Paths to Enhancing the Supply Capacity of Ideological and Political Theory Course Teachers in Higher Education

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized that “the key to running ideological and political theory courses well lies in the teachers, and the key lies in mobilizing the teachers’ enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity.” [1] In response to the prominent contradiction that the current supply capacity of ideological and political theory course teachers cannot effectively meet the developmental needs of strengthening these courses, it is necessary to adhere to a systematic approach. By advancing the integrated “teaching–research–practice” from the four aspects of goals, theory, teaching methods, and safeguards, we can effectively enhance teachers’ supply capacity, optimize the supply of teaching content, improve teaching methods, and promote the high-quality development of ideological and political theory courses in the New Era.

习近平总书记强调，“办好思想政治理论课关键在教师，关键在发挥教师的积极性、主动性、创造性”。针对目前思政课教师供给能力不能有效满足思政课强起来的发展需要这一突出矛盾，要坚持系统观念，从目标、理论、教法、保障四个方面入手一体化推进“教学—研究—实践”，切实提升教师供给能力，优化教学内容的供给，改进教学方式，推动新时代思政课朝着高质量发展。

Stimulate internal drive: strengthen goals, so that teachers have the “heart” to strive to become “great masters” [2]

激发内驱力，目标上强起来，让教师有“心”争做“大先生”

The primary task in enhancing teachers’ supply capacity is to strengthen goals, making “striving to become great masters,” “teaching great learning,” and “cultivating great talents” the unremitting pursuit of all ideological and political theory course teachers. Only when goals are strengthened can teachers gain stronger motivation to deeply research teaching content, optimize teaching methods, approach students, and love students, thereby improving teaching effectiveness. In response to issues of teacher burnout and insufficient willingness, the key is to stimulate teachers’ internal drive and mobilize their enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity. Marx pointed out that “no one can do anything without at the same time doing it for the sake of some of his own needs and for the sake of the organ of this need.” [3] It is necessary to guide and encourage ideological and political theory course teachers to formulate and implement career development plans based on national requirements, school characteristics, and their own realities, and to build a “development community” of veteran, middle-aged, and young teachers working in coordination, with expert guidance and peer encouragement. Through the leadership of renowned teachers and the mutual stimulation among teachers of different age groups, this helps ensure that veteran teachers do not slack off and become guides for the development of young teachers, while young teachers do not feel lost and have clear role models and guidance to achieve rapid growth.

提升教师供给能力首要的就是目标上要强起来，让“争做大先生”“教大学问”“育大英才”成为广大思政课教师的不懈追求。只有目标上强起来了，才能带给老师更强的动力深入研究教学内容，优化教学方式，走进学生、热爱学生，从而提升教学实效。针对教师职业倦怠、意愿不足的问题，关键就是要激发教师的内驱力，调动其积极性、主动性、创造性。马克思指出，“任何人如果不同时为了自己的某种需要和为了这种需要的器官而做事，他就什么也不能做”。要引导鼓励思政课教师结合国家要求、学校特点和自身实际制定实施职业发展方案，打造专家引路、同辈激励的老中青协同的“发展共同体”。通过名师的引领以及各个年龄段教师的互相激发，有助于让老教师不懈怠，成为青年教师发展的引路人，让青年教师不迷惘，有明确的榜样和指导以实现快速成长。

Optimize the evaluation system: strengthen safeguards, so that teachers have the “strength” to be able to become “great masters”

优化评价体系，保障上强起来，让教师有“力”能做“大先生”

Strengthening safeguards focuses on optimizing the evaluation system, addressing the problem of teachers being “willing but unable.” Educational evaluation concerns the direction of educational development; whatever “baton” [4] the evaluation holds determines the direction of development. First, in the design of evaluation indicators, a scientific and reasonable evaluation system should be formulated based on the characteristics of the ideological and political discipline. While placing greater emphasis on a quality orientation—that is, focusing on evaluating academic contributions, social contributions, and support for talent cultivation—the weight of teaching indicators should also be highlighted. Teaching performance should be included in professional title evaluations, avoiding a simplistic reliance on the number of papers or projects as the sole criterion, and avoiding the “one-size-fits-all” phenomenon where different disciplines are evaluated by the same standard. Second, professional title evaluations should be classified into categories, such as teaching-research type, teaching-focused type, and research-focused type, to expand teachers’ career advancement channels. Third, based on teachers’ disciplinary backgrounds and professional knowledge, they should be reasonably assigned to teaching courses they are skilled in, avoiding long-term “mismatches” between teachers’ research and teaching.

保障上强起来着重优化评价体系，解决的是思政课教师“心有余而力不足”的问题。教育评价事关教育发展方向，有什么样的评价“指挥棒”，就有什么样的发展方向。首先，在评价指标设计上，针对思政学科特点，制定科学合理的评价体系，在更加突出质量导向，也就是重点评价学术贡献、社会贡献以及支撑人才培养情况的同时，还要突出教学指标的权重，将教学业绩纳入职称评审，避免简单以论文数量、项目数量论英雄，避免出现学科不同但标准同一化的“一刀切”现象。其次，分类设立职称评审，如教学科研型、教学为主型、科研为主型，拓展教师职业上升通道。再次，要根据教师学科背景和专业知识，合理安排擅长的教学课程，避免教师长期研究和教学的“错位”。

Use scholarship to speak about politics: strengthen content supply, so that teachers have the “learning” to become “good teachers”

