Research About Citizenship Education Method Of Canadian University

The idea of "education should be oriented toward modernization, the world and the future" in Deng Xiaoping Theory is important guiding significance for the ideological and political education research。 The ideological and political education also need to openness, to carry out a study of the ideological and political education in West developed countries, in particular, to study their methods of ideological and political education, it is more value of learning and drawing for our country. The methods of ideological and political education are the manner and ways that educators and students are in order to achieve the aims of education. Research methods of ideological and political education of Western countries, dialectical absorbing and learning from their, it is beneficial to enrich the comparative study of the ideological and political education, it is beneficial to promote Chinese future development of ideological and political education, but also it is beneficial to innovate methods and ways of ideological and political education of Chinese university.Ideological and political education as an educational practice is existing in all times, this is certain truth., the ideological and political education of Canada and other Western countries is the "substantive but nameless",often is named" civic education, moral education, political education, political socialization" and so on, among which, civic education’s connotation and denotation are the closest to our ideological and political education, even we can be sure, civic education of the Western countries have the same homogeneity nature with our ideological and political education. Therefore, the study of civic education method in Canadian universities, we first need to explore the theory of civic education.The concept of citizenship is a logical starting point for civic education It has different connotations in different historical periods. Civic education is also a developing concept, and in the course of its developing, it is influenced by the Western thought of Liberalism, republicanism, communitarianism, multiculturalism and globalization and formed the Western civic education theory, these theories has had a major impact for civic education methods implementation, principles, specific applications of Canadian universities.Classroom teaching is the implemental method of the civic education curriculums in Canadian universities. Canadian universities set up civic education curriculum, and carry out civic education through classroom teaching. Their teaching insist on student subjectivity, respect for differences and diversity methods of teaching principles, general teaching methods are lecture pedagogy, case teaching method, heuristic pedagogy, seminar pedagogy presentation pedagogy. In addition, their also learn experience form psychology and philosophy, there are also values clarification pedagogy, role playing pedagogy of classroom teaching. Implementation and application of these teaching methods is different from our universities teaching, it is worthy for us to study and reference.Student affair is civic education methods of Campus life in Canadian university. Their Student affairs are Holistic people as training objectives of work; Standardized and comprehensive of student affairs department as work support; high quality teachers as work ensuring; student joining mechanism as work assistant. The Student affairs as a kind of method of civic education reflects,educate student with service, educate student with and educate student with participating, the specific methods include psychological counseling services, religious consulting services, participation school management and cultural activities on campus.Service-learning is the social practice method of civic education in Canadian Universities, communitarianism and republicanism is the philosophical foundation of service-learning, experiential education theory provides for the service-learning theoretical support in the methodological level. Service-learning in civic education has an important role, it elevated the college students civic responsibility and participate enthusiasm, shaping the college students of civic quality and multi-value concept, trained college students critical thinking ability and innovation consciousness, to improve the university students’civic education effective and skills of communication. Services-learning’s process including the five step:the preparation of the project, design and training, service and learning, civic-type reflection, evaluation and celebration, and provide a case study about the social justice research program of University of Toronto’s.Stones form other hills may serve to polish the jade of this one. Learning is main purpose of comparative ideological and political education.Civic education experience of Canadian university,provides a wider field of vision for ideological and political education’s development and progress of our country’s,help us understand our strengths and weaknesses more preferably,also gives us a higher starting point for the development.However, any education are rooted in specific cultural soil,We must learn foreign experience in a rational and critical manner,thereby enriching and innovative methods of ideological and political education in the localization remodeling.Examine the experience of civic education in Canadian universities,presentation pedagogy, flexible management, and service-learning is more valuable to learn.Facing with an urgent and objective facts that ideological and political theory courses need strengthen the student subjectivity and improve teaching effectiveness,we should Learn presentation pedagogy,being in rich and innovative teaching methods,while further enhancing teaching effectiveness;facing with an status of rigid education and management in college students work,we should draw on flexible management,play flexible management role in the daily management of the ideological and political education adequately,meet the shortfall of rigid management,to achieve the desired hardness and softness of management.Facing a time calling of strengthening practice educating,should learn service-learning,constructing ideological and political education’s service-learning mode,mining education implies in service activities,enable students to deepen understanding of the theory in practice;achieving self-education in the reflection,enhance social responsibility in the service,and develop good moral behavior,thereby promoting the formation of internalization and externalization interaction mechanism of ideological and political education.