Integrating Party History Study and Education into the Teaching of Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Higher Education Institutions

In February 2024, the Central Committee of the CPC issued the *Regulations on the Work of Party History Study and Education* (hereinafter referred to as the *Regulations*). The formulation and implementation of the *Regulations* are of great significance for normalizing and institutionalizing Party history study and education over the long term, for promoting the entire Party and the whole society to study and make good use of Party history, to draw wisdom and strength from the Party’s history, and to achieve the goals of studying history to understand principles, to enhance confidence, to cultivate virtue, and to practice with vigor. The *Regulations* clearly state: “Make good use of the channel of ideological and political theory courses in schools, advance the integrated construction of ideological and political education in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, promote the integration of Party history into textbooks, into classrooms, and into students’ minds, and give full play to the important role of Party history in fostering virtue and nurturing people.” The Party’s history is the most vivid and most persuasive textbook for ideological and political theory courses in higher education institutions. To achieve the educational goals of ideological and political theory courses in higher education institutions—touching the soul, enlightening the mind, and inspiring the will—it is necessary to make good use of this textbook of Party history and integrate Party history study and education into the teaching of ideological and political theory courses.

2024年2月，中共中央印发《党史学习教育工作条例》（以下简称《条例》）。《条例》的制定和实施，对于推动党史学习教育常态化长效化，推动全党全社会学好党史、用好党史，从党的历史中汲取智慧和力量，做到学史明理、学史增信、学史崇德、学史力行，具有重要意义。《条例》明确提出，“用好学校思想政治理论课渠道，推进大中小学思想政治教育一体化建设，推动党史进教材、进课堂、进头脑，发挥党史立德树人的重要作用”。党的历史是高校思政课最生动、最有说服力的教科书。实现高校思政课沟通心灵、启智润心、激扬斗志的育人目标，就要用好党史这本教科书，把党史学习教育融入高校思政课教学。

Establishing a Grand View of History and a Grand View of the Times

树立大历史观、大时代观

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “We must establish a grand view of history and a grand view of the times, take in the thousand rivers with our eyes, marshal a million troops in our hearts, grasp the historical process and the general trend of the times, reflect the millennia-old transformation of the Chinese nation, reveal the true path of China over the past century, promote the national spirit with patriotism at its core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation at its core, promote the great founding spirit of the Party, and sing the stirring main theme of the times.” The *Regulations* state that we should “seek experience, find laws, and gain wisdom from history, strengthen confidence in the Party’s leadership, firmly implement the Party’s innovative theories, and unswervingly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” Party history contains rich teaching resources for ideological and political theory courses. Integrating Party history study and education into the teaching of ideological and political theory courses helps students fully recognize the historic achievements of the CPC in profoundly changing the destiny of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, understand the milestone significance of the Party’s century-long struggle, thereby enhancing the ideological and theoretical nature of the courses and consolidating the main front of ideal and belief education.

习近平总书记指出，“要树立大历史观、大时代观，眼纳千江水、胸起百万兵，把握历史进程和时代大势，反映中华民族的千年巨变，揭示百年中国的人间正道，弘扬以爱国主义为核心的民族精神和以改革创新为核心的时代精神，弘扬伟大建党精神，唱响昂扬的时代主旋律”。《条例》指出，要“从历史中寻经验、求规律、启智慧，坚定对党的领导的自信，坚定贯彻落实党的创新理论，坚定不移走中国特色社会主义道路”。党史蕴含着丰富的思政课教学资源，将党史学习教育融入思想政治理论课教学，有助于学生充分认识中国共产党深刻改变中国人民和中华民族前途命运的历史性成就，理解中国共产党百年奋斗的里程碑意义，进而增强课程的思想性和理论性，筑牢理想信念教育的主阵地。

During the period of the New Democratic Revolution, our Party offered courses such as “History of the Chinese Revolutionary Movement” and “Party Building” at schools like the Northern Shaanxi Public School and the North China United University, guiding students to understand the basic laws of the War of Resistance and the protracted war. After the founding of New China, courses such as “History of the Chinese Revolution,” “Foundations of Marxism-Leninism,” and “Political Economy” were offered in higher education institutions, arming the youth with Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, helping generations of youth grasp “where they came from” and “where they should go.” Entering the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the construction of ideological and political theory courses, emphasizing the need to make good use of “grand ideological and political courses.” To effectively conduct the teaching of ideological and political theory courses in higher education institutions, it is necessary to connect the past, present, and future, to link the spatial-temporal dialogue between ideological and political theory course teaching in the New Era and Party history study and education through a grand view of history and a grand view of the times. It is necessary to design courses and set content around the central work of the Party and the state, combined with social practice and ideological reality, and to draw wisdom and strength from the Party’s history, seizing the historical initiative through deep reflection on history.

