From "One Flower Blooms Alone" to "Hundred Flowers Bloom Together", Shandong University for the Elderly promotes healthy aging

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On the morning of August 30, the press office of the provincial government held a press conference. The reporter learned from the press conference that Shandong University for the Aged has grown from an old school building, nine majors, 57 teachers and 986 students to today's six campuses, eight branch schools, six colleges (art troupes), 139 courses, 864 teaching classes, 346 part-time teachers and 24000 registered students.

Lv Deyi, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Retired Cadres of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee and President of Shandong University for the Aged, introduced at the press conference that in September 1983, the first university for the aged in China, Shandong University for the Aged, was established in Jinan, which opened a precedent for the education of the aged in China. Since its establishment 40 years ago, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Provincial Party Committee, under the strong guidance of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and the Bureau of Veteran Cadres of the Provincial Party Committee, Shandong University for the Elderly has adhered to the principle of political school establishment, followed the school running purpose of "increasing knowledge, cultivating sentiment, enriching life, promoting health, and serving the society", and adhered to the school motto of "promoting morality, upholding learning, cultivating morality, and being happy", The school running concept of "suitable education and good health" focuses on excellent service, strong management, standardization and connotation. From the original school building, 9 majors, 57 teachers and 986 students, it has grown to today's 6 campuses, 8 branch schools, 6 colleges (art troupes), 139 courses, 864 teaching classes, 346 part-time teachers and 24000 registered students. It has also created many "national firsts": it has created the first centralized management system of the university for the elderly hosted by the department in charge of the work of veteran cadres, established the country's first journal of education for the elderly, published the country's first set of unified textbooks for the elderly universities, formulated the country's first set of syllabus for the elderly universities, and established the country's first online live teaching system for the elderly universities, Shandong University for the Elderly has always followed the pace of China's economic and social development, promoted healthy aging, practiced a positive aging outlook, realized the transformation from running schools for old cadres to running schools for old comrades and the elderly, from improving life and intelligence to "learning and doing well", and from "one flower alone" The transformation to "a hundred flowers bloom", from offline education to online and offline integrated education.

First, we should adhere to the political principle of school establishment and maintain the correct direction of school running. Always put the political construction of the Party in the first place, adhere to the overall planning, promotion and implementation of the Party building of the organs, teachers and students, lead the school running with the Party building, integrate the Party building into teaching, and promote learning with the Party building. Continue to build the cultural brand of party building of "Natural Homeland, Leling Pioneer", and carry out the construction of "One Branch, One Brand". Set up student party branches in colleges and campuses, set up 865 student party member activity groups in classes, organized 6888 student party members in the whole school to carry out characteristic activities such as theoretical learning, voluntary service, caring for the next generation, and continued to add positive energy to the cause of the party and the people.

Second, adhere to multiple measures to improve teaching quality. Focusing on running a university for the elderly that people are satisfied with, taking students as the center and teaching as the focus, we will continue to strengthen the innovation of ideas, highlight featured teaching, improve the level of school running services, meet the extensive and diverse learning requirements of the elderly, and build a high-quality, distinctive and warm university for the elderly. Standardize the syllabus of schooling. Following the law of education for the elderly, focusing on the planning and design of the syllabus, and according to the classification of the curriculum system, 117 curriculum syllabuses have been formed to promote the standardization of teaching integration. Optimize the curriculum. According to the needs of students and society, the curriculum should be adjusted and optimized on a regular basis to strengthen the adaptability and applicability of the curriculum. From more than 10 courses for the first school hour to 139 courses for 16 majors in six major categories: ideological and political, leisure art, health care, life application, language and culture, and information technology. Actively develop teaching materials. According to the syllabus, we actively developed teaching materials, and organized the compilation of textbooks such as Regular Script, Landscape Painting, Vocal Music, Piano, Erhu, Hulusi, Bawu, Flower and Bird Painting, and Fine Brush Painting, which were officially published and distributed nationwide.

Third, adhere to openness and sharing, and build a diversified school running pattern. Actively cooperated with all sectors of society to participate in school running, and successively cooperated with the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Radio and Television Bureau, the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Provincial Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, China Construction Bank Shandong Branch, CITIC Bank Jinan Branch, Shandong Xinhua Bookstore Group and other enterprises and institutions to establish eight branch schools; Sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Nishan World Confucianism Center to establish Confucius Institutes in Shandong University for the Aged and the universities for the aged at all levels in the province; Carry out strategic cooperation with Shandong Youth Political College, Shandong Media Vocational College, Shandong Technician College, Shandong Commercial Vocational and Technical College and other vocational colleges, and cooperate in building a resource sharing platform, building a teacher training base, and promoting teaching theory research; We worked with Jinan University for the Elderly to carry out co construction and resource sharing in the same city, optimize the efficiency of resource allocation, and promote multi-level school running and dislocation development.

Fourth, adhere to serving the society, and build a platform for the elderly to do something. Establish a working committee of Shandong University for the Aged to care for the next generation, actively build a practical carrier for students to play a role, and carry out public service counseling lectures, face-to-face traditional culture, family customs and family training into the campus, red stories into the classroom and other activities. In Yuxiu Primary School, Jingshilu Primary School, Zunshang Nursing Home and other schools and institutions for the elderly, 25 traditional culture teaching bases and "Learning for Joy" volunteer service bases have been established to teach calligraphy, paper cutting, dough figurines, opera, tai chi and other traditional cultural skills. More than 2000 "five elders" students often participate in volunteer service activities, serving more than 40000 young people and the elderly.

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