Cultivation of Youth Patriotism in the New Era: Current Situation, Objectives and Practical Approaches

Abstract

Youth patriotism education is an important part of maintaining national unity and promoting the growth and success of young people to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era. However, youth patriotism education in the new era presents the following status quo: firstly, the education method and content are single and boring; secondly, it is deeply impacted by the negative information on the Internet and the invasion of diversified ideologies and cultures; and thirdly, the cultural self-confidence is weakened, and the influence of traditional culture is declining. Patriotic education for young people in the new era should aim at realizing young people's emotional identity, ideological identity and behavioral identity of knowledge and action. To this end, patriotic education in the new era can be adjusted from the adjustment of the form and content of patriotic education, strengthening the governance of multiple subjects in cyberspace, as well as basing on traditional culture and firming up cultural self-confidence, with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of patriotic education for young people in the new era.