The Impact Of Scientific And Technological Development On Ideological And Political Education And The Corresponding Strategy

Science and technology is the fruit of human's cognition of the world, and serves as the tool to recreate the world. As the primary productive forces, it contributed greatly to the reformation throughout history. Every reform produced by the science and technology brought dramatic changes upon the human society, and its development is reshaping and will continue to reshape the present economic, social life and the state of the world forever as well. Due to its ever-rising position and function, science and technology will generate a more profound impact on the social economy, politics and culture etc. Undoubtedly, Such phenomenon will do the same to Ideological and Political Education(IPE), which is calling on the new methods of IPE. In this paper, the dialectical materialist theory by Marx is employed to put forward some strategies in dealing with IPE against the background of the present science and technology development, and to enhance the practical and initiative effect for a better educational functions as well.Three parts are covered in this paper.The first part analyses the impact of scientific and technological development on Ideological and Political Education. First, it deals with the inevitability of impact created by science and technology. With its rapid development, the whole world is undertaking unprecedented changes, and such changes influences the ways of production, modes of life, and styles of thinking, both directly and indirectly, then impacts greatly on IPE inevitably. Science and technology is both a productive power and a cultural knowledge, whose development indirectly or directly influences IPE. Second, this paper analyses the effects brought about by scientific and technological development on IPE. On the hand, IPE enjoys good opportunities provided by the development of science and technology, such as the strong material support, the correct theoretical source, the useful technological conditions and a platform for new thinking. On the other hand, IPE can face serious challenges because of the imbalance, continual breakthrough and other negative effects during the development of science and technology.The second part studies some strategies of IPE under the current scientific and technological background. Facing the new situation, IPE must march along with the new era, seeking new solutions actively. By analyzing the effects brought by the scientific and technological development on IPE, this paper puts up the author's views on how to deal with IPE under the current circumstances: First, IPE must join hands with both the press circle and the scientific and technological circle. The faster the science and technology advances, the more socialized IPE will be. Only by the maximization of the cooperation between IPE and other parties can IPE take substantial effects. IPE, therefore, should join hands not only with the scientific and technological circle for the sake of scientific popularization, but also with the press circle the realm in order to lead to the right direct of the public opinions. Second, The innovation of IPE should be combined with the innovation of science and technology, so the idea innovation of it, the content innovation of it, the method innovation of it and the system innovation of it all should be combined with the innovation of science and technology. Third, the innovation of IPE should take the science and technology staff as its one of important objects, which asks we not only pay great attention to, but also make every effort to improve IPE of the science technology staff. Fourth, the educators of IPE should try their best to improve their quality of science and technology. Only in that way can the educators of IPE keep pace with the new era science and technology which develops at such fast speed day after day, and make IPE more efficiently.The third part discusses the significance of IPE in this new era of science and technology. Social ideology is determined by social existence, in return it has counter effect on social existence. As a kin...