Layered Co-construction:Logic,Model,and Approach for Enhancing the Curriculum Construction of Introduction to the Chinese National Community
Based on a scientific overview of a century of Communist Party of China's ethnic work,President Xi Jinping has creatively put for-ward the concept of"a community for the Chinese nation."This notion represents the latest achieve-ment of the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of our times,and is consid-ered as fundamental for ethnic work in China's new era.Consequently,all ethnic work should focus on the tasks of forging a sense of community for the Chinese nation.Moreover,as a pivotal part of ide-ological and political instruction,the course Intro-duction to the Chinese National Community is seen as a necessary starting point for comprehensively promoting the education of fostering a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation within institu-tions of higher education.Improving the quality of this curriculum construction has thus become a critical mission for universities.This curriculum development of Introduction to the Chinese National Community is meant to be a systematic project,encompassing top-level design,organizational planning,middle-level organization promotion,bottom-level innovation implementa-tion,and societal coordination and engagement.This would be consistent with governance theory that emphasizes the cooperation and participation of diverse subjects.Therefore,adapting to an in-creasingly open and interactive educational land-scape and enhancing the education of strengthening the consciousness of the Chinese national commu-nity,would require a governance-oriented mindset to effectively promote the course construction of In-troduction to the Chinese National Community.In line with governance reform principles,the curric-ulum should integrate three aspects of governance logic:Values,theory,and practical applications(such as goal-oriented educational integration,outcome-driven synergistic construction,and prob-lem-solving exploration of construction schemes).Meanwhile,the construction of this course should emphasize the value of"fostering virtue through education",build a diverse and collaborative con-struction team,and focus on solving current prob-lems in course design,thereby creating a"compre-hensive ideological and political course"that focu-ses on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.This study has conducted an analysis of the governance elements such as resources,subjects,and operational mechanisms in constructing the In-troduction to the Chinese National Community course,which reveals a"layered co-construction"governance characteristic.This approach follows the principles of holistic governance,establishing a"layered co-construction"model for course con-struction.Furthermore,this model aims to lever-age autonomous contributions from schools,coordi-nated efforts from society,foundational construc-tion by governmental departments,and interactive construction across hierarchical levels.This tem-plate has shown to effectively achieve"cross-circle cooperation,cross-level linkage,"successfully transitioning from theory to practice,actively ex-ploring and promoting a path selection of the course construction of Introduction to the Chinese National Community.In light of this,it can be concluded that course construction should focus closely on re-sources,capabilities,and relationships among construction stakeholders.Through methods such as enhancing stakeholder capabilities,fostering collaborative resource sharing,and improving con-struction mechanisms,core positions of course con-struction will be effectively set up,resource alloca-tion streamlined,and a new landscape for course construction created,thereby promoting a high-quality development of the course Introduction to the Chinese National Community.
Chinese national community awareness educationcomprehensive ideological and political coursecollaborative governancecollaborative community building