开设,《习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想概论》教材出版,以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为核心内容的课程群进一步巩固完善,党的创新理论最新成果有机融入思政课程。此外,越来越多的社会资源、社会力量等积极“融入”思政课改革创新中。“大国边疆”“千人百村”等社会实践,推出系列“行走的思政课”;“北京中轴线上的思政课”“讲台上的新思想”等品牌活动,把思政课搬到历史现场的第一线。贯通大中小学各学段的思政课一体化建设也得到广泛关注。2020年教育部成立大中小学思政课一体化建设指导委员会,2022年部署大中小学思政课一体化共同体建设工作,大中小学思政课课程一体化、教材一体化、教学一体化、教师一体化等,以“同题共答”的形式持续深化。

The methods and paths for the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses are rich and diverse. The innovation of teaching methods for ideological and political courses, the application of modern information technology, and the demonstration and leadership of “golden courses” in ideological and political education have broadened the path of “how to do it” in the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses in the New Era. Guided by the “Eight Unifications” [n1], diverse teaching methods such as case-based teaching, inquiry-based teaching, experiential teaching, interactive teaching, thematic teaching, and differentiated teaching are flexibly applied in the education and teaching of ideological and political courses. With the development of educational digitalization, the construction of ideological and political courses has gradually expanded from physical classrooms to virtual classrooms and blended classrooms. High-quality course resources continue to emerge. For example, Renmin University of China firmly grasps its responsibility to provide more “golden courses” for ideological and political course teaching in universities, middle schools, and primary schools nationwide, creating integrated teaching resources for the course “Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” and building a “golden course” system for “Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” and a “golden course” system for “Ideological and Moral Cultivation and the Rule of Law.”

思政课改革创新的方法路径丰富多样。思政课教学方法革新、现代信息技术运用以及思政“金课”示范引领,拓宽了新时代思政课改革创新“怎么干”的路径。以“八个统一”为导向,案例式教学、探究式教学、体验式教学、互动式教学、专题式教学、分众式教学等多样化教学方法被灵活运用于思政课教育教学中。随着教育数字化发展,思政课建设从实体课堂逐步向虚拟课堂、混合式课堂拓展。优质课程资源不断涌现,例如,中国人民大学牢牢把握为全国大中小学思政课教学提供更多“金课”的责任担当,打造“习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想概论”课程一体化教学资源,建设“习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想概论”金课体系和“思想道德与法治”金课体系。

2. Basic Experience in Promoting the Reform and Innovation of Ideological and Political Courses

2.推动思政课改革创新的基本经验

In the five years since the symposium for teachers of ideological and political theory courses in schools was held, the construction of ideological and political courses has achieved remarkable results and undergone profound changes, which contain basic experiences such as adhering to Party leadership, innovation-driven development, and coordinated linkage.

学校思想政治理论课教师座谈会召开5年来,思政课建设取得显著成绩,发生深刻变化,其中蕴含着坚持党的领导、创新驱动、协同联动等基本经验。

Adhering to Party leadership and consolidating broad consensus on improving the quality of ideological and political courses. The key to running China’s affairs well lies in the Party. In promoting the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses, Party leadership can only be strengthened, not weakened. Adhere to placing the construction of ideological and political courses in a prominent position. Thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on the construction of ideological and political courses, and unremittingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to forge souls and educate people. Adhere to strictly implementing the main responsibility of local Party committees for the construction of ideological and political courses, and treat the construction of ideological and political courses as a landmark project for Party building and ideological work. Party committees at all levels implement and improve special meetings on ideological and political courses, and take effective measures in work layout, team building, support and guarantees, and other aspects. Adhere to establishing and improving the mechanism for university Party secretaries and presidents to take the lead in grasping ideological and political courses. University Party secretaries and presidents, as the first responsible persons for ideological and political course construction, take the lead in entering classrooms to listen to and give lectures, take the lead in promoting ideological and political course construction, take the lead in contacting ideological and political course teachers, convene special meetings on ideological and political course construction, and incorporate the situation of ideological and political course construction into the assessment of the school’s Party building work, the evaluation of school-running quality, and the evaluation system for discipline construction.