新民主主义革命时期，我们党在陕北公学、华北联合大学等学校开设“中国革命运动史”“党的建设”等课程，引导学员认识和理解抗战基本规律、持久战等。新中国成立后，在高校开设“中国革命史”“马列主义基础”“政治经济学”等课程，用马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想武装青年，帮助一代代青年领悟“从哪里来”“应该到哪里去”。进入新时代，以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视思政课建设，强调要善用“大思政课”。开展好高校思政课教学，就要贯通过去、现在和未来，以大历史观、大时代观联通新时代高校思政课教学与党史学习教育的时空对话，就要围绕党和国家的中心工作、结合社会实践和思想实际开设课程、设置内容，并从党的历史中汲取智慧和力量，在对历史的深切思考中掌握历史主动。

Currently, the transformation of science and technology drives the development of educational digitalization, providing new opportunities for running ideological and political theory courses well in higher education institutions. We should fully leverage the educational role of red Party history resources and digital teaching resources, using digital technologies such as VR and AR, as well as new media technologies, to present the great victories achieved by the CPC in uniting and leading the Chinese people over the past century. In the convergence of history and reality, we should enhance the sense of the times and appeal, guiding students to correctly recognize and deeply understand the great achievements made since the New Era, expand their profound historical perspective, strengthen historical cognition, and firm up historical confidence.

??当前，科学技术的变革推动教育数字化的发展，为办好高校思政课提供了新的契机。应充分发挥红色党史资源以及数字教学资源的育人作用，运用VR、AR等数字化技术和新媒体技术，展现中国共产党百年来团结带领中国人民取得的伟大胜利，在历史与现实的交汇融合中，增强时代感和吸引力，引导学生正确认识、深刻理解新时代以来取得的伟大成就，拓展深远的历史视野，强化历史认知、坚定历史自信。

Adhering to the Unity of Theoretical and Practical Nature

坚持理论性和实践性相统一

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “We must adhere to the unity of theoretical and practical nature, cultivate people with scientific theory, emphasize the practical nature of ideological and political theory courses, and combine the small classroom of ideological and political education with the big classroom of society.” The history of the CPC is a history of continuously adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, and a history of continuously advancing practical and theoretical innovation. Ideological and political theory courses in higher education institutions should, in the unity of political and academic nature, the unity of value and knowledge, the unity of constructive and critical nature, the unity of theoretical and practical nature, the unity of uniformity and diversity, the unity of dominance and subjectivity, the unity of indoctrination and inspiration, and the unity of explicit and implicit education, help young students deeply understand the truth that “the reason why the CPC can succeed and why socialism with Chinese characteristics works is ultimately because Marxism works, especially the sinicized and modernized Marxism works,” and consciously devote themselves to the great practice of Chinese-path modernization.

习近平总书记指出，“要坚持理论性和实践性相统一，用科学理论培养人，重视思政课的实践性，把思政小课堂同社会大课堂结合起来”。中国共产党的历史，是一部不断推进马克思主义中国化时代化的历史，是一部不断推进实践创新和理论创新的历史。高校思政课应在政治性和学理性相统一、价值性和知识性相统一、建设性和批判性相统一、理论性和实践性相统一、统一性和多样性相统一、主导性和主体性相统一、灌输性和启发性相统一、显性教育和隐性教育相统一中，帮助青年学生学深悟透“中国共产党为什么能，中国特色社会主义为什么好，归根到底是马克思主义行，是中国化时代化的马克思主义行”的道理，自觉投身中国式现代化的伟大实践。

Deep interaction with social practice. For young students to grow into pillars of the state, they must both read ten thousand books, fully utilizing the small classroom of ideological and political education to learn knowledge, and travel ten thousand miles, increasing their practical abilities in the big classroom of society. Integrating Party history study and education into ideological and political theory courses in higher education institutions requires connecting the “two classrooms” and constructing “grand ideological and political courses.” The *Regulations* require that “Party history be studied through reading Party history works, conducting seminars and exchanges, participating in education and training, visiting red venues, and engaging in practical activities.” Social practice is an important channel for students to understand national conditions, learn about society, and study problems; it is a “crucible” for honing solid skills. We must emphasize practical education, adhere to the combination of education and social practice, extensively carry out various types of social practice, integrate Party history study and education into ideological and political practice courses, adhere to the combination of fostering virtue and nurturing people with the unity of knowledge and action, aim to cultivate builders and successors of the socialist cause who are well-developed morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and labor-wise, and use “interactive” teaching to create grand ideological and political courses with a “smell of soil” and “fresh warmth,” enabling young students to deeply grasp from vivid practice the solid and mighty material forces, the system-strengthening institutional forces, and the confident and uplifting spiritual forces accumulated and stored by the Party’s century-long struggle for national rejuvenation, guiding them to comprehend the Party’s original aspiration and founding mission from the study of Party history.

