Path exploration and effects evaluation of ideological and political education in college Zoology courses

Zoology possesses the characteristics of being life-related, highly experimental, and closely related to human production and life, and this makes it a good carrier for ideological and political education in colleges and universities. How to carry out the ideological and political teaching reform in Zoology courses to achieve good curriculum education effects is worth deeply thinking and exploring by every teacher. Based on the authors'experience in the reform and practice of ideological and political education in Zoology courses, four aspects of cultivating the ideological and political ideas of teachers to enhance their awareness and ability of curriculum ideology and politics, deep digging and extending teaching contents and delicate designing curriculum ideological and political cases, enriching teaching methods to integrate ideological and political education tracelessly, and valuing students' feedback and evaluation and timely rectification were discussed. Meanwhile, this paper also analyzes the problems discovered in the ideological and political construction of Zoology courses, and points out that the precise and seamless integration of ideological and political elements is the goal and direction of ideological and political teaching reform and practical efforts in Zoology courses in the future.