??坚持党的领导,凝聚提升思政课质量的广泛共识。办好中国的事情,关键在党。推动思政课改革创新,党的领导只能加强、不能削弱。坚持把思政课建设摆在突出位置。深入贯彻落实习近平总书记关于思政课建设的重要论述,坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想铸魂育人。坚持严格落实地方党委思政课建设主体责任,把思政课建设作为党的建设和意识形态工作的标志性工程。各级党委落实完善思政课专题会议,在工作布局、队伍建设、支持保障等方面采取有效措施。坚持建立健全高校党委书记、校长带头抓思政课机制。高校党委书记、校长作为思政课建设第一责任人,带头走进课堂听课讲课,带头推动思政课建设,带头联系思政课教师,召开思政课建设专题会议,把思政课建设情况纳入学校党的建设工作考核、办学质量和学科建设评估体系。

Adhere to innovation-driven development, and stimulate the sustained momentum for strengthening and improving ideological and political theory courses. To promote the reform and innovation of ideological and political theory courses, they must be strengthened through improvement and raised through innovation. Adhere to the synchronous advancement of the construction of ideological and political theory courses with the theoretical innovation of the Party. Focus on the teaching, research, and interpretation of Marxist theory, comprehensively permeate and organically integrate the Party’s theoretical innovation achievements into each ideological and political theory course, and make concentrated efforts on political guidance, theoretical elucidation, and value shaping. Adhere to strengthening the construction of the curriculum system and the textbook system. Strengthen the construction of the curriculum cluster of ideological and political theory courses with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the core content. On the basis of maintaining the relative stability of the compulsory course offerings for ideological and political theory courses, combine the characteristics of each educational stage in universities, middle schools, and primary schools to construct a curriculum system of compulsory courses plus elective courses. Keep pace with the pace of practice and theoretical innovation, promptly compile and revise textbooks for ideological and political theory courses, form a three-dimensional textbook system, and effectively enhance the political nature, contemporaneity, scientific quality, and readability of the textbooks. Timely integrate the latest achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, the latest experience in upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the latest research progress in the discipline of Marxist theory. Adhere to reforming and innovating the teaching methods of ideological and political theory courses. Based on the vivid materials of Chinese-path modernization, organically combine teaching priorities, theoretical difficulties, social hotspots, and student characteristics, and guide students’ growth and success through methods such as case-based, inquiry-based, experiential, interactive, thematic, and differentiated approaches.

坚持创新驱动,激发加强改进思政课的持续动力。推动思政课改革创新,要在改进中加强、在创新中提高。坚持思政课建设与党的创新理论武装同步推进。聚焦马克思主义理论教育教学和研究阐释,将党的创新理论成果全面贯穿、有机融入各门思政课程,着力在政治引导、学理阐释和价值塑造上下功夫。坚持强化课程体系和教材体系建设。加强以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为核心内容的思政课课程群建设,在保持思政课必修课程设置相对稳定基础上,结合大中小学各学段特点构建形成必修课加选修课的课程体系;紧跟实践与理论创新步伐,及时编写修订思政课教材,形成立体化教材体系,切实提升教材的政治性、时代性、科学性、可读性,及时融入马克思主义中国化时代化最新成果、坚持和发展中国特色社会主义最新经验、马克思主义理论学科最新研究进展。坚持革新思政课教育教学方法。以中国式现代化建设的鲜活素材为依据,把教学重点、理论难点、社会热点、学生特点有机结合,以案例式、探究式、体验式、互动式、专题式、分众式等方式方法引领学生成长成才。

Adhere to coordination and synergy, and gather the overall合力 for constructing the pattern of ideological and political theory courses. Adhere to promoting team building in an integrated manner. Strictly verify the positions for full-time ideological and political theory course teachers according to a teacher-student ratio of no less than 1:350, create a multi-level and multi-type training system, strengthen the cultivation of reserve talents for the ideological and political theory course teacher team, and take multiple measures to fully equip and strengthen the ideological and political theory course teacher team. Adhere to horizontally coordinating forces from all sides. Make good use of the “grand ideological and political theory course,”[2]2 The “grand ideological and political theory course” (大思政课) refers to an expanded concept of ideological and political education that integrates resources and settings beyond the traditional classroom, including social practice, cultural activities, and online platforms. do a good job of overall design with a systematic concept, promote close cooperation among multiple subjects and coordinated efforts from multiple forces, realize the interconnection and intercommunication of educational and teaching resources and the mutual learning of experience and methods, so that ideological and political theory courses are closely combined with reality, fully interactive with practice, and resonate with the times at the same frequency. Adhere to vertically connecting all educational stages, rationally design course objectives and teaching content, and create an integrated working mechanism for ideological and political theory courses in universities, middle schools, and primary schools.

