The Issues of Ideal Faith Education for Contemporary College Students and the Countermeasures

Abstract

AbstractEducation of ideal faith is an essential part of ideological and political education for college students. It appears new characters and problems under the new historical conditions. Taking 528 college freshmen as an example to investigate and analyze ideal faith of contemporary college students in the new period. The result shows that in general the ideal faith of college students is good, but there are some problems with distinctive characteristics of times which should not be ignored. Ideal belief education for college students should be closely related to the reality of their lifestyle and thoughts. Pedagogue should follow the law of formation governing ideal belief, should be integrated into the process of college students’ self-development, and should tend to deal with their problems as well. Realization of the social ideal, long-term ideal and lofty ideal should be integrated into the college students’ individual ideal, short-term ideal and general ideal.KeywordsIdeal faithissuescountermeasures