A Study On The Construction Of Model Culture In Contemporary Colleges And Universities

Throughout the history, numerous advanced figures have emerged, and their morality, way of act, glorious deeds and other aspects have set good examples for people, becoming a spiritual flag that leads the public’s thinking and behaviors. The noble spirit, meritorious deeds, values, etc. embodied by the models in the historical practices constitute the model culture. The so-called model culture refers to the noble spirit, glorious deeds of advanced figures in social life and a kind of cultural state where people pursue and promote the spirit and deeds of models as the value goal. In practice, the model culture distinctly shows three states, including the material culture,system culture and spiritual culture of model. The material culture of model means the specific model culture in physical state. The system culture of model refers to a kind of culture that’s about the appraisal, commendation of models and other relevant systems. And the spiritual culture of model refers to the introduction, publicity, report,evaluation, interpretation, etc.. of the model’s spiritual deeds in folktales, biographies,dramas, movies, televisions, news reports, memorial essays and commemorative activities. In the historical development process, the model culture presents different characteristics, which are mainly its advancement, infectivity, demonstration effect and epochal characters, etc.. In people’s daily life, the model culture can steer, inspire,set examples for and educate people’s thinking and behaviors.Model culture symbolizes the noble morality and meritorious behaviors and deeds, and have a subtle influence on people’s thinking and behaviors. College students are like the pillars of the country, and they shoulder the historical mission of socialist modernization. In college education, to strengthen the construction of model culture and apply the model’s spiritual deeds to educate students will be very significant for college students, colleges and universities and the country. To individuals, the significance is mainly reflected in that it can mold value orientation,motivate intellectual impetus and guide the direction of behaviors; to colleges, thesignificance is reflected in that it can purify the campus atmosphere, lead the trend of thought on campus and improve college students’ ideological and political education;to the country, the significance is reflected in that it can promote the socialism spiritual civilization construction, realize the China dream of revitalizing Chinese nation, cultivate reliable talents for modernization construction, etc..The model culture construction at colleges and universities is an arduous social project and also a long-term historical process. In the process of model culture construction, it’s necessary to learn to absorb and use different kinds of theoretical achievements and valuable experience. In human beings’ civilization history, many domestic and international scholars at all times have been paying constant attention to and made in-depth explorations into the model phenomenon, gained much profound knowledge and accumulated a lot of valuable experience. This is the valuable wealth for model culture construction, which should be learned meticulously and referenced actively for the model culture construction at colleges and universities. In the historical practice of pre-Qin Confucianism moral education, there are many narrations about models, which contain a lot of model ideology and are valuable ideological resources for model culture construction. The model culture construction at colleges and universities must stress the significant role of models and pay attention to the model value of educators. Although the classical authors of Marxism don’t have works that specially discuss about model culture, they have included the ideology of model education in their works. Marx’s human theory makes an in-depth analysis of the nature, demand, value and other aspects of man, which lays a philosophical foundation for us to deeply understand models. The models have always been valued by the Chinese Communist Party, widely utilized in revolution, construction and reform causes and consequently made great achievements. Chinese Communist Party have accumulated a lot of valuable experience form the model education practices,which plays an important role in inspiring the contemporary model culture construction at colleges and universities.The utilization of the role of models is always an important measure for the education at colleges and universities. The model culture construction at colleges anduniversities has made some achievements, but some problems ensue. A good reflection of these problems and summary of experience and lessons will be of important practical significance for the contemporary model culture construction. The practice of model culture construction at colleges and universities has confronted with many problems, which are mainly reflected in the following aspects, including sanctified model image, single model type, unilateral model value and politicized model publicity, etc. The reasons for these problems are mainly due to the shallow understanding of model culture construction, under emphasis, insufficient investment,incomplete mechanism, etc.Model culture is an important constituent part of campus culture at colleges and universities and has an important influence on the healthy growth of college students.Strengthening the model culture construction and arming colleges students with the spirit of model can improve college students’ comprehensive quality and enable them to become well-rounded talents in aspects of virtue, wisdom, body, aesthetics and labor strength. The model culture intrinsically includes three aspects, including material culture, system culture and spiritual culture of model. Therefore, to strengthen model culture construction, colleges and universities should start from three aspects of material culture, system culture and spiritual culture of model, build a three-dimension system of model culture construction and push forward the three-dimensional development of model culture construction.