SPEA devote themselves to blend socialist core values into culture education process in a very long time. People in SPEA actively explored effective ways of ideological and political education, endeavored to improve the pertinence, effectiveness, attractiveness and appeal of ideological and political education. Since the Shanghai University of Finance and Economy Student Week of Views Focus (Week of Views Focus) was held in 2004, in order to lead students to build correct views of world, life and value, people in SPEA made a theme every year to direct students to focus on the theme, think deeply, discuss actively and practice hard. They believe that this activity can help students to cultivate family-country feelings, improve the sense of social responsibility, build and carry out the socialist core value.
I.Pay Attention to One’s side, Concern about Society, Cultivate Students’ Feelings of Family-Country
It’s 95th anniversary of establishment of Chinese Communist Party and 75th anniversary of Long March success in 2016. SPEA’s “Week of Views Focus” activity, given the theme of “Patriotism, China Dream”, was aimed to initiate students to care about events happening around us, to build national esteem and confidence, to stimulate students’ patriotism and to study hard to realize China Dream through a series of abundant and various avtivities.
It has been 13 years since “Week of Views Focus” was first carried on. The objects the activity focus on became more and more, and the topics we chose became more profound. From previous topics relating to students’ thought, study, job and reality of their lives (2004, “Care about ourselves, Care about Others”, 2005, “Examining, Thinking and Choosing”, 2006, “Start from ‘Heart’”), then relating to vulnerable groups (2007, “Care about Their Lives”), then to topics relating to big issues and events in society (2008, “Anti-seismic, Help One Another in Defense Work”, 2009, “90th Anniversaryof the May 4th Movement”, 2010, “Low Carbon Life, Green World Expo”, 2011, “Cyber Culture”, 2012, “Inheriting and Promoting of Chinese Traditional Culture”, 2013, “My China Dream”, 2014, “Impression of China”, 2015, “Keep Mind Clean”).
II. Abundant Content and Various Forms improves the attractiveness and appeal
“Week of Views Focus” was consist of opening ceremony, thematic series activities and closing ceremony. Opening ceremony carried out by road show. Initiation ceremony, display board, performance, interactive games disseminated the activity theme and attracted students to participate in the activities. In the following three to four weeks, a series of activities, such as thematic lecture, solicit essays competition, knowledge competition, photograph competition, speech and debate competition, society survey and volunteer activities, led students further focus on the topic and carry on deep thinking and active discussion. In the end, closing ceremony helped students to have a deeper realizing by reflecting, concluding and rewarding.
With the coming of new media rea, the forms of “Week of Views Focus” were expanded. In 2012, we started to establish “Week of Views Focus” module on E-class platform. Students can carry on thematic discussion and activity survey by on-line inquiry at the same time with the activity advocacy. In 2013, we applied Weibo and WeChat to carry on the activity at the same time. Off-line and on-line forms expanded the coverage and influence force.
On the noon of 5th May, 2016, the 13th “Week of Views Focus” opening ceremony took place in Green Leaf Walking Street. Magnificent display boards, brilliant performance and unique games of four parts attracted about 200 students to take part in. On the evening of 10th May, over 100 students attended the lecture of Chinese traditional culture, “Kun Opera in The Story of the Stone”. The 13th “Week of Views Focus” series activities also included survey on students’ patriotism, patriotic lecture, patriotic video analysis, and voluntary activity, etc. At the same time, “Talking about patriotic things around us” on E-Class, and excellent solicit essay activity pushed by Youth league & Student Union WeChat official account were carried out. These activities stimulated students’ patriotism and strengthened their determination of realizing China Dream.
III. Mode Optimization and Brand Condensing build long-term mechanism in culture education
In recent years, we never gave up innovating and optimizing the mode of “Week of Views Focus”.
We broke the single mode which is that the activity only lasts for one week once a year. We began to hold some regular activities, and created a couple of campus culture brand activity, such as “SPEA Academic Brief Report”, “SPEA Speaking Aloud”, “Public Economist Forum”, “SPEA World” and some students social survey programs. In this way, we blend socialist core value into culture education process, and build a long-term mechanism in culture education.
Since 2012, “SPEA Academic Brief Report” and “SPEA, Speaking Aloud” which are two regular activity, were promoted one and anther. Weekly “SPEA Academic Brief Report” included teachers’ and students’ opinions and understanding on hot topics of society. It was and is well welcome and has become a good platform for teachers and students to exchange their ideas. Monthly “SPEA, Speaking Aloud”, as the first students talk show, gave a chance for both students and teachers debate on the same level. The fun of critical thinking activated students’ attention to hot topics of society. “Public Economist Forum” was held with the goals of solving problems and contention of a hundred schools of thought to improve students’ taste of culture and social responsibility. This is not only a platform for students and teachers to communicate, but also an academic forum facing all of the university. It was highly spoken since it was held. At the same time, “SPEA World”, which is a social survey program facing SPEA students, encouraged students to carry out social survey centering on annual topic of “Week of Views Focus” on their summer vacation.
By several years’ work, “Week of Views Focus” activity attracted more and more students to participate in and it was highly spoken by students and teachers. It formed a constant work platform and long-term mechanism. This activity was rewarded with “Outstanding Student Activity”, “Elite Program” in SUFE, “Shanghai University Campus Culture Excellent Program” and 2nd Prize in Ministry of Education “University Campus Culture Construction Outstanding Achievement”.
The “Week of Views Focus” emphasize the significance of culture in education. It focuses on cultivating and practicing socialism core value, so that students can rethink to take more responsibilities, and can take actions to realize the ambition. We endeavor to build the family-country feelings and social responsibilities of “Making up the mind for the world, living the life for people”. Now this activity has become characteristic brand in culture education in the university.