TITLE:
The Function and Application of Peer Groups in College Ideological and Political Education
AUTHORS:
Zhuli Feng
KEYWORDS:
Peer Groups, Colleges, Ideological and Political Education, Function, Application
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.8,
August
18,
2023
ABSTRACT: Peer
groups play an irreplaceable role in the process of young people’s
socialization. With the help of Peer groups, ideological and political
education can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Peer groups have
significant characteristics in the formation mechanism, internal relations,
cultural characteristics and core strength, which determines the function of
satisfying the individual’s inner sense of belonging and identity, influencing
the values and behaviors of group members by inducing conformity behavior, and
carrying out ideological education by example in a subtle way. Ideological and
political educators in colleges should treat peer groups rationally, pay
attention to training informal leaders, check peer group culture, and promote
horizontal communication among peer groups, so as to make peer groups into a
sharp tool for ideological and political education.