Study On The Function Of College Students' Ideological And Political Education In Public Service Activities

The public service organizations on campus and its activities,featured with voluntariness,gratuitousness and orderliness,have won the inner recognition of students.In recent years,participating in public service has been most popular among college students.The approach and carrier of college students' ideological and political education present the trend of diversification through participating in public service activities with various forms and different themes,which gives students an opportunity to integrate into society and understand the society,learning how to get along with others,urging themselves to master new skills in activities,and developing their own organizing capacity and leadership.The ideological and political theory and professional knowledge will be applied and sublimed to practice by means of students' participating in public service activities,where students can also deepen their understanding of the knowledge in class.In addition,the achievements and problems of university ideological and political education could be analyzed and tested in public service activitiesby students with positivity,extensiveness and initiative.Public service organization and its activities in colleges and universities play a significant role in the realization of the function of ideological and political education.Take for example “Loving Care Home”,a public service organization at Taiyuan University of Technology.It attaches importance to the construction projects of public service activities.Needless to say,the elaborate design of all kinds of public service projects can expand the width and depth of students' participation in public service programs,and the launch of the public service projects can cultivate students' ideal and faith,and develop their quality and behaviors along with their practical working ability.“Loving Care Home”,founded more than 10 years,has been committed to showing great humanistic concern,spreading “truth,goodness and beauty” and advocating the socialist core values.It is also striving to enhance a deep atmosphere of teamwork among college students and service to others,making students experiencing happiness from loving and caring for others.There is no doubt that college students will gain fruitful benefit from participating in public service activities.However,from the perspective of the realization of the function of ideological and political education,we can see that there exist many problems of college students' participation in public service activities.For instance,the school authority and the management department are expected to improve the activities efficiency and quality;the occasional activities just follow the form of public service activities,causing newvolunteers' misunderstanding and frustration of the significance of public service activities due to the lack of activities design and rough arrangement;it is mentioned by all the respondents that the fund shortage is one of the important factors restricting the launch of public service activities.When it comes to the receivers of public service activities,some of them take for granted that the volunteers are hard workers for free,or some may put forward many demanding requirements and even put up all sorts of obstacles as they think students' voluntary action is for the sake of their mercy.As for the college students,freshmen and sophomores have great interest in public service activities,while the participation rate of upper classmen is really low;liberal arts students' enthusiasm is generally greater than that of science students;a vast majority of students' participation in public service activities is not primarily public-spirited,but out of utilitarian factors such as self-seeking assessment and evaluation of one's performance as well as flowery resume,etc.College students can improve themselves and contribute to the society in public service activities,where the function of ideological and political education has been vividly reflected.In view of the problems in public service activities,colleges and universities,society and students all should make up for the deficiencies,and students need to recognize their responsibility clearly,carry forward the spirit of public service and promote the normalization of public service activities.The public service organizations in colleges should establish good working mechanism of public service,and when participating in publicservice activities,students should be protected by relevant laws and regulations.The government should improve the corresponding rules and regulations of public service activities to ensure the service safe.Meanwhile,college students should make good use of their professional advantages in public service activities.They should not only spread knowledge but also show the distinctive culture of universities by setting up a good role model.Popularizing public service culture on campus can enhance students' sense of public interest and social responsibility.Making use of new media for public service activities can make more students feel the power of the public interest and respond to the call.Thus,public service activities can play a greater role in the realization of the function of college students' ideological and political education.