A STUDY ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AND GROUP DIFFERENCES IN THE COGNITION OF A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR THE CHINESE NATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN ETHNIC REGIONS:The Analysis of Investigation on the Undergraduates from 8 Universities in Guangxi
Forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation has been the important fundation for maintaining national unity and security in ethnic regions in the new era.To investigate the cognitive status and group differences of university students in ethnic regions concerning a sense of community for the Chinese nation can lay a practical foundation for the education of a sense of community for the Chinese nation.The research shows that there is an overall improvement of the university students in ethnic regions in terms of their cognition of a sense of community for the Chinese nation,but the cognitive depth is of lack;and that there is no significant difference between the male students and female students regarding their cognition of a sense of community for the Chinese nation,but there are significant differences in terms of these students'different grades,political outlook,major cate-gories,academic performance levels,regions,and parents'education levels regarding their cognition of a sense of community for the Chinese nation.Based on the findings,it is necessary to strengthen the normalization,continuity,and systematicity of the education on a sense of community for the Chinese nation,enhance students focus attention on a sense of community for the Chinese nation,give full play to the positive influence of peer groups on the cogni-tion of a sense of community for the Chinese nation,carry out targeted education on a sense of community for the Chinese nation for students from different groups,actively expand and promote students'cognitive channels to a sense of community for the Chinese nation,and collaborate with the family,the society,and the government to en-hance students'cognition of a sense of community for the Chinese nation.
Ethnic areaa sense of community for the Chinese nationcognitive statusgroup difference