用学术讲政治，内容供给上强起来，让教师有“学”成为“好老师”

To become a “good teacher” with “learning,” it is first necessary to break the mistaken notion that teaching and research are separate, and to establish the value concept of “valuing research, strengthening teaching,” using research to support teaching. Ideological and political theory course teachers in higher education must clarify that the starting point and end point of academic research lie in teaching. That is, when engaging in academic research activities, teachers should start from teaching and ultimately return to teaching. Of course, good teaching must be supported by good scholarship. “If water is not accumulated deeply enough, it cannot carry a large boat.” [5] Among the “eight unifications” requirements proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping for promoting the reform and innovation of ideological and political theory courses, the first is “adhering to the unity of political nature and scholarly nature.” [6] To enhance their supply capacity, ideological and political theory course teachers must handle the dialectical relationship between teaching and research, and improve their theoretical supply capacity in using scholarship to speak about politics. They should strengthen the accumulation of literature, seek theory from original texts, and enhance their ability to use scholarship to explain principles. In addition, they should participate more in various types of reading groups and seminars, promoting mutual improvement through exchange and debate, consolidating their theoretical foundation, and enhancing their theoretical supply capacity.

成为有“学”的好老师，首先要破除教学与科研相脱离的错误观念，树立“重科研、强教学”，以科研支撑教学的价值理念。高校思政课教师要明确学术研究的出发点和落脚点在于教学，也就是说高校思政课教师从事学术研究活动，要从教学出发，最终回归教学。当然，好的教学要以好的学术为支撑。“水之积也不厚，则其负大舟也无力。”习近平总书记对推动思政课改革创新提出的“八个相统一”要求，其中第一条就是“坚持政治性和学理性相统一”。思政课教师提升供给能力就要处理好教学与科研的辩证关系，提升善于用学术讲政治的理论供给能力。加强文献积累，向原著要理论，提升教师用学术讲道理的能力。此外，多参与各种类型的读书会、研讨会，在交流交锋中互促提高，夯实理论根基、提升理论供给能力。

Focus on improving teaching artistry: strengthen the “opening method,” so that teachers have the “skill” to become “good teachers”

注重教学技艺提升，打开方式上强起来，让教师有“术”成为“好老师”

Teaching is an art. Although the academic and educational thresholds for university employment are constantly rising, and many teachers possess high academic degrees and solid disciplinary expertise, except for a very few who have experience in teacher-training disciplines, most lack systematic training in teaching skills and professional practice. In reality, many universities commonly experience the phenomenon of “starting teaching upon employment, starting instruction upon entering the school.” Some teachers, on the one hand, have an inadequate and incomplete understanding of the textbook system and teaching system of the courses they teach; on the other hand, they are detached from students’ knowledge scope and cognitive levels, resulting in “the teacher lecturing with great enthusiasm above, while the students below listen drowsily.” Of course, newly hired teachers are currently required to participate in teaching training and obtain a teaching qualification certificate. However, in practice, the training period for teaching qualification certificates at many universities is relatively short, and many courses are even self-studied online. Some teachers only regard this as a mandatory task to complete, rather than an opportunity for self-improvement. Therefore, the effectiveness of such training in enhancing teachers’ teaching skills is limited. In response, attention should be paid to improving teachers’ teaching method capabilities and optimizing the “opening method” of courses. Focusing on abilities such as teaching task analysis, teaching object research, teaching goal clarification, teaching strategy selection, teaching media selection, teaching evaluation implementation, and teaching reflection, efforts should be made to strengthen “teaching internships, training, and competitions” to improve teachers’ basic teaching skills.

教学是一门艺术。虽然当前高校入职的学历学术门槛不断提升，诸多教师皆具备较高的学历和扎实的学科专业知识，但除极少数有过师范类学科学习经历外，大都缺乏系统的教学技能培训和专业实践。实际中，很多高校普遍存在着入职即上岗、入校即教学的现象，部分老师一方面对所授课程教材体系、教学体系理解不到位、不全面，另一方面脱离学生的知识范畴和认识水平，从而造成“上边老师讲得眉飞色舞，下边学生听得昏昏欲睡”。当然，目前新入职教师有参加教学培训并取得教师资格证的要求，但实践操作中许多高校教师资格证的培训周期较短，尤其不少课程还是线上自主学习，有些教师仅视其为必须任务的完成，而不是提升自我的机会。因此，此种培训对教师提升教学技艺的效果有限。对此，应注重教师教法能力提升，优化课程打开方式。围绕教学任务分析、教学对象研究、教学目标明晰、教学策略选择、教学媒体选用、教学评价开展、教学反思进行等能力，抓好“教学实习、培训、比赛”，提升教师教学基本功。

(This article is a phased result of the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project “Research on Enhancing the Supply Capacity of Ideological and Political Theory Course Teachers in Higher Education from the Perspective of the Grand Ideological and Political Course” (23YJC710114).)

（本文系教育部人文社会科学研究项目“大思政课视域下高校思政课教师供给能力提升研究”（23YJC710114）的阶段性成果。）

Author: Yu Haibo (Director of the Teaching and Research Office for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at North China Electric Power University, Distinguished Researcher at the Beijing Research

作者：虞海波（华北电力大学习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想概论教研室主任、北京市习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心特约研究员）

Online editor: Huihui

网络编辑：慧慧