与社会实践深度互动。青年学生要成长为国家栋梁之材，既要读万卷书，充分利用思政小课堂学习知识，又要行万里路，在社会大课堂中增长实践能力。将党史学习教育融入高校思政课，就要融通“两个课堂”，构建“大思政课”。《条例》要求，“通过阅读党史著作、开展研讨交流、参加教育培训、参观红色场馆、参加实践活动等形式学习党史”。社会实践是学生了解国情、认识社会、研究问题的重要渠道，是练就过硬本领的“大熔炉”。要重视实践育人，坚持教育同社会实践相结合，广泛开展各类社会实践，将党史学习教育融入思政实践课程，坚持立德树人与知行合一相结合，以培养德智体美劳全面发展的社会主义事业建设者和接班人为目标，以“交互式”教学打造带着“泥土气”和“热乎气”的大思政课，使青年学生从鲜活实践中深刻把握党的百年奋斗为民族复兴蕴蓄和积累的坚实雄厚的物质力量、固本强基的制度力量和自信昂扬的精神力量，引导其从党史学习中领悟党的初心使命。

Resonating with the pulse of the times. Carefully construct a “grand ideological and political education” system, weave a tight and dense ideological and political education network, and guide students to understand national conditions, learn about society, receive education, and grow their talents through participation in social practice. The great transformation of the New Era over the past decade has 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. We should lead students into the “second classroom,” closely integrating Party history study and education with production and daily life, inspiring students to feel social development and the changes of the times in social practice, and to personally experience the series of strategic measures, transformative practices, breakthrough progress, and landmark achievements our Party has taken since entering the New Era. Ideological and political theory courses in higher education institutions should proceed from the overall situation of the development of the Party and the state’s undertakings, place the Party’s history in the context of theory and practice, domestic and international considerations, enhance the sense of orientation and mission in the process of historical development, understand the principles of establishing oneself, the truth of Marxism, and the way of learning in studying history, help college students establish correct ideological concepts, consciously connect self-worth with social value, combine personal goals with the needs of national construction, and closely link personal ideals and future with the destiny of the country and the nation, gathering the wisdom and strength of youth to realize the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

与时代脉搏同频共振。精心构建“大思政”育人体系，织紧织密思政育人网络，指引学生在参与社会实践中认识国情、了解社会，受教育、长才干。新时代十年的伟大变革，在党史、新中国史、改革开放史、社会主义发展史、中华民族发展史上具有里程碑意义。要带领学生走进“第二课堂”，将党史学习教育与生产生活紧密结合，启发学生在社会实践中感受社会发展和时代变迁，切身感受进入新时代我们党采取的一系列战略性举措，推进的一系列变革性实践，实现的一系列突破性进展，取得的一系列标志性成果。高校思政课应从党和国家事业发展的大局出发，将党的历史置于理论与实践、国内与国际中思考，在历史发展进程中增强方位意识和使命意识，在学史中明立身之理、主义之真、为学之道，帮助大学生树立正确的思想观念，自觉将自我价值与社会价值有效衔接，将个人奋斗目标与国家建设需求结合起来，将个人理想前途与国家民族的命运紧密相连，为实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦汇聚青年的智慧与力量。

Explaining the Principles Deeply, Thoroughly, and Vividly

把道理讲深、讲透、讲活

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that “the essence of ideological and political theory courses is to explain principles,” and emphasized the need to “explain the principles deeply, thoroughly, and vividly.” To explain principles in the teaching of ideological and political theory courses in higher education institutions, it is necessary to give full play to the important role of Party history in fostering virtue and nurturing people, be adept at using historical thinking, grasping historical laws, discerning historical changes, and analyzing historical orientations, and in teaching practice, use the Party’s history to educate, enlighten, move, and inspire people.

