Research On The Political Identity Education For College Students In The New Era

Political identity education for college students is an educational practice activity regarding political identity.It is a purposeful,planned and organized educational activity conducted by educators for the educated,so that college students could internalize correct political cognition,cultivate excellent capabilities including consciously paying attention to politics,actively and orderly participating in political life and maintaining social stability,and form stable political behaviors.As an effective force in the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era,college students shoulder the important mission of realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.Their political identity would have a direct influence over the long-term stability of the country and occupies an important position in the overall social and political identity system.The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century,with international and domestic situations undergoing profound and complex changes,exchanges and interactions between different ideologies and cultures becoming increasingly fierce.In addition,the rapid development of Internet technology,especially the new media featuring fragmented language expressions,personalized information resources and fission-style communication,has profoundly affected the social and political life of college students.Therefore,the importance of political identity education for college students has become increasingly prominent.This paper first analyzes the purpose and meaning of the selected topic,summarizes domestic and foreign researches,then divides the research into five parts,including deepening theoretical elaboration,analyzing situation and challenges,establishing basic content,promoting work innovation and exploring path for improvement.First,it explores the theoretical and practical basis of political identity education for college students in the new era.Firstly,it makes a distinction among relevant concepts of political identity,and clarifies the basic connotation and target requirements of political identity,college students’ political identity and political identity education for college students,laying a solid foundation for the research.Secondly,it deeply excavates the basic principles of ideological and political education by Marx and Engels,the basic principles of ideological and political education by Lenin and the basic principles of ideological and political education by the Communist Party of China,and systematically explains the theoretical basis of this research.Finally,it explains the practical basis of political identity education for college students,and discusses from the perspective of the rich experience of the Communist Party of China in political identity education and the new requirements for strengthening political identity education in the new era.Second,it analyzes the current situation and challenges faced by political identity education for college students in the new era.At the national level,carrying out political identity education is the fundamental requirement for bringing together the great power of national rejuvenation.Political identity education for college students is also the fundamental requirement for adhering to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the Party’s overall leadership,and the inevitable requirement of the formation of a unity of thought and action.Political identity education for college students in the new era is facing new situations: people’s political identity is affected by various patterns of thinking in the society,various contradictions in the process of social development keep influencing each other,the Internet Age exerts profound impacts on college students’ political identity,and the ideological and political education in schools is unbalanced and insufficient.The contradictions and problems of political identity education for college students in the new era are mainly manifested in that the concept of political identity education cannot keep up with the times,the content of political identity education has not been focused,and the methods of political identity education have not been developed in an innovative manner.The basic situation of college students’ political identity in the new era is that,on the one hand,college students have a correct political stance and strong political awareness,and on the other hand,their political identity lacks the test of social practice.Third,it establishes the basic content of political identity education for college students in the new era.This part basically follows General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important statements on political building,and defines the basic content of political identity education for college students in the new era as follows: the first is identity education of political belief.Marxist belief is the value guidance of political identity,arming college students with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.The second is identity education of ideal.Identity of the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the value objective of political identity,and aims to strengthen the education of the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics.The third is identity education of the Chinese nation.The Chinese nation’s community identity is the foundation of political identity,enhancing the awareness of the Chinese nation’s community.The fourth is identity education of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics,which is the guarantee of political identity,promoting the interpretation of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.The fifth is identity education of the Party’s overall leadership.The Party’s overall leadership identity is the core of political identity,and the education of‘the Four Consciousnesses’ and ‘the Two Upholds’ should be strengthened to guide college students to thoroughly understand the decisive significance of ‘the Two Affirmations’.Fourth,it points out innovation of promoting the political identity education for college students in the new era is of great importance.The first is to promote the organizational innovation of political identity education for college students in the new era,give full play to the Party’s leading role in coordinating the overall situation and all sides,and strive to build a collaborative mechanism of political identity education.The second is to promote the ability innovation of political identity education for college students in the new era,and improve the research,judgment,guidance and execution of political identity education for college students.The third is to promote the carrier innovation of political identity education for college students in the new era,uphold fundamental principles and break new ground in the classroom instruction in colleges and universities,integrate social practice into the whole process of political identity education,create a campus culture that cultivates college students’ political identity,and enhance the mainstream media’s ability to guide ideological and public opinion.The fourth is to promote the method innovation of political identity education for college students in the new era,transform the traditional lectures into two-way interaction between teachers and students,and modernize education methods with ‘Internet +’.Fifth,it proposes the path choice of political identity education for college students in the new era.The first is to optimize a curriculum system to enhance college students’ political identity.Ideological and Political Theory course is a key to enhance college students’ political identity,and the ideological and political education in all college courses is important to enhance college students’ political identity.The second is to stimulate the enthusiasm of college students to devote themselves to socialist construction,to prove the correctness of political choices with the great achievements of socialist construction,and to cultivate college students’ political affections with the practice of socialist construction.The third is to expand the channels of college students’ political participation,build a complete system and a variety of online platforms for college students’ political participation.The fourth is to create a good educational environment that enhances college students’ political identity,a fair and just social environment,a healthy and lively school environment,a family environment that cares about the country,and a Internet environment where mainstream values prevail.