The Effects Of Cultural Convergence On College Students'Ideological And Political Education And Its Countermeasure Research

Culture is the vein of a nationality and the spiritual homeland of the people.In the present era, the cultural influence on the ideology and behavior of college studentsis becoming more and more evident, and is highly valued by our country, society and people.The Sixth Plenary Session of the17th CPC Central Committee was the first time in the party'shistory that the central commitment had convened a plenary session exclusively on cultureissues, specially discussing and deploying the future development of the national culture,which highlighted the significant role of culture.Education is the cornerstone of national rejuvenation while college students are theprecious talent resources of the country. The formation of college students' ideology can't bedivorced from the era they are living in and the culture of the era, from society and its culture,and from the college they are attending and the college culture. The current world is an openworld, in which scientific and technological advancements happen every single day, and theinternational and domestic situations are intricate and complex. Currently, our country'sreform and opening-up policy is continuously being deepened, and the socialist marketeconomy is constantly being perfected. Our country is in a special period of socialtransformation and economy transition. In the current China, which has undergone over30years' reform and opening up, along with the ideological emancipation, interest diversification,cultural diversification, frequent problems, different social groups naturally have variousways of thinking, value orientations, moral cultivations and behavior choices, which not onlyreflects the society's progress, but also is a source of the national vitality. However, in anyhealthy society, besides the diversified ideologies and cultural industries, there must be somebottom lines, basic consensus and common value. Ideological emancipation does not meanrandom thoughts, and cultural diversity is not equal to unbridled behaviour; value pluralism isnot value distortion, let alone value degeneration. We can say that in the present world, theimpact of culture on people, especially the college students who are at the key stage of growthin life, a specific and special group, is increasingly prominent. Cultural diversity anddevelopment, the more frequent exchanges, blending and conflicts of all kinds of thoughtsand cultures, and the more fierce collision all exert an extensive and far-reaching influence onthe contemporary college students' developing a proper worldview, outlook on life, valuesystem, believing firmly in the ideal and belief of socialism, growing up healthily andbecoming excellent.Under the new situation, the independence, selectivity, variability and differentiation ofcollege students' mind activity is obviously enhanced. Doing well in the work of college students' ideological and political education in the multicultural situation and background isthe realistic and urgent era proposition facing every university and every ideological andpolitical education worker. Taking this into consideration, the author chooses the topic aboutthe influence of culture convergence on college students' ideological and political educationand the countermeasures as the Doctoral thesis research topic.Research mainly studies the predominant cultural types that have certain impact onideological and political education of college students; What are the advantages anddisadvantages brought along by cultural convergence to the ideological and politicaleducation of college students; and how to find the countermeasures and solutions throughpractice. Taking these three factors into consideration, this paper mainly analyses, studies anddiscusses three problems. Firstly, based on college campuses and against the background ofcultural convergence, analysis is made of cultural patterns influencing college students'ideological and political education. Secondly, the paper explores and analyzes what impactscultural convergence brings to college students' ideological and political education. Thirdly,based on the present, the paper, also taking the future into consideration, probes into thecountermeasures to the impacts of cultural convergence on the ideological and politicaleducation of college students.Chapter One and Two analyze the cultural modes which influence the ideological andpolitical education of college students and expound the relationship between culture and otherinterrelated concepts such as ideological education, mainly based on college campuses andagainst the background of cultural convergence. Chapter One mainly classifies relatedconcepts and interrelationship of culture and the ideological and political education of collegestudents. Chapter Two mainly discusses and analyzes the cultural modes, characteristics thatbring along impacts on the ideological and political education of college students and theirinterrelationship, and discusses the classifications of cultures from the perspective ofhistorical origin.Chapter Three mainly analyzes the impact and shock of cultural convergence on suchaspects as the subject, object, education content, and education method, educationenvironment of ideological and political education of college students.Chapter Four mainly discusses and probes into the countermeasures to the impacts ofcultural convergence on the ideological and political education of college students. That is todo a good job in educating college students on the socialist core values; to enhance theself-construction of ideological and political education; conduct a general survey of thepsychological state of college students and plan the ideological; strengthen the collegecultural construction.The final goal of this research is to explore the cultural cognition, get to know the statusquo and demands of college student groups, grasp the laws of cultural development, college students' growth and their education, and explore the internal relation between culture andcollege students' ideological cognition; innovate the education methods and approaches;specifically carry out the education and guidance, and realize the optimization of theeducation methods and maximization of the education effects; advance with the times to do agood job in college students' ideological and political education, promote the overalldevelopment of college students.