习近平总书记指出，“思政课的本质是讲道理”，并强调要“把道理讲深、讲透、讲活”。在高校思政课教学中讲道理，就要发挥党史立德树人的重要作用，善于运用历史思维、把握历史规律、洞悉历史变化、辨析历史方位，在教学实践中用党的历史教育人、启迪人、感化人、鼓舞人。

Telling truths through telling stories. The Regulations require “educating and guiding Party members to strengthen their faith in Marxism and communism, their conviction in socialism with Chinese characteristics, and their confidence in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” [1]1 The Regulations refer to the “Regulations on the Work of Party History Learning and Education” (党史学习教育工作条例), issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in February 2024. College students are in a critical period of forming their worldview, outlook on life, and values. Only by accurately grasping students’ ideological conditions, psychological states, and cognitive patterns can ideological and political theory education become more practically targeted and continuously improve teaching quality. We should make good use of the red historical resources close at hand, especially “small stories,” “small figures,” and “small changes,” and with heart and feeling thoroughly explain thorough theories and vividly explain vivid ideas, so as to consolidate value consensus, cultivate national pride, and make listening to the Party and following the Party a practical conscious choice for young students.

通过讲故事来讲道理。《条例》要求，“教育引导党员增强对马克思主义、共产主义的信仰，对中国特色社会主义的信念，对实现中华民族伟大复兴的信心”。大学生正处于世界观、人生观、价值观形成的关键时期，准确掌握大学生的思想状况、心理状况和认知规律，才能使思想政治理论教育更具现实针对性，不断提高教学质量。应利用好身边的红色历史资源，尤其是“小故事”“小人物”“小变化”，用心用情把彻底的理论讲彻底，把鲜活的思想讲鲜活，凝聚价值共识，培育民族自豪感，使听党话、跟党走成为青年学生的实践自觉。

Telling big truths through small truths. To integrate Party history learning and education into ideological and political theory teaching in colleges and universities, we must be adept at taking the overall situation as the starting point and foothold for observing and handling problems, decomposing “big truths” into “small truths,” following students’ cognitive patterns, focusing on the big picture while starting from small details, concentrating on those details in Party history that are close to students’ study and life, guiding students to grasp the historical, social, and ideological roots of Party history events, grasp the great achievements and historical experience of the Party’s century-long struggle, and promote the spiritual lineage of Chinese Communists originating from the great founding spirit of the Party, [2]2 The “great founding spirit of the Party” (伟大建党精神) refers to the spirit of the founding of the CPC in 1921, officially defined as “upholding truth,坚守理想,践行初心,担当使命,不怕牺牲,英勇斗争,对党忠诚,不负人民.” so as to provide solid support for the growth of the new generation of the era.

通过小道理来讲大道理。把党史学习教育融入高校思政课教学，就要善于把全局作为观察和处理问题的出发点和落脚点，将“大道理”分解成“小道理”，遵循学生的认知规律，从大处着眼、从小处着手，聚焦党史中那些贴近学生学习生活的细节，引导学生把握党史事件的历史、社会、思想根源，把握党的百年奋斗伟大成就和历史经验，弘扬以伟大建党精神为源头的中国共产党人精神谱系，为时代新人成长提供坚实支撑。

Telling truths through practical experience. Innovate the teaching content and teaching methods of Party history learning and education in college ideological and political theory courses, effectively integrate the Party’s theory and practice into the teaching process, and deeply explore the teaching resources contained in the century-long Party history. Through reform of practical course teaching, assign practical credits for ideological and political theory courses to college students’ return-to-hometown practice activities during winter and summer vacations, encourage students to make good use of local historical resources, participate in volunteer activities at red exhibition halls, etc., transforming “passive listening” into “active speaking,” moving from “classroom learning” to “practical application,” and in various vivid scenarios effectively deepen understanding and grasp of the Party’s history, further strengthening the sense of mission and sense of responsibility.

通过实践体验来讲道理。创新高校思政课中党史学习教育的教学内容和教学方法，把党的理论与实践有效融入教学过程，深入挖掘百年党史蕴含的教学资源。通过实践课教学改革，将寒暑假大学生返乡实践活动进行思政课实践赋分，鼓励学生运用好当地历史资源，到红色展览馆等参加志愿活动，化“被动听”为“主动讲”，从“课堂学”到“实践用”，在各类鲜活场景中，有效深化对党的历史的理解和把握，进一步强化使命意识和担当意识。

(Author: Gai Yixin, Dean and Professor of the School of Marxism, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing)

（作者：盖逸馨，系中国矿业大学〔北京〕马克思主义学院院长、教授）

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