Thoughts on College Ideological and Political Theory Course

In the last ten years, the construction of the ideological and political theory course in some colleges and universities in China has made great achievements, which lie in setting proper curriculum, strengthening subjects supporting system, compiling authoritative teaching materials, and so on. Comparatively speaking, teaching method reform is especially urgent. The root causes for the weak initiative of teaching method reform is lack of awareness from both schools and teachers. The practical teaching of ideological and political course is also facing many problems. The key to correctly master the connotation of the practical teaching is to distinguish the practical teaching of ideological and political course and the practical education in college students mental and political educational work. The assessment indicators of ideological and political course should include knowledge assessment and value assessment, which is the biggest difference between this course and any other specialized courses. The establishment of level one discipline of Marxism theory has showed its supportive function to the ideological and political course, but it is still not enough. The advantages and challenges of MOOC should not be neither ignored nor overstated. The mode of future college education may be the combination of both traditional and online classes.