First, patriotic educators in schools have a low political status and their work can't keep up with the times.
The school implements the principal responsibility system, and the posts of Party branch secretary and deputy secretary in charge of patriotism education in the school are reduced to supporting and assisting the principal in administrative work, and they have no right or money to organize students' patriotic activities. Some branch schools have become vassals of the school and even become a burden. The status of the Youth League branch and Young Pioneers educators under the jurisdiction of the branch cannot be established, and their work enthusiasm is not high. They should carry out activities, go through formalities, develop members and examine and approve. At the same time, as the party branch secretary and deputy secretary in charge of patriotism education in schools, most schools are retired veteran comrades appointed by the administration. After decades of hard work and wind and rain, their energy and physical strength can no longer adapt to the profound changes in people's concepts, ways of thinking, ways of working and lifestyles under the new situation. Many new situations and problems in all aspects of social life make them unable to keep pace with the times.
Second, the fierce competition between the senior high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination has squeezed the space for patriotic education activities.
Since the enrollment expansion of colleges and universities in 2000, the number of college graduates has been around 6 million every year, and it is not uncommon for thousands of people to compete for a civil servant position. In the face of fierce social employment competition, parents' requirements for their children are: as long as they get good grades, they don't care about anything else; The purpose of students' study is to get into a good university and find a good job in the future. In order to cater to the society, the school can only focus on the entrance examination with 600 points, the rate of famous schools and the rate of one copy, while the patriotism education in history and Chinese classes is diluted or even missing. All activities should focus on students' grades and carry forward the spirit of "white plus black, five plus two". Formed a "world bustling, all for points; The world is bustling, and everyone has points. There is no way to talk about patriotic activities in schools, students' patriotic consciousness is weak, and social morality and value orientation are distorted. Qian Liqun, a professor at Peking University, said: "Because of the lack of a belief, a pursuit and a spiritual pillar, all these people we have cultivated have become mollusks."
Third, the influence of Golden Week on the carrier of patriotism education.
The great spirit of patriotism, progress, democracy and science nurtured by the May 4th Movement is the most direct, vivid and convincing teaching material for patriotism education. The essence of National Day is "National Day", which aims at deepening national feelings, strengthening national identity, consolidating political legitimacy, striving to create national identity and inspiring national patriotic enthusiasm. These two special festivals are the best carriers for schools to carry out patriotic education. However, in order to stimulate consumption and stimulate domestic demand, May 4th Youth Day and National Day have become carnival for students' holiday and entertainment, or carnival for family outing and shopping spree. Either video games or staying up late. Although the purpose of developing economy has been achieved, the purpose of strengthening national identity and stimulating patriotic feelings has been greatly reduced.
Fourth, the resources of patriotic education bases in various places have not been tapped and utilized.
One of the key points of moral education is patriotism education. Successful patriotic education is by no means empty and inflexible, but must inspire students to understand history and arouse their patriotic enthusiasm. Students visit the demonstration base of patriotism education
Naturally, we can truly understand the suffering of the Chinese nation and get a more intuitive feeling. Looking for the support of patriotism from history and culture, patriotism education has become approachable, approachable, lovely and credible. However, this concrete and vivid patriotic education resource was gradually abandoned by the school due to financial and security reasons. Student life "swords and shadows, drums and horns ring." Indifference to history will turn people into a free and rootless existence. The result of development is painful: our children are forgetting history and our children are betraying it.
The wisdom of young people is the wisdom of the country. Young people are on the earth, so the country is on the earth. Teenagers are the future of the country. How to build a project of hope for the soul, unite people's hearts with patriotism, cast the "soul of China" of teenagers, and cultivate a generation of talents with patriotic feelings, ambition and journey to serve the country are important issues that we must consider. The author believes that to do a good job in patriotism education in schools, we should do a good job in the following aspects.
First, improve the quality of moral education workers in schools and do a good job in the classroom, the main position of patriotic education.
