To deepen the teaching reform of ideological and political courses, promote the connotative development of ideological and political courses, and continuously improve the pertinence and attractiveness of ideological and political courses, on April 1, 2025, the School of Marxism of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology held the Application of Case Teaching in the Course of Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era - Collective Lesson Preparation Meeting on the City - wide Platform. Experts and scholars from Nanjing Normal University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Jiangsu Province, as well as Fudan University, Donghua University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai Ocean University and other universities in Shanghai gathered together to jointly discuss the innovative practice of case teaching. This conference was hosted by the School of Marxism of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, and co - organized by the School of Marxism of Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, the School of Marxism of Shanghai Xingjian Vocational College, and the Jin Yaomei Studio - the Famous Teacher Studio of Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Shanghai Colleges and Universities.
The theme - speech session was chaired by Yang Yiqi, the director of the Theory and Review Department of Wenhui Daily. Wang Yonggui, a professor in the School of Marxism of Nanjing Normal University and a specially - appointed professor of the Yangtze River Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education, deeply expounded the importance of applying case teaching to the course of Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, emphasized that the principles of politics, pertinence and effectiveness should be followed in case selection, and put forward that the scale of case selection should be well grasped in different special - topic teachings, and grand - narrative cases and micro - theme cases, regional cases and industrial cases, and comparative cases should be reasonably used. Wang Yan, a professor in the School of Marxism of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a specially - appointed professor of the Yangtze River Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education, emphatically stressed the five key points of case selection in the teaching of ideological and political courses, that is, to closely adhere to the teaching objectives, pay attention to authenticity and authority, be in line with the actual situation of students, pay attention to the timeliness and freshness of cases, balance positive and negative cases, and also talked about the ideas of case design, the guidance and timeliness of case teaching, and the misunderstandings to be avoided in case teaching.
The expert - speech session was chaired by Zhou Wei, an editor of the Party & Government Forum. The participating experts generally believed that the application of case teaching in the course of Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is of great significance for promoting the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses. The experts spoke on the origin of the application of case teaching in the course of Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, how to select and write cases, how to carry out case teaching, how to use modern digital technology to empower, and how to improve the case - teaching ability of ideological and political course teachers. From the theoretical and practical levels, the experts analyzed the importance of the application of case teaching in the course of Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, emphasized that the important relationships such as telling cases and telling reasons, teaching and participation, teaching cases and case teaching should be well grasped in case teaching, and put forward that digital technology should be fully applied to update and present cases. The experts also pointed out that case teaching will put forward higher requirements for the classroom - control ability, problem - design ability and social - practice participation degree of ideological and political course teachers.
The free - speech session was chaired by Ye Bairong, the secretary of the Shanghai Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The participating teachers actively and enthusiastically exchanged and interacted around the experience accumulated and the difficulties faced in the development of case teaching. The teachers all said that this lesson - preparation meeting not only answered the questions in case screening and classroom guidance in the previous teaching, but also provided a clear train of thought and direction for the follow - up teaching work.
