Opinions of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Education on Further Strengthening the Construction of Ideological and Political Theory Teachers in Colleges and Universities Opinions of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Ministry of Education on Further Strengthening the Construction of Ideological and Political Theory Teachers in Colleges and Universities

Jiaosheke [2008] No.5

All provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government Party Committee Propaganda Department, Education Department (Education Committee), Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Party Committee Propaganda Department, Education Bureau, relevant departments (units) Education Department (bureau), education subordinate universities:

In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, implement the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Further Strengthening and Improving Ideological and Political Education for College Students (Zhong Fa [2004]16), give full play to the role of ideological and political theory courses as the main channel of ideological and political education for college students, further promote the introduction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory into textbooks, classrooms and students' ideological work, and continuously improve the ideological and political quality of college students, this paper puts forward some suggestions on further strengthening the construction of teachers of ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities.

First, the importance, urgency and overall requirements of strengthening the construction of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities

1. Ideological and political theory teachers are an important force of college teachers, disseminators of the party's theory, line, principles and policies, and guides for the healthy growth of college students. It is of great and far-reaching significance to further strengthen the construction of ideological and political theory teachers, improve the teaching level, arm college students with Socialism with Chinese characteristics theory system, lead various social trends of thought with socialist core value system, and cultivate them into socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty. We will fully implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and the strategy of strengthening the country through talents, ensure the grand goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization, and ensure that the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is prosperous and successful.

2. Since the reform and opening up, especially since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, colleges and universities all over the country have taken various measures to strengthen the construction of ideological and political theory teachers, and achieved good results and accumulated certain experience. The majority of ideological and political theory teachers love their jobs and work hard, and have made remarkable achievements. However, on the whole, the status of ideological and political theory teachers can not meet the needs of the new situation and new tasks. In particular, some schools have not paid enough attention to ideological and political theory courses to varying degrees; The overall quality of teachers needs to be improved, the number is insufficient and there is a lack of outstanding young and middle-aged academic leaders; The discipline support is weak, and the teaching and research organization needs to be standardized. With the full implementation of the new scheme of ideological and political theory course and the breakthrough of teaching material construction, it is particularly urgent to strengthen the construction of teachers and improve their quality and level.

3. We should incorporate the construction of ideological and political theory teachers into the overall planning of education development and talent team construction, strengthen leadership and make overall arrangements. Adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents as the guidance, thoroughly implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, take the construction of teaching and scientific research organizations as the platform, the selection of equipment as the basis, the training as the starting point, the discipline construction as the support, the system construction as the guarantee, and the obvious improvement of the teaching situation as the goal, and cultivate a group of teaching leaders. Young and middle-aged academic leaders and backbone teachers who adhere to the correct political direction, have a solid theoretical foundation and are good at connecting with practice, and strive to build a politically firm, professional and skilled team.

4. Teachers of ideological and political theory courses should comprehensively improve their ideological and political quality and professional quality. We should take Comrade Fang Yonggang as an example, firmly establish firm ideals and beliefs, and constantly improve our sense of responsibility and mission in serving ideological and political theory education; Study hard, study hard, and constantly enhance Marxist theoretical literacy and knowledge base of humanities and social sciences; In-depth practice, understanding students, improving teaching art and teaching ability; Pay attention to moral cultivation, improve spiritual realm, and set an example in teaching and educating people.

Two, vigorously strengthen the ideological and political theory course teaching and scientific research organization construction.

5. Establish and improve teaching and scientific research organizations. Institutions of higher learning should establish independent secondary institutions for teaching and research of ideological and political theory courses directly under the leadership of the school. This institution is the teaching department of ideological and political theory courses and the research institution of Marxist theory, and it is also the supporting unit of Marxist theory discipline. Its responsibilities are: unified management of ideological and political theory teachers, responsible for ideological and political theory teaching, scientific research, social service and related management; Responsible for the discipline construction of Marxist theory, personnel training and the construction of teaching and scientific research echelon.

6. Select the person in charge of the teaching and scientific research organization. The selection, equipment, training and training of leaders of teaching and scientific research organizations of ideological and political theory courses will be included in the construction plan of school cadres. It is necessary to select academic leaders and backbone teachers who are politically strong, professionally competent, have a correct style of work and understand management as the heads of teaching and scientific research organizations for ideological and political theory courses.

Three, conscientiously do a good job in the selection and appointment of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities.

