Constructing a "Pilot System" with Distinctive Agricultural Characteristics

  The "Guidelines for the Ideological and Political Construction of Courses in Colleges and Universities" clearly states that it is necessary to promote the ideological and political construction of courses in combination with professional characteristics, and to provide clear guidance on the ideological and political construction of agricultural professional courses. This is a re-understanding of the teaching laws of higher agricultural education, a re-clarification of the direction of running agricultural universities, a re-focus on the implementation of the fundamental task of building morals and people in agricultural colleges and universities, and a clearer goal of cultivating new talents who know farmers and love farmers.

  Northwest A & F University accurately grasps the overall requirements of curriculum ideology and politics and the characteristics of agricultural specialties, adheres to the principle of morality and cultivating people, takes strengthening agriculture and rejuvenating agriculture as its own responsibility, organically unifies ideological and political education with professional education, guarantees the system and mechanism of curriculum ideological and political construction, takes the construction of curriculum ideological and political teaching system as the core, and takes team construction as the key, designs a curriculum ideological and political "pilot system" with the characteristics of West Farmers, and forms a new system of ideological and political education of "ideological and political courses + curriculum ideological and political + professional ideological and political", builds a big ideological and political pattern that is unified with the mission of Agricultural University, and strives to cultivate new talents who know farmers and love farmers in the new era.

  Deepen the innovation of the system and mechanism, and "precisely navigate" for the construction of curriculum ideology and politics. The school has established a leading group for the construction of curriculum ideology and politics led by the party secretary and the principal, and established a curriculum ideology and politics coordination research center to strengthen leadership in terms of policy support, condition guarantee, curriculum construction, etc., and coordinate the promotion of curriculum ideology and politics work. The construction of curriculum ideology and politics and the implementation of the fundamental task of building people with morality, training outstanding agricultural and forestry innovative talents with the same planning, deployment, implementation, and assessment, implement the "Ideological and Political Casting Soul Action Plan", and issue the "Implementation Plan for Curriculum Ideological and Political Work", unify explicit education and implicit education, form a synergy effect, and truly build a full-scale and all-round ideological and political education pattern for all staff.

  Focusing on the construction of the curriculum system, we will "accurately pilot" the ideological and political construction of the curriculum. The school always insists on integrating the ideological and political concept into the whole process of talent training. Normally carry out theme activities such as "ideological and political course teacher training and curriculum ideological and political construction", and create 256 ideological and political demonstration courses with the characteristics of West Farmers in the form of project approval, covering three types of general courses, subject courses and practical courses, covering 67 undergraduate majors in the school; create a number of down-to-earth and effective characteristic practical ideological and political courses, and extend the ideological and political education chain of the curriculum. Carry out "Qinling ecological civilization education" to guide students to establish and practice the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. Implement the teaching function improvement project of the station, plan and build a number of practical teaching projects, create a "golden lesson" for practical education, and create a large classroom for practical education in the new era.

  Strengthen the construction of the teaching team and "escort" the ideological and political construction of the curriculum from a long distance. The school insists on changing teachers’ concepts and improving teachers’ abilities as the core task, and stimulates new vitality in the ideological and political construction of the curriculum. First, combine internal and external "intelligence". Select excellent teachers of the ideological and political courses of the curriculum and teachers of the ideological and political courses to carry out off-campus learning and exchanges, and invite well-known university experts to the school to carry out the ideological and political training of the curriculum. The second is to set up a training team "Huizhi". Normally carry out special training on the ideological and political topics of the curriculum, demonstration observation and other activities, and form a training brand with the characteristics of West Farmers. The third is to carry out special training "Expansion Intelligence". Add a "Course Ideological and Political" training link to the induction training of new teachers, hold workshops The fourth is the "borrowing wisdom" of collective teaching research. The teaching and research section is used as a unit to organize teaching seminars, collectively prepare lessons, optimize teaching design, and promote the organic integration of curriculum teaching and ideological and political education.

  Focus on typical demonstration and guidance, and "stable endurance" for the ideological and political construction of the curriculum. The school actively creates an atmosphere of ideological and political construction of the curriculum in which "the curriculum door has ideological and political, and teachers teach and educate people" by commending advanced and strengthening publicity. After the recommendation of grass-roots teaching organizations, the selection of faculties and departments, and school competitions, the course ideological and political "teaching pacesetters", "teaching experts" and "teaching backbones" are selected to create a group of famous teachers and teams in the ideological and political teaching of the curriculum. Take the teachers’ participation in the reform of the ideological and political teaching of the curriculum and the effect of the ideological and political of the curriculum as an important basis for teachers’ assessment and evaluation, job recruitment, evaluation and reward, selection and training, and professional title promotion. Make the ideological and political of the curriculum an inherent requirement for teachers’ career development,

  In the next step, the school will continue to earnestly study and implement the important exposition of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary on education, fully implement the spirit of the National Conference on Ideological and Political Work in Colleges and Universities, and take the establishment of ideological and political courses and the comprehensive promotion of curriculum ideological and political as an important task of coordinating the construction of "double first-class". Li Xingwang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Northwest A & F University, Li Xingwang)