坚持协同联动,聚集构建思政课格局的整体合力。坚持一体推动队伍建设。严格按照师生比不低于1∶350的比例核定专职思政课教师岗位,打造多层次、多类型的培训体系,加强思政课教师队伍后备人才培养工作,多措并举配齐建强思政课教师队伍。坚持横向统筹各方力量。善用“大思政课”,以系统观念做好整体设计,推动多主体密切合作、多方面力量协同发力,实现教育教学资源互联互通、经验方法互学互鉴,让思政课与现实紧密结合、与实践充分互动、与时代同频共振。坚持纵向贯通各个学段,合理设计课程目标、教学内容,打造大中小学思政课一体化工作机制。

3. Deepening the reform and innovation of ideological and political theory courses at a new historical starting point

3.在新的历史起点上深化思政课改革创新

Standing at a new historical starting point, we should take the linkage of compulsory and elective courses, the combination of the small classroom of ideological and political theory courses with the big classroom of society, and the empowerment of modern information technology as the focal points, and promote the reform and innovation of ideological and political theory courses to a new height.

站在新的历史起点上,应以必修选修联动、思政小课堂社会大课堂结合、现代信息技术赋能为着力点,推动思政课改革创新走向新高度。

Link compulsory courses and elective courses to optimize the curriculum system of ideological and political theory courses. First, make every effort to create “hardcore” compulsory ideological and political theory courses, making them the main front and core area for carrying out ideological and political theory course teaching. Strengthen the construction of main courses through teacher guarantees, content innovation, method reform, etc., take the teaching and research of the latest achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times as the top priority, and create a system of “golden courses”[3]3 “Golden courses” (金课) is a term used in Chinese higher education reform to denote high-quality, challenging, and valuable courses, as opposed to “watery courses” (水课) that are considered low-quality. for ideological and political theory courses with the course “Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” as the core. Second, innovatively launch characteristic elective ideological and political theory courses, making them multiple channels and broad platforms for deepening ideological and political theory course teaching. On the basis of maintaining the relative stability of the compulsory course offerings for ideological and political theory courses, set course modules in combination with the characteristics of each educational stage in universities, middle schools, and primary schools, and offer a series of selective compulsory courses. Finally, construct a curriculum system of compulsory courses plus elective courses, so that the main channel and micro-circulation of ideological and political theory course teaching interact smoothly. Focus on political identity, feelings for the family and the country, moral cultivation, rule-of-law awareness, and cultural literacy, take love for the Party, the country, socialism, the people, and the collective as the main line, and through the setting of multiple course modules, realize the mutual complementarity and mutual reinforcement of compulsory and elective courses, and continuously consolidate the construction of the curriculum cluster with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the core content.

必修课和选修课联动,优化思政课课程体系。首先,倾力打造“硬核”思政必修课,使必修课成为开展思政课教学的主阵地和核心区。通过师资保障、内容创新、方法革新等加强主干课程建设,把马克思主义中国化时代化最新成果的教学和科研作为重中之重,打造以“习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想概论”课为核心的思政“金课”体系。其次,创新推出特色思政选修课,使选修课成为深化思政课教学的多通道和宽平台。在保持思政课必修课程设置相对稳定基础上,结合大中小学各学段特点设定课程模块,开设系列选择性必修课程。最后,构建形成必修课加选修课的课程体系,使思政课教学的主渠道与微循环交互畅通。以政治认同、家国情怀、道德修养、法治意识、文化素养为重点,以爱党、爱国、爱社会主义、爱人民、爱集体为主线,通过多元课程模块的设定,实现必修课与选修课相辅相成、相得益彰,不断巩固以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为核心内容的课程群建设。

Combine the small classroom of ideological and political theory courses with the big classroom of society to expand the construction pattern of ideological and political theory courses. Realizing the organic combination of the small classroom of ideological and political theory courses with the big classroom of society is an inherent requirement for extending the spatial and visual field of the construction pattern. On the one hand, take the magnificent practice as the classroom and move ideological and political theory courses to the vast social world. Promote the combination of ideological and political theory course education and teaching with student volunteer service, theoretical propaganda, and social research, take experiential practice classrooms as typical demonstrations, organize students to enter society and go down to the grassroots, understand the national conditions and realize responsibility, and seek truth, understand principles, and clarify reasoning from real social life. On the other hand, introduce vivid and lively practice into the classroom, so that ideological and political materials based on social practice fill the classroom. Encourage local governments and schools to establish cooperation mechanisms with the practice teaching bases of the “grand ideological and political theory course,” rely on vivid practical materials, refine the laws of practical education, and develop a number of practical courses that can explain the path of China, the governance of China, and the rationale of China. With the concept of opening up ideological and political theory courses to run them, fully absorb various social resources, social forces, social channels, social activities, etc., to participate in the construction of ideological and political theory courses, and continuously expand the reform and innovation of ideological and political theory courses to the big stage of social life.

