Nourishing Agricultural Spirit through Silent Infiltration: Exploration and Practice of Ideological and Political Education in the Plant Physiology Course at Henan Agricultural University

Abstract

Curriculum ideological and political education is a way for higher education institutions to achieve the overall goal of moral education in the new era. Plant Physiology is the foundation course for the major of plant production at higher agricultural institutions, so there is rich material for ideological and political education. In accordance with the construction of new agricultural science and the strategy of serving national food security and rural revitalization, the teaching team of Plant Physiology at Henan Agricultural University has systematically carried out the following five tasks to build a trinity curriculum ideological and political education system of "knowledge transmission - ability cultivation - value guidance": reconstruction of teaching objectives, excavation of ideological and political elements, innovation of teaching models, reform of experimental teaching, and optimisation of assessment and evaluation. After many years of exploration and practice, this course has been named the Henan Provincial Quality Online Open Course and a first-class online course, and students have shown good progress in their professional ability, patriotism and practical skills. Systematically summarize the practical experience and theoretical reflection of building ideological and political education in the Plant Physiology course at Henan Agricultural University, provide a reference for the ideological and political education of foundational courses in agriculture-related majors, etc.