7. Colleges and universities should, according to the principle of combining full-time, full-time and part-time, reasonably check the establishment of full-time teachers according to the number of students and the needs of actual teaching, scientific research and social services, and equip them with enough and high-quality ideological and political theory teachers. On the whole, the proportion of full-time teachers in ideological and political theory courses in this college should be no less than 1: 350-400.

8. Implement the teacher qualification access system. Teachers of ideological and political theory courses must adhere to the correct political direction, love the cause of Marxist theory education, have good ideological and moral character, have a solid foundation of Marxist theory, and have corresponding teaching level and scientific research ability. In principle, new teachers should have a master's degree or above in party member and China, and they should be part-time class teachers or counselors during their work. Those who cannot be consistent with the Party Central Committee on political principles, political positions, political directions and other issues shall not engage in ideological and political theory teaching.

9. Constantly enrich the teaching staff. Teaching and research personnel of Marxist theory should be engaged in the teaching of public courses of ideological and political theory; Academic leaders should become the teaching leaders of the public course of ideological and political theory.

Establish an open and flexible talent allocation mechanism, attract and encourage academic leaders and teaching backbones of related majors in schools, undertake the teaching tasks of ideological and political theory courses full-time or part-time, and actively strive to hire experts, scholars and leading cadres from theoretical research, teaching units and practice departments from all walks of life to undertake the teaching of ideological and political theory courses. Attach importance to the role of retired famous experts and scholars in philosophy and social sciences in ideological and political theory education and teaching. Conditional colleges and universities should actively explore the establishment of inter-school teaching cooperation mechanism.

Fourth, strengthen the training of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities.

10. Establish and improve the training system. Colleges and universities around the country should formulate teacher training plans, establish and improve a focused, hierarchical and multi-form training system, and strive to make the training work regular and institutionalized. Focus on deepening pre-job training, course rotation training, backbone teacher training and on-the-job training. Adhere to pre-job training, and strive to improve the ability of new teachers to adapt to post requirements and be competent for their own work. Insist on retraining all staff before each class, so as to train first and then start classes. We will continue to do a good job in training the backbone teachers of ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities and the backbone teachers of philosophy and social science teaching and research in colleges and universities. Colleges and universities around the country should proceed from reality, carry out various forms of teacher training, and strive to improve teachers' theoretical literacy, teaching level and scientific research ability.

1 1. Effectively improve the teaching level. Teachers of ideological and political theory courses should take teaching materials as the basic teaching principle, and strive to transform the teaching material system into a teaching system, so as to achieve a comprehensive, comprehensive and incisive exposition. In close contact with the great practice of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, we should understand and master the ideological and political situation of college students, explore teaching methods that conform to the laws of education and teaching and the characteristics of college students, and advocate heuristic, participatory, interactive, case-based and research-based teaching. Use popular language, vivid examples and novel and vivid forms to enliven the classroom atmosphere, inspire students to think and make scientific theories clear and clear. Regularly select "excellent courses" and "excellent courses" of ideological and political theory courses, regularly organize teaching observation activities, popularize advanced teaching methods, and promote the construction and sharing of high-quality teaching resources. Pay attention to the important role of multimedia, network and other information technologies, advocate the use of new technologies and means in teaching, gradually realize the modernization of teaching methods, develop online education resources, and form online and offline teaching interaction and resource sharing within and outside the school. Actively explore scientific examination methods and pay attention to students' ideological and political quality and moral quality.

12. Organize social practice and study tour activities. Colleges and universities all over the country should actively create conditions and organize teachers to carry out social practice, study tours and academic exchange activities, so that teachers can further understand the national conditions and the world, broaden their horizons and enrich teaching materials.

13. Carry out continuing education to improve the overall quality of teachers. Colleges and universities should make a good plan for teachers' continuing education, and organize teachers' on-the-job learning as the main way to make teachers improve while working. Through full-time or amateur study, the guidance of famous teachers, academic exchanges at home and abroad, etc., teachers will be arranged to study in key institutions of higher learning in time. Encourage and support teachers to study full-time or on-the-job for doctoral and master's degrees, and improve the degree level of the team. Arrange indicators to recruit full-time teachers of ideological and political theory courses to study for doctoral degrees in Marxist theory every year. After several years of hard work, the academic level and overall quality of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities across the country have been significantly improved.

Fifth, provide discipline support for the construction of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities.