思政课小课堂与社会大课堂结合,拓展思政课建设格局。实现思政课小课堂与社会大课堂有机结合,是延展建设格局空间视域的题中应有之义。一方面,以波澜壮阔的实践为课堂,把思政课搬到广阔的社会天地中。推动思政课教育教学与学生志愿服务、理论宣讲、社会调研结合,以体验式实践课堂为典型示范,组织学生走进社会、深入基层,了解国情、感悟担当,从现实社会生活中求真理、悟道理、明事理。另一方面,引生动鲜活的实践进课堂,让基于社会实践的思政素材充溢课堂。鼓励各地各校与“大思政课”实践教学基地建设合作机制,依托鲜活生动的实践素材,提炼实践育人规律,开发一批能够阐释中国之路、中国之治、中国之理的实践大课。以开门办思政课的理念,充分吸纳各种社会资源、社会力量、社会途径、社会活动等参与思政课建设,不断实现思政课改革创新向社会生活大舞台拓展。

Empower with modern information technology to stimulate the innovation momentum of ideological and political theory courses. Using modern information technology to empower the reform and innovation of ideological and political theory courses is an important measure to stimulate sustained and efficient innovation momentum. First, strengthen digital construction and make good use of resource platforms. Rely on the ideological and political theory course resource platform created by the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Universities and the national online collective lesson preparation platform for ideological and political theory course teachers in universities, use digital technology to reshape course structure, resource development, and team training, and promote the deep integration of ideological and political theory courses with modern information technology. Second, expand digital achievements and open up digital resources. Give full play to the exemplary role of relevant digital achievements such as “Famous Teachers and Masters on Party History” and “One Hundred Years of Party History: Figures, Events, Documents,” build question banks, case banks, material banks, and online demonstration course banks covering each ideological and political theory course and serving frontline teaching, and create a “central kitchen”[4]4 “Central kitchen” (中央厨房) is a metaphor borrowed from media convergence, referring to a centralized platform that integrates resources, content production, and distribution for multiple channels. for online lesson preparation and learning of ideological and political theory courses with strong user stickiness. Third, innovate digital technology and extend the digital chain. Adhere to the principle of joint construction and sharing, through the use of virtual simulation technologies such as XR and VR, realize human-machine dialogue and dynamic interaction, extend the digital chain of ideological and political theory courses with high-quality ideological and political theory course resources, and continuously realize the conceptual upgrade of ideological and political theory course teaching from technological application to technological empowerment, the systematic transformation of ideological and political theory course teachers from individual combat to group combat, and the deep integration of ideological and political theory course construction from moving in the same direction to joint construction and sharing.

以现代信息技术赋能,激发思政课创新动力。运用现代信息技术赋能思政课改革创新,是激发创新动力持续高效的重要之举。一是强化数字建设,用好资源平台。依托北京高校思想政治理论课高精尖创新中心打造的思政课程资源平台、全国高校思政课教师网络集体备课平台,以数字技术再造课程结构、资源开发、队伍培训,推动思政课同现代信息技术深度融合。二是拓展数字成果,打通数字资源。充分发挥“名师大家讲党史”“党史百年:人物·事件·文献”等相关数字成果的示范作用,建设覆盖每门思政课、服务一线教学的问题库、案例库、素材库以及在线示范课程库等,打造富有用户黏性的思政课网络备课学习“中央厨房”。三是革新数字技术,延伸数字链条。坚持共建共享原则,通过运用XR、VR等虚拟仿真技术,实现人机对话、动感交互,以优质思政课程资源延伸思政课数字链条,不断实现思政课教学从技术运用向技术赋能的理念升级,思政课教师从单兵作战向集团作战的系统转变,思政课建设从同向同行到共建共享的深度融合。

(Author: Wang Yi, Vice President of Renmin University of China, Professor of the School of Marxism)

(作者:王易,系中国人民大学副校长,马克思主义学院教授)

Online Editor: Tongxin

网络编辑:同心

Notes

  1. The “Eight Unifications” (八个统一) refers to the eight pairs of relationships that must be unified in ideological and political course teaching, as proposed by Xi Jinping at the 2019 symposium: political and academic, value-oriented and knowledge-oriented, constructive and critical, theoretical and practical, unified and diverse, dominant and subject-oriented, explicit and implicit, and teaching and learning.
  2. The “grand ideological and political theory course” (大思政课) refers to an expanded concept of ideological and political education that integrates resources and settings beyond the traditional classroom, including social practice, cultural activities, and online platforms. ↩
  3. “Golden courses” (金课) is a term used in Chinese higher education reform to denote high-quality, challenging, and valuable courses, as opposed to “watery courses” (水课) that are considered low-quality. ↩
  4. “Central kitchen” (中央厨房) is a metaphor borrowed from media convergence, referring to a centralized platform that integrates resources, content production, and distribution for multiple channels. ↩