The Four-Dimensional Path to Constructing High-Quality “Greater Political Theory Courses”

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee has consistently placed the construction of school political theory courses in an important position in educational work, and the development environment and overall ecology of political theory courses have undergone comprehensive and fundamental changes. Facing the mission requirement of “constantly opening up a new situation in political theory education in the New Era,” building “greater political theory courses” is an important lever for higher education institutions in the New Era to implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue and nurturing talent and to cultivate new persons for the era. The essence of “greater political theory courses” is “course,” the core is “political theory,” and the characteristic is “greater.” This not only emphasizes the status of ideological and political theory courses as “key courses” but also clarifies the systematic requirements of ideological and political education in mobilizing the main body of education comprehensively and exploring educational resources fully. The key to constructing high-quality “greater political theory courses” lies in giving full play to the irreplaceable role of Marxist colleges in promoting the reform and innovation of ideological and political education, constructing “greater curricula,” building “greater teaching faculties,” establishing “greater classrooms,” and setting up “greater mechanisms.”

党的十八大以来，党中央始终坚持把学校思政课建设放在教育工作的重要位置，思政课发展环境和整体生态发生了全局性、根本性转变。面对“不断开创新时代思政教育新局面”的使命要求，建好“大思政课”，是新时代高校办学落实立德树人根本任务、培养时代新人的重要抓手。“大思政课”的本质是“课”、核心是“思政”、特色是“大”，既强调了思想政治理论课“关键课程”地位，又明确了思想政治教育在全局调动育人主体、全面发掘育人资源上的系统性要求。构建高质量的“大思政课”，关键在于发挥马克思主义学院在推进思想政治教育改革创新中不可替代的作用，构建“大课程”、建好“大师资”、建设“大课堂”、建立“大机制”。

Promoting the integrity and innovation of “greater political theory courses” with “greater curricula.” As a new form of ideological and political education reform in higher education institutions, “greater political theory courses” require not only that higher education institutions construct “

以“大课程”推动“大思政课”守正创新。“大思政课”作为高校思想政治教育改革的新形态，不仅要求高校从思政课的课程体系上构建以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为核心内容的“大课程”，而且要求从整体的教育教学和人才培养体系上构建以思政教育为核心的“大课程”，全方位提升思政育人成效。

Centering on the construction of “greater courses,” it is necessary to further leverage the functional role of Marxist colleges, continuously reinforce the main channel of political theory courses, strengthen the intrinsic connections between political theory courses and other courses, and build a “greater political theory course” content system that is focused, clearly stratified, and holistically linked. In the construction of compulsory political theory courses, enhance the gradation of course offerings, clarifying the spiraling-upward educational mainline from “establishing a correct outlook on life, values, and view of history” to “building a scientific worldview and methodology” and then to “comprehending the truth power and practical might of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times,” thereby consolidating the “core belt” status of compulsory political theory courses; in the construction of the political theory course cluster, strengthen the regionalization of course development, basing it on “greater history” and focusing on the “New Era,” coordinating the entire university’s strength to create a series of selective compulsory courses, expanding the “broad platform” function of elective political theory courses; in the synergistic construction of political theory courses and curriculum-based political education, highlight the distinctive features of ideological and political elements within professional clusters, promoting the transformation from single-course synergy to course-cluster synergy, enhancing the precision of ideological and political education in professional talent cultivation, forming a teaching synergy and course linkage characterized by “every course educates, every person educates, every place educates,” and stimulating the “multi-channel” effect of curriculum-based political education.

围绕“大课程”建设，需要进一步发挥马克思主义学院功能作用，不断加固思政课的主渠道，强化思政课与其他课程的内在关联，打造重点突出、层次分明、整体联动的“大思政课”课程内容体系。在思政必修课建设中，提升课程开设的梯度化，明确从“树立正确的人生观、价值观和历史观”到“建立科学的世界观和方法论”再到“感悟中国化时代化马克思主义的真理力量和实践伟力”的螺旋式上升育人主线，巩固思政必修课的“核心带”地位；在思政课课程群建设中，加强课程开发的区域化，立足“大历史”、聚焦“新时代”，统筹全校力量打造一系列选择性必修课，拓展思政选修课的“宽平台”功能；在思政课程与课程思政的协同建设中，凸显专业群思政元素的特色化，促使单课程协同向课程群协同转化，提升专业人才培养中思政育人的精准度，形成“课课育人、人人育人、处处育人”的教学协同和课程联动，激发课程思政的“多通道”效应。

Gather the joint育人 force of “greater political theory courses” through “greater teaching resources.” The key to running political theory courses well lies in the teachers. All higher education institutions must thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important directives on the construction of school political theory courses, aiming to “strive to build a team of political theory course teachers who are politically strong, have deep feelings, think innovatively, have broad vision, are strict in self-discipline, and have upright character.” They must strictly follow requirements to equip and strengthen a full-time political theory course teacher team, ensuring sufficient quantity and excellent quality of teachers, while organically integrating teaching resources from inside and outside the school, across fields, disciplines, and colleges, to form a political education team that combines full-time and part-time roles and has distinctive characteristics.

以“大师资”汇聚“大思政课”育人合力。办好思政课关键在教师。各高校必须深入学习贯彻习近平总书记对学校思政课建设的重要指示精神，以“着力建设一支政治强、情怀深、思维新、视野广、自律严、人格正的思政课教师队伍”为目标，严格按照要求配备建强专职思政课教师队伍，确保教师数量充足、素质优良，同时有机整合校内外、跨领域、跨学科、跨学院的师资力量，组建专兼结合、特色鲜明的思政育人团队。

Centering on the construction of “greater teaching resources,” adhere to a systematic approach, base it on the integration of political education effectiveness and talent cultivation quality, leverage the main force role of political theory course teachers, explore the participation of diverse teaching forces in collaborative education, and build a “greater political theory course” education community covering the entire process of student growth. On the basis that the quantity and scale of full-time political theory course teachers meet relevant national requirements, base it on the disciplinary direction of Marxist theory, promote the introduction, cultivation, and excellence-building of teaching resources with “famous teachers as the lead, teaching and research as the foundation, and projects as support,” create innovative teams that equally emphasize teaching and research and use research to promote teaching, and promote the “simultaneous growth and improvement” of political theory course teachers’ capabilities and qualities through organized project applications, teaching reform incubation, and cooperative cultivation; establish and improve the system of distinguished professors and part-time teachers for political theory courses, and according to the needs of course construction, actively invite Party and government leaders, theoretical experts, and key teachers who have a deep understanding of the theoretical and practical nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to join the political theory course teacher team, achieving “diverse integration” in the construction of the political education teacher team; combine the needs of education work and talent cultivation, establish a “greater political theory course” team, build a joint education team with political theory course teachers, counselors, off-campus base mentors, and teachers from relevant professional clusters as the main body, supplemented by student peer mentors and heads of social practice teams, and featuring off-campus experts, advanced models, and outstanding volunteers, using “internal-external linkage and teachers-students co-teaching” to enhance the appeal, guidance, and persuasiveness of educational effectiveness.

围绕“大师资”建设，坚持系统观念，立足思政育人成效与人才培养质量的一体化，发挥思政课教师主力军作用，发掘多元师资力量参与协同育人，打造覆盖学生成长全过程的“大思政课”育人共同体。在专职思政课教师数量规模达到国家相关要求的基础上，立足马克思主义理论学科方向，推进以“名师为引领、教研为基础、项目为支撑”的师资引育培优，打造教研并重、以研促教的创新团队，以有组织的项目申报、教改孵化、合作培育，促进思政课教师能力素质“同升共长”；建立健全思政课特聘教授、兼职教师制度，根据课程建设需要，积极聘请对习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的理论性和实践性有深刻理解的党政领导、理论名家、骨干教师等加入思政课教师队伍，实现思政教育师资队伍建设“多元融合”；结合育人工作和人才培养需求，建立“大思政课”队伍，打造以思政课教师、辅导员、校外基地导师、相关专业群教师为主体，以学生朋辈导师、社会实践团队负责人为补充，以校外专家、先进模范、优秀志愿者等为特色的联合育人团队，以“内外联动、师生同讲”提升育人效果的感染力、引导力和说服力。

Expand the educational field of “greater political theory courses” through “greater classrooms.” The vitality of “greater political theory courses” comes from reality, their vision focuses on the times, their confidence is deeply rooted in truth, and their field is grounded in society. The key to building “greater classrooms” lies in combining the small classroom of political theory with the big classroom of society. By strengthening problem awareness and highlighting a practice-oriented approach, promote students’ better understanding of national conditions and public sentiment in collaborative and open education, and strengthen their ideals and convictions.

以“大课堂”拓展“大思政课”育人场域。“大思政课”的活力来自于现实、视野聚焦于时代、底气深植于真理、场域扎根于社会。搭建“大课堂”，关键在于把思政小课堂和社会大课堂结合起来，通过强化问题意识、突出实践导向，在协同育人、开放育人中推动学生更好了解国情民情，坚定理想信念。

Centering on the construction of “greater classrooms,” it is necessary to adhere to the principle that “the essence of political theory courses is to explain principles,” focus on the three aspects of “what to explain,” “who explains,” and “how to explain,” highlight a practice-oriented approach in political theory courses, strengthen political guidance in student practice, treat society as the school’s “laboratory,” treat bases as “walking” big scenes, use the construction of “greater political theory course” practice bases and the activation of local political education resource elements as the starting point, continuously improve the practice system of “greater political theory courses,” and achieve integrated collaborative education across the first, second, and third classrooms. By having students “go out” to explain in practice, carry out political education subtly in various practices such as “three-dimensional and cross-cutting, full-coverage” thematic research, theoretical propaganda, and volunteer services. Combine this with inviting teaching resources “in” to explain based on practice, use the practical achievements and exemplary deeds of the New Era as important teaching materials, integrate students’ personal experiences and results from various practices into teaching analysis, transform the real spaces and life scenes external to the political theory classroom into teaching spaces and educational scenes internalized in political education, guide students to deepen their reflections and understanding and form rational identification through innovative teaching practices such as experience sharing, group discussions, scenario presentations, and thematic debates, and in the process of connecting the small classroom of political theory with the big classroom of society, explain principles deeply, thoroughly, and vividly, so that students love to listen, love to learn, understand, and learn.

围绕“大课堂”建设，需要坚持“思政课的本质是讲道理”，围绕“讲什么”“谁来讲”“怎么讲”三个方面，在思政课程中突出实践导向，在学生实践中加强思政引领，把社会作为学校的“实验室”，把基地作为“行走”的大场景，以“大思政课”实践基地建设和地方性思政资源要素活化为抓手，不断完善“大思政课”实践体系，实现一、二、三课堂一体化协同育人。通过学生“走出去”到实践中讲，在“立体交叉、全员覆盖”的专题研学、理论宣讲、志愿服务等各类实践中，润物无声地开展思政教育。结合师资“请进来”依托实践讲，把新时代的实践成就、模范事迹作为重要教学素材，把学生亲身参与各类实践的经历、形成的成果融入教学分析，将外在于思政课堂的现实空间和生活场景，转变为内化于思政育人的教学空间与教育场景，引导学生在经验分享、小组研讨、情景展示、专题辩论等创新教学实践中深化感悟思考、形成理性认同，在打通思政小课堂与社会大课堂的过程中，把道理讲深、讲透、讲活，让学生爱听爱学、听懂学会。

Stimulate social consensus on “greater political theory courses” through “greater mechanisms.” The “greatness” of “greater political theory courses” lies both in their “breadth” in time and their “scope” in space. Facing young students of the New Era who possess rich perceptions of the life world and have undergone education and cultivation from primary and secondary schools to universities, it is necessary to establish mechanisms that run through the entire life cycle of growth and cover the entire field of life, gather the consensus of the whole society on education, integrate the educational forces of the whole society, and comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of casting the soul and cultivating people.

以“大机制”激发“大思政课”社会共识。“大思政课”之大，既在于时间上的“宽”，又在于空间上的“广”。面对拥有生活世界丰富感知、经历着大中小学教育培养的新时代青少年学生，需要建立贯穿成长全周期、覆盖生活全场域的机制，凝聚全社会育人共识、整合全社会育人力量，全面提升铸魂育人成效。

Centering on mechanism construction, strengthen the concept of comprehensive education, fully gather forces from schools, families, and all sectors of society, deeply advance the integrated construction of ideological and political education in primary, secondary, and higher education, promote the formation of an efficiently collaborative multi-subject, distributed education mechanism, and extend the effectiveness of “greater political theory course” construction from schools to society. On the basis of correctly grasping the intrinsic connections between ideological and political education in primary, secondary, and higher education, Marxist colleges should fully play a leading and guiding role, rely on the construction of a community for the integrated development of ideological and political education in primary, secondary, and higher education, actively integrate into the construction of regional ideological and political education positions, promote the effective connection of course objectives and content across primary, secondary, and higher education political theory courses, and facilitate cross-stage teaching synergy and mutual promotion. By integrating various regional ideological and political education resources and activities, expand the influence, demonstration, and dissemination of “greater political theory course” construction, use the explicit educational effect of school ideological and political education to activate the implicit educational function of social life, and create a good atmosphere for the whole society to sing the “grand chorus” of ideological and political education.

围绕机制建设，强化全面育人理念，充分凝聚学校、家庭、社会各领域力量，深入推进大中小学思想政治教育一体化建设，推动形成高效协同的多主体、分布式育人机制，将“大思政课”建设成效从学校延伸至社会。在正确把握大中小学思政教育内在联系的基础上，马克思主义学院要充分发挥牵头引领作用，以大中小学思政教育一体化共同体建设为依托，积极融入区域思政育人阵地建设，促进大中小学思政课的课程目标内容有效衔接、跨学段教学协同互促。通过整合区域各类思政教育资源、活动，扩大“大思政课”建设的影响力、示范性和传播度，以学校思政教育的显性育人效应，激活社会生活的隐性育人功能，营造全社会唱响思政教育“大合唱”的良好氛围。

(The author is Dean of the School of Marxism, Zhejiang University City College)

（作者系浙大城市学院马克思主义学院院长）

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