14. Vigorously strengthen the discipline construction of Marxist theory. According to the nature, characteristics and requirements of Marxist theory, we should further straighten out the discipline direction, take the service of ideological and political theory teaching as an important task of discipline construction, do a good job in cultivating master students, doctoral students and professional degree graduates and teachers, and cultivate high-level talents for Marxist theoretical research and ideological and political theory education and teaching. Improve the system of two disciplines and provide corresponding support for ideological and political theory courses. Further gather discipline teams and build excellent teaching teams, so that teachers of ideological and political theory courses can work with conditions, have a platform for officers and have room for development, and enhance their sense of responsibility and belonging.

15. Strengthen the cultivation of scientific research ability. The course construction, textbook construction, teaching method reform, teacher team construction, discipline construction and research on important theoretical and practical issues in teaching of ideological and political theory courses are taken as important topics, included in the national educational science research and humanities and social science research plan, and a number of high-level ideological and political theory education and teaching research results are launched by independent project establishment, independent evaluation and independent investigation. Colleges and universities all over the country should set up special programs to carry out scientific research and constantly improve the scientific research ability of ideological and political theory teachers.

Six, effectively provide policy and institutional guarantee for the construction of ideological and political theory teachers in colleges and universities.

16. Improve the teaching management system and establish and improve the teaching guarantee mechanism. According to the principle of corresponding credits, the teaching hours of ideological and political theory courses are guaranteed. It is necessary to organize teaching activities with middle class teaching (about 100 students per class) as the main body. Establish a teaching supervision system and strengthen the management and supervision of teaching quality. Colleges and universities all over the country should establish special funds for ideological and political theory teaching and include them in the budget, which will increase year by year with the growth of school funds. Colleges and universities should incorporate the post allowance and class allowance of ideological and political theory teachers into the internal distribution system according to the actual situation of the school to ensure that the actual average income of ideological and political theory teachers is not lower than the average level of teachers in relevant professional departments of the school.

17. Improve the practice teaching system. It is necessary to set aside 2 credits from the existing credits of undergraduate ideological and political theory course and 1 credit from the existing credits of junior college ideological and political theory course to carry out practical teaching of this junior college ideological and political theory course. It is necessary to explore the long-term mechanism of practical education, provide system, conditions and environmental protection, and ensure that it does not become a mere formality. All kinds of museums, memorial halls, exhibition halls, martyrs' cemeteries and other places with educational significance should carry out practical teaching of ideological and political theory courses free of charge.

18. Improve the evaluation system of teachers' team building and the evaluation and employment system of teachers' positions. Colleges and universities should formulate specific methods for the assessment of teachers' work in ideological and political theory courses and improve the assessment system. The assessment results should be linked to the appointment, promotion, rewards and punishments of teachers. Those who fail to pass the exam have to wait for study; Those who are incompetent should be transferred to other posts and diverted. According to the requirements of ideological and political theory teachers' job responsibilities, we will further improve the evaluation and employment standards for professional and technical positions, and pay attention to assessing teaching ability and teaching performance. Teaching and research achievements and social research reports adopted by relevant departments and playing an active role should be used as the basis for evaluating professional titles.

19. Improve the teacher recognition and reward mechanism. In the commendation system for all kinds of teachers in the education system, the evaluation of ideological and political theory teachers should determine the corresponding proportion, implement unified commendation, and enhance teachers' sense of responsibility and honor. It is necessary to discover and establish advanced models of ideological and political theory teachers in time and increase publicity and promotion.

20. It is necessary to establish an evaluation system for the education and teaching of ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities, further improve the "Evaluation Scheme for Undergraduate Teaching Level in Ordinary Colleges and Universities (Trial)", regard the construction of ideological and political theory courses as an important part of the evaluation system for teaching level in colleges and universities, list them as secondary indicators, and increase the weight and display. Where the teaching of ideological and political theory courses can not meet the basic requirements, the evaluation of school teaching level can not be rated as excellent. The construction of ideological and political theory teachers should be regarded as an important part of assessing the work of colleges and universities and an important basis for assessing the work level and performance of leading bodies in colleges and universities. We should give full play to the political core, fighting fortress and vanguard and exemplary role of Party organizations at all levels in colleges and universities and party member in ideological and political theory education.

Colleges and universities around the country should formulate specific implementation opinions and detailed plans according to this opinion and the actual situation.

Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee

Ministry of Education

Press release issued on 23 September 2008