If school patriotism education wants to live, it is necessary to dance the leading role of the school party branch. Efforts should be made to select teachers with lively ideas, new methods and strong youth to moral education leadership positions, organize patriotic special training, let them emancipate their minds and actively explore ways and methods of patriotic education under the new situation. School administrative leaders should also fully understand the importance of patriotism education, allocate special funds every year to support branch schools to carry out patriotic education activities, widely mobilize all teachers to seriously understand the implementation outline of patriotism education, and form a sense of patriotism education in schools; Take the classroom as the main battlefield of patriotism education, combine the characteristics of the subject, find the right starting point and combining point, and infiltrate patriotism education organically, moderately, naturally and harmoniously. For example, in Chinese class, teachers can guide students to watch movies such as Long March, Crossing the Kanto and My Long March, so that students can deeply understand the great spirit of the Long March. For example, in history class, history teaching cannot be a simple and boring teaching of historical knowledge. The content of Nanjing Massacre in current history textbooks is very brief. Teachers have the responsibility to supplement extracurricular materials on this incident, so that students can learn from history and not forget national humiliation. Schools should take patriotism as an essential evaluation factor in teaching evaluation at all levels and types.
Two, fully tap the resources of local patriotic bases, and carry out patriotic education activities according to local conditions.
The patriotic education base truly records the long history of the Chinese nation, displays the magnificent poems of the heroic struggle of the people of China since modern times, and reflects the great achievements of the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the fruitful achievements of socialist modernization, which has wide representativeness and influence. It is an important position to cultivate young people's patriotic feelings and national spirit, and an important classroom for young people to learn revolutionary traditions and cultivate moral sentiments. Yunnan, as a place where the Red Army fought in the Long March, has left rich patriotic education resources, such as Jiaoping Ferry, Longjie Ferry, Shuoju Red Army Ferry, Shigu Ferry, Hutoushan Campaign Memorial Hall, Liu Jia Campaign, Huize Shuicheng Hongtai, etc ... Facing these precious resources, the school can organize students to walk the Long March again and let them experience the fighting environment of "if the sky is on fire, the water is like silver". Feel the optimism that "the Red Army is all steel men"; Survivors of martyrs, experts, scholars and folk collectors can be organized to tell the story of the Red Army crossing Yunnan, which will give students knowledge, spiritual shock, spiritual inspiration and spiritual enlightenment. In the process of socialist construction and reform and opening up, many touching stories have been left behind. The educational resources around these students are the breakthrough and basic point of patriotism education for students. Only by letting patriotism education go out of school, go to society and take root in the fertile soil of patriotism education base can school patriotism have a solid foundation and a heavy foundation.
Third, combine the facts to educate students in patriotism.
Mencius said: Born in sorrow, died in happiness. Our students are born and raised in a peaceful environment. Long-term comfortable life will often dilute their sense of hardship and make the patriotic feelings of the younger generation decline. In view of this situation, schools should make conscious use of some major international and domestic events, such as Diaoyu Island issue, South China Sea issue, Shenzhou-8 manned flight, Russia's vote against Syria-related resolutions, and organize a series of activities in schools, such as special reports, students' speeches, collective discussions, etc., which can not only enhance the novelty and attractiveness of patriotism education, but also make patriotism education more infectious and penetrating, so that students can correctly look at the situation, form correct positions and attitudes, and enhance national concepts.
Fourth, use traditional folk festivals to educate students in patriotism.
Patriotism is actually a sense of national identity. There are many traditional festivals with China characteristics in China, which are very rich in content and have special symbolic significance. For example, the Spring Festival is a day for family reunion, the Dragon Boat Festival is a day for dragon boat racing, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for reunion and harvest. We should understand the characteristics of the Chinese nation from traditional culture, from the reality of life and from folk customs. Through tourism, ancestor worship, genealogy reading and other activities, the younger generation will feel a strong sense of national identity, and then stimulate the spirit of patriotism. Schools should offer some elective courses on traditional culture and national customs, so that students can feel the charm of traditional culture, appreciate the profoundness of traditional folk customs and ignite their deep patriotic enthusiasm. In school education, if we develop and utilize excellent traditional culture too little, school patriotism education will lose its foundation and